Amy Shapiro - Service Manager

Amy qualified as a Registered Nurse in 2010, and has a decade of experience in clinical specialist roles across brain and spinal cord injury within the NHS. She is passionate about providing the best evidenced-based care and rehabilitation, and her commitment to ensuring the highest quality care for this cohort led her to complete an Msc in NeuroRehabilitation in 2023. She has a wide range of clinical interests within this speciality, including tracheostomy weaning and promoting controlled continence in spinal cord injury.

Amy also has a strong interest in supporting the PDOC cohort, and conducted independent qualitative research into the methods used by staff to support the family members of PDOC clients, which was published by the British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing in 2024.

Amy’s passion for neuro-rehabilitation and neurological complex care stems from a desire to achieve fulfilling, purposeful lives for people regardless of their level of disability, and she believes that high quality care and rehabilitation focused on person-centred goals can achieve good quality of life for people even in the most challenging circumstances. She is very excited to take on the role of registered manager and develop her skills and experience gained within the NHS into a community setting.

Marie Nance – Deputy Manager

Marie is the Deputy Manager at The Daley Care Centre. She began her career as a support assistant in elderly care before completing an Advanced Nurse Access course in 2010. Her initial plan was to work in a younger complex care setting for two years before moving on to university but she quickly fell in love with working at The Daley Care Centre. The person-centred approach and the incredible impact the team have on people’s lives made it impossible to leave, and she has never looked back.

Over the years, Marie has progressed from a Rehabilitation Support Worker to Senior Rehabilitation Support Worker, and now to Deputy Manager. It has been an incredibly rewarding journey, and she is proud to be part of such a dedicated team. Marie likes to think of herself as an approachable person and a good listener, someone people can turn to when they need support.

Outside of work, Marie is a proud mum of four, and being part of a close-knit family who love spending time together. Whether it’s swimming, walking in the local countryside, or just enjoying each other’s company. In the rare moments she gets to herself, Marie enjoys a good book and a well-earned glass of wine!

Iain Veitch - Director of Neurological Care

Iain joined Cygnet Social Care in June 2026 as the Director of Neurological Care. He works alongside the teams at the Daley Care Centre and Woodrowe House to guide and support the development of specialist complex neurological and spinal injury services.

Iain originally qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1990, specialising in Critical Care, acute and chronic pain management. He later became a service manager for a multi-site NHS Trust. After many years in the NHS, Iain chose to move into the independent sector, driven by a commitment to improving service provision and quality of life for individuals living with brain injury and complex physical health needs.

Over the past 12 years, Iain has developed and delivered innovative specialist neurological and complex care services in York, Middlesbrough and Newcastle and he had the privilege of establishing a comprehensive home‑based service for adults and children with complex neurological needs across the North of England. Iain is deeply passionate about creating services that are holistic, person‑centred, and genuinely empowering and supporting individuals to unlock their full potential.

Dr Rajiv Singh - Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine

Dr Rajiv Singh is a leading physician in Rehabilitation Medicine he has an expertise and understanding of Rehabilitation Medicine that offers a holistic and high quality of medical treatment or report. He is a high calibre individual with a track record of achieving clinical and academic excellence in this specialty. Apart from excellent generic rehab skills, he is considered an expert in brain injury care and complex spasticity whilst always delivering high-quality patient care.

For many years, he led a regional neurorehabilitation service with in and outpatients, specialised rehabilitation including prosthetics and seating and numerous specialised clinics. He was instrumental in the creation of the Acute Brain Injury Team, a new service, unique in the UK for Head Injury and he has special interests in head injury, prosthetics, complex spasticity, mood disorders after brain injury and pain management. He has a strong academic interest with considerable research experience, extensive publications and teaching. Dr Singh has sat on the Education Committee of the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, been the UK delegate to the European Board of Medical Specialists and was the UK National Training Programme Director for Rehabilitation Medicine for many years.

Dr Singh is passionate about making sure individuals are at the centre of his work and adopts an inclusive and holistic approach when providing individualised rehabilitation programmes to help the individual reach their full potential

Kay O'Neill - Clinical Lead for Physiotherapy

Kay qualified as a physiotherapist in 1988 from Pinderfields College of Physiotherapy. Kay has lived in Barnsley for the last 34 years and worked in local NHS services in a variety of physiotherapy roles both inpatient and community services, leading therapy teams and providing opportunities to optimise patient outcomes, supporting families to look after their relatives with complex health issues.

Kay took early retirement from the NHS in 2017 and started to work for Cygnet supporting adults with Learning Disabilities and associated neurological conditions who access our specialist day services in Sheffield. , these are exciting social care services that enables individuals with significant health challenges to access meaningful day time activities eg hydrotherapy, that help to ensure positive health outcomes and continued capability to live at home with their families.

During her time at Cygnet, Kay has supported the recruitment and lead on the development of the physiotherapy service for our growing neuropsychiatric services. During the Covid pandemic sheI took on an active clinical role in these services which reignited her passion for complex neurological inpatient care. Kay is delighted to have taken on the opportunity as Physiotherapy Lead for The Daley Centre Woodrowe House and to be involved in the development of our neurological complex care services.

Legashe Ledwaba - Head of Occupational Therapy

Legashe Ledwaba is a qualified Occupational Therapist. He joined Cygnet Social Care in September 2026 as the Head Occupational Therapist at The Daley Care Centre. He is registered with the HCPC and RCOT. Legashe trained in South Africa and completed his Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (SMU) in 2015.

Legashe is specialised in neurological rehabilitation and has worked in post-acute specialised Neurological rehabilitation in South Africa (Pretoria) and later in London in an acute Neurosciences unit as Band 7 specialist occupational therapist.

Legashe is passionate about neurological rehabilitation. He has both empirical evidence and anecdotal observations on how structured, evidence-based, and interdisciplinary neurological rehabilitation services can significantly improve lives of those impacted. As such, he is dedicated to delivering these services with deep compassion and strong ethical values.

Sari Teasdale - PDOC Lead

Sari is part of the Glossa Therapy team and works closely with Cygnet to provide specialist PDOC assessments for the people we support.

Sari is a Speech and Language Therapist with over 20 years’ experience, specialising in the assessment and rehabilitation of adults with acquired neurological conditions, including stroke and traumatic brain injury. She has developed extensive clinical experience across acute, inpatient rehabilitation and community settings, working as part of multidisciplinary teams and developing a holistic approach to assessment and intervention.

Sari has a particular specialist interest in working with people with disorders of consciousness and has expanded her assessment skills through becoming an accredited SMART assessor. She has also developed strong leadership skills, including leading an MDT within a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation setting and supporting the ongoing development of rehabilitation services across the company.

Sari’s practice is grounded in a person-centred and functional approach, ensuring therapy is meaningful, practical and tailored to each individual’s goals, values and everyday needs. She is passionate about empowering people to communicate with greater confidence and autonomy and seeing the positive impact this can have on their quality of life.

Outside of work, Sari enjoys running and spending time outdoors, as well as exploring the country in her campervan with her husband and their dog.