{"id":392757,"date":"2025-12-16T15:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/?page_id=392757"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:49:33","slug":"about-us-our-team-of-experts-meet-lucy-childs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/about-us\/our-team-of-experts\/meet-lucy-childs\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Lucy Childs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"page-banner hero-banner responsive-banner-block_809ece09b023de9d6cc2fe37ca5a083f image-focal-point-right\"\n\t\t style=\"--hh-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 60%);--hh-mobile-banner-overlay: linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,0.3), rgba(0,0,0,0.3));\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-s col-lg-6 justify-content-center py-lg-11xl py-4xl align-items-lg-start align-items-center min-h\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"text-white fw-bold m-0 text-6xlarge text-shadow-hard text-lg-start text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet Lucy Childs\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x744_5.webp\" class=\"hero-lcp-image\" alt=\"Meet Lucy Childs\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1200px) 968px, (min-width: 992px) 968px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x744_5.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x744_5-300x87.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x744_5-1024x298.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x744_5-768x223.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x744_5-1536x446.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.helpinghandshomecare.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/visiting-care_2560x744_5-2048x595.webp 2048w\" \/>\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<section class=\"container my-md-11xl my-2xl\">\n    <div class=\"row flex-row gap-lg-11xl gap-m\">\n        \n        <div class=\"col-lg-7 col-12\">\n                <div class=\"d-flex flex-column gap-lg-l gap-m\">\n\n    \n        <!-- Column 1: Text -->\n                    <h2 class=\"text-purple fw-bold text-start text-4xlarge m-0\">About Me<\/h2>\n        \n        \n    \n                    <div class=\"acf-wysiwyg-reset text-start\"><p class=\"self-start hh-h3 h-underline\">&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m Lucy, Regional Clinical Lead for the South West<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-8\">\n<p>I worked for Helping Hands as a carer in Plymouth while I completed my adult nursing degree, and during that time I developed my passion for delivering person-centred care for people in their own homes.<\/p>\n<p>I then left Helping Hands when I qualified as a nurse but continued to work in the community with the acute care at home team. 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