Jade Davies - Hospital Manager

Jade joined the Delfryn site as a preceptor mental health nurse in July 2013. Jade has had the opportunity to be closely involved in the assessment and treatment of service users with various mental health problems including psychosis, personality disorders, and substance misuse.

Jade enjoys working within a rehabilitation setting to support and encourage service users to learn and develop skills in order for them to continue with their recovery pathway. Jade was appointed hospital manager in 2023.

Kate Jackson - Clinical Manager

Kate joined Cygnet in 2019 at Cygnet St Augustine’s as a senior staff nurse and worked there for three and a half years. In 2022 Kate was promoted to an interim role as head of care before moving to Delfryn in May 2023 in a permanent role of Clinical manager at Delfryn House.

Kate is a qualified registered mental health nurse and trained at the University of Manchester. Kate has previously worked in acute settings, older age settings, rehabilitation and nursing homes where she gained a lot of physical health knowledge. Kate is passionate about service user’s lives and giving them support on their journey of recovery.

Rebecca Boothby – Specialist Occupational Therapist

Rebecca has worked in both female and male services across the Delfryn Site for over 6 years. She has been able to offer her experience within mental health in locked rehabilitation services. Rebecca is accredited as a placement educator to have students from universities studying Occupational Therapy – she has been working with local universities and has been nominated for practice educator of the year following having students on placement with her at Delfryn Site.

Rebecca has been completing her sensory integration training which offers more specialist and individualised interventions for people within her care. She has also completed different forms of training such as Personality Disorder, Motivational Interviewing, MOHOST, Recovery through Activity, Sensory Attachment Interventions and case formulations to offer a wide range of opportunities to support individuals in her care through the OT process.

Rachel Ellett - Assistant Psychologist

Rachel gained her BSc in Psychology and Master’s degree specialising in Family and Child in Psychology. Rachel joined the company in 2012 as a Senior Support Worker and an Honorary Assistant Psychologist. In 2014, she became the Assistant Psychologist working in the female unit, Delfryn Lodge. Since 2020, Rachel works as the Site Assistant Psychologist for Delfryn Lodge, Delfryn House and Rhyd Alyn. She is the Lead Quality Assurance officer for care planning, a mental health first aider and a freedom to speak up ambassador. Rachel is soon to start training to complete the Qualification in Forensic Psychology.

Rachel devotes her time to developing strong therapeutic relationships with her patients as this allows her patients to work towards their recovery goals and to acknowledge their personal strengths. Furthermore, Rachel thoroughly enjoys supporting each staff team, through facilitating Reflective practice and assisting in staff training. In addition to this, Rachel is part of the Cygnet Research and Development (R&D) group and the current chair of the Delfryn site R&D group. Her most recent research has looked at understanding staff’s attitudes towards their working role.

Rachel is skilled in clinical assessment and in using a wide range of psychological interventions. In doing so, she actively incorporates an integrated approach to suit her patients’ individual treatment needs.