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From Management Accountant to Business Leader: My Journey with AKA

Dawn Abernethy, one of the Directors at AKA Case Management, wrote this as part of our series of articles about team members. We think it’s important for our clients, associates and business contacts to learn more about everyone within the company. In 2008, I embarked on my professional journey as a management accountant, primarily working […]

Embracing the Future of Work: AKA’s 4-Day Work Week

Embracing the Future of Work: AKA’s 4-Day Work Week In January 2022, AKA Case Management took a bold step to improve the work-life balance and well-being of its employees by taking part in the first-ever UK trial of a four-day working week. Whilst AKA received a lot of help and support from 4 Day Week Global, […]

Sarah Longshaw: Assistant Case Manager

We wanted to share an overview of Sarah’s professional journey and personal insights, highlighting her contributions and experiences working at AKA Case Management. She recently transitioned from a part-time Assistant Case Manager to a full-time Assistant Case Manager and has taken on many more responsibilities since. Background and Career Sarah started in care in 2006 […]

Focusing on the well-being of our team

Over the past few years, we have focused on the well-being of all our team. There are several reasons why we think prioritising the health and well-being of the whole team is so important, especially when the team works remotely, and it isn’t always possible to check in with everyone daily. Having a well-being programme […]

Yvonne’s Story – mental health, challenges, and barriers

Yvonne Rogers is one of our clients. She wanted to share her story and some of the ups and downs that can happen in the life of a brain injury survivor. Elaine Ricketts is her Case Manager and she helped us to write this article and checked with Yvonne that it accurately represented her story. […]

4-Day Week Pilot, One Year on

In 2022, we participated in the first pilot study run by the 4-Day Week Pilot Research Team. The pilot was extremely successful for us at AKA. So, following positive feedback from the internal staff, clients, and other stakeholders, we decided to make this permanent. We are very pleased to share this new report we received […]

Transitioning to life at University

On Wednesday, 6 December 2023, the BABICM Conference took place in Birmingham. The theme was ‘Keep up the Good Work’, and we were delighted that our client, Jaden Payne, and his mother, Suzanne Dottin-Payne, were asked to speak about his life at University. They were supported by our Case Manager, Catherine Watkins. The Conference aimed […]

Embedding kindness in everything we do

In this month’s article, we spoke to Andrew Rose, Director and co-owner of AKA Case Management. He recently took part in a six-week Kindful Leadership Course, and we were interested in learning more about the course and how it will help him and the company. Can you tell us about your background and current role? […]

Our Operations & Finance Officer

We have been sharing information about different members of our team at AKA Case Management. In this article, we interview Dominic Hobdell, our Operations and Finance Officer. Dominic is pivotal in supporting everyone to ensure the business runs smoothly. Can you tell us about your background? I moved to Nottingham for an internship in strength […]

Bringing Music Therapy expertise to the team

This month, we have interviewed Catherine Watkins, a case manager who recently joined the team and has been able to utilise her previous experience as a music therapist when supporting her clients. Can you tell us about your previous roles? I began my career as a project manager working within the pharmaceutical industry. I worked […]

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