About Us

We offer a person-centred approach that is respectful and responsive to our members

A family run business providing a unique day service for vulnerable adults

Andrew Frederick Adult Support have two very different day services; one is The Mabel Rose which supports people living with dementia and the other is Buddies which is for adults with learning disabilities and or autism.

The owners of Andrew Frederick Adult Support are Peter & Sally Grint. Peter & Sally have both been directors of a company that owned several outstanding care homes in Norfolk for many years, before selling their business and opening up a day service. Their daughters, Sam Joyce and Tilly Grint, manage the site and are around on a day-to-day basis. Sam has over 30 years’ experience of working with people living with dementia, and manages our Mabel Rose Centre. Tilly has over 25 years’ experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities and manages our Buddies day service. Both Sam & Tilly have been registered managers of care homes for vulnerable people.

A highly experienced activities support team

This management team is assisted by a highly experienced activities support team who have experience in both public and private sector social care settings.

Most of our staff have worked for us for many years and some have come back to join us from when we owned the care homes. They are a team of enthusiastic, dedicated and experienced individuals who are supported with on-going training and personal development.

This helps us to recruit and retain high quality team members. All staff members have experience in either dementia or learning disabilities and autism.

Our two different day services run separately with their own team of activity support staff, who have varying degrees of experience in health and social care backgrounds. They are supported by experienced senior members of staff. In addition, we have a chef and a small team of volunteers.

Staff

Dedicated Staff Team

We have a wonderful, dedicated and friendly staff team that supports our day service members. The team is led by Samantha Joyce our General Manager. Sam is supported by Tilly Grint who is the Manager for our Learning Disabilities and Autism service.

Both managers are supported by an experienced staff team which includes two senior team leaders, Lizzie who specializes in dementia and Kevin who specializes in learning disabilities and autism.

Val who does all our admin is always happy to answer any questions on NCC contracts, invoices or just have a friendly chat on the phone.

We operate a thorough recruitment process which includes DBS checks to help prevent unsuitable people being employed at Andrew Frederick Adult Support.

Training and Development

We believe that good staff and the right structure are very important in being able to offer the level of choice and support we have at Andrew Frederick Adult Support. Our management and staff team have a wealth of experience in working with vulnerable adults who have a learning disability or autism and adults with dementia support needs.

We have a high retention rate for all staff, and we ensure they have a regular training programme to keep them up to date with developments within day service requirements. This includes training for learning disabilities, autism, dementia, health & safety, medical procedures such as epilepsy management, medication management, dysphagia and IDDSI plans, moving and handling and much more.

We have 5 trained First Aiders and 2 Fire Marshalls within our staff team

Food at the Farm

Our resident chef Jono caters for our Mabel Rose members as well as preparing meals for sheltered housing schemes. Our healthy menus are planned in advance, taking into consideration locally sourced and seasonal ingredients. We focus on providing healthy, well balanced meals based on traditional values and tastes and are proud to have been awarded a 5 star food hygiene rating for many years now.