Patricia Weekes
Care Bank Manager

My role within HILT is to oversee the running of HILT’s sessional bank staff, who work within the organisation. I have been in this role for approximately 5 years and with HILT even longer! My job is interesting and varied and involves contact with individuals from different walks of life.

I have good relationships with HILT’s service users and have regular contact with the outreach service users who contact me with regards to support they need, they are very vocal and take the lead when requesting who they would like to support them. Some of the bookings we cover are fun and challenging, from finding a worker to support a service user to a football match or karate lessons to supporting users to their holiday destination, eg. Bodmin or Scarborough.

I have a Certificate in Personnel Practice and enjoy the ‘people’ element of my work, I like recruiting new staff, drawing out their skills and experience, matching them to a project or service, and observing that person develop and grow within themselves. It is very rewarding when the feedback from service users and colleagues are received with regards to the sessional workers.