Visiting Care - For visit on public holidays, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, we charge 50% above the standard weekday rates; for visits on Christmas Eve (from Noon), Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve (from Noon) and New Year’s Day we charge double the standard weekday rates.
Live-In Care - To enable us to reward our staff for working on holidays, we charge higher rates for visits on certain days of the year. For visits on public holidays, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day we charge 50% above the standard daily rate; for visits on Christmas Day we charge double the standard daily rate.
These prices are only a guideline, please contact Kemble at Home to find out the exact price for your requirements.
Kemble at Home has a Review Score of 9.9 (9.851) out of 10, based on 16 reviews in the last 2 years.
Over all time Kemble at Home has 55 reviews.
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Thank you for this review - we are very happy that we are able to assist in supporting your mother. Kemble at Home Team
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Thank you for your honest feedback. We are pleased that we are able to give you the support and continuity of carers.
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Thank you for taking the time to write this wonderful review - we are very pleased to be able to provide the support your Mum needs to be able to stay happy within her home. Regards, all of the team at Kemble.
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It was a very professional and efficient service from the first day of meeting the Manager and the carers were a great help and companion to my Mother-in-law.
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Thank you for your review - we are grateful for your trust in our services and glad we were able to offer your family support in this time of need. regards, Cathy Watkins.
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The carers were fantastic to our Mum and the family. Dad passed in January just as the carers arrived, they stayed with Mum and my Sister for quite a while and were a great comfort and support. We are so grateful that the Kemble at Home and support staff came into our lives we could not have looked after Dad at home as well as we did without them. Thank you all so much.
Dear Anne, thank you for this wonderful review. We are grateful for your trust in our services and glad we were able to offer your family support in this time of need. Warmest regards, Kemble at Home team
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Dear Jean, thank you for your kind response. We are very happy to have been able to provide support to your husband and yourself. Warmest regards, Kemble at Home Team.
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Dear Christiane, thank you for your review. We are glad we were able to help, and that you were happy with our services. Warmest regards, Kemble at Home team.
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Dear Patricia. Thank you for a lovely review, we can assure you we will continue to do our best, ensuring that your mum's wellbeing is uncompromised. With very best wishes, Kemble at Home Team
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Thank you for your review! We enjoy visiting you and we hope we can continue to provide high quality service you value so much. With best wishes. Kemble at home
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Thank you for a lovely review. We are glad you and your parents are happy with our services. We will continue to do our best. Kemble at Home team
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It was a privilege assisting you over the last 6 weeks. We wish you all the best in the future. The Kemble at Home Team
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Dear Christina, thank you very much for such a lovely review. It was a pleasure looking after your mother over the past few years. With very best wishes, The Kemble at Home Team
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Dear Peter,
Thank you for the lovely review. We are pleased to hear you and your mother are happy with our services and we will continue to do our best.
Kemble at Home Team.
The Review Score of 9.9 (9.851) out of 10 for Kemble at Home is based on a) the Average Rating and b) the number of positive Reviews.
The maximum Review Score for a Home Care Provider is 10, which is made up from the Average Rating of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) and the Number of Reviews (maximum of 5 points) in the last 24 months:
The 5 points available are broken down as follows: 3 points for the first Positive Review, 2 points in total for each of the next 9 Positive Reviews (1st = 3, 2nd = 0.5, 3rd = 0.5, 4th = 0.25, 5th = 0.25, 6th = 0.1, 7th = 0.1, 8th = 0.1, 9th = 0.1, 10th = 0.1)
The 5 points relating to the number of Positive Reviews for Kemble at Home is based on 15 Positive Reviews in the last 24 months and is calculated as follows: 3 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 5
Meet Martin, another one of our visiting carers - who celebrated his 10th anniversary with the company in August 2021 and joined us after initially retiring. Martin is one of those people who is really easy to talk to; he’s definitely a people person and he loves any opportunity to have a chinwag.
He was originally from Birmingham where he started off as an apprentice electrician. At the age of 21, he began his career with BT. He did a short stint of just some 37 years in total. It’s not very often these days you hear of someone staying in the same role for their entire working career. In 1990 he moved to the Madley BT station in Herefordshire as a sat comms power engineer.
In 2011 he was given the opportunity of taking voluntary retirement - who wouldn’t? Thinking at the age of 57 he would enjoy a relaxing retirement, “after 2 months I was bored, I needed something to get up for”. After speaking with his son, who at the time was working in social care (but now incidentally works for BT), he encouraged Martin to look into care work and recommended Kemble.
In August 2011 Martin joined the team at Kemble and in that time Martin has been both a carer and trainer, helping new employees at Kemble to find their feet. Some of the staff Martin has trained are still working for the company now.
How does he find being a carer? “You meet some really interesting people. I only go to gentlemen and they all have a life story to tell. We often compare notes as we are similar in age! I just enjoy meeting people and having a good chinwag”. Martin talks fondly about some of the clients he used to support and particularly enjoyed working alongside colleagues supporting clients.
When asked what would he say to someone in his shoes, looking for something to do part-time in retirement or semi-retirement he said “just give it a try, everyone is different with what they are happy doing. You are well supported at Kemble, the hours are good and I can fit my working hours around my home life and family”. The managers definitely know not to ask Martin for work on a Wednesday evening as Wednesdays are his wife’s night out for a meal!
Outside of work, Martin enjoys spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren. He’s heavily involved in the Hereford Rugby Club. He helped out in the juniors when his son was younger, he then became the 2nd Team Manager before becoming Fixture Secretary for a number of years. He now meets and greets opposition committee members on the 1st team match days both home and away.
Carly is one of our Visiting Care Co-ordinators and has been with us since 2009. There's not much Carly doesn't know about the ins and outs of the company. She works closely with two of our visiting care teams to ensure the smooth running of the rotas and that clients receive support from a familiar face.
Marisa started off as a visiting carer with Kemble ten years ago, and after two years, ended up becoming an on-call manager, where she was a point of contact for the out-of-hours. She then became a trainer and trained all the new carers in induction. Marisa then helped in the office. After a short while, she became a Live-in Care manager. For the last 2 years, she has been the Visiting Care manager for our South and West Teams and is close to completing her NVQ Level 5 in Adult Social Care.
Jason has been with Kemble for over 13 years and wears multiple hats. As well as being a Registered Manager, Jason is also our Head of Training & Development and runs our visiting care East and Ledbury teams alongside Carly.
Jason is - in some way - the most musically talented of our office staff. He initiated our Music Memories programme, which encourages people to explore the health benefits of music. He also plays the organ for local churches and leads a handbell ringing ensemble.
Dominic took over the day-to-day running of the business from Peter in 2021. Prior to joining Kemble, Dominic had a varied career as a civil servant, which included supporting the successful sale of British Steel in 2020 and running the Secretary of State for Business’s office during the Covid pandemic, leading on the business support schemes, workplace guidance and the purchasing of vaccines.
Dominic has recently moved to Ledbury with his wife and soon-to-be first child (due in June). He is a keen tennis player, an open water swimmer, and enjoys mowing his lawn!
Sharon and Michael King established Kemble Care in 1993. They retired from day-to-day management in 2009 but continue to be involved with strategic issues that concern the business.
Peter King, their eldest son, has been Managing Director since July 2009. Previously an Army Officer with the Royal Engineers, he set up and ran his own business before coming to Kemble Care. He was a director of the UKHCA — our national home care association — where he represented smaller providers of care.
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