At Tarry's Residential Home, we understand that it is a very difficult decision to place someone you love in the care of others. Our whole team work hard to ensure that our care is personalised to the individual's needs as we understand that each individual is unique. We know that the people working at Tarry's Residential Home are motivated by the fact that they work to make a significant difference to our residents' life and we encourage this by providing the right support to our staff.

Running Tarry's Residential Home is a collective effort coordinated by the Directors and the senior staff members. They are responsible for our team of over 25 staff members and for maintaining the exceptionally high standards of our service and upholding our company's beliefs.

"We ensure that our service is what we would expect for our family members to have" Ashwin Gopaul

Tarrys Residential Home is run by ARG Global Ltd and the directors have over 35 years of running Care homes. The directors role is to ensure that the home runs smoothly and the service user's health, well being and happiness is at the heart of what we do.



Ashwin Gopaul

Registered Provider

Ashwin became the Registered Provider of Tarry's Residential Home in October 2018, bringing new ideas and enthusiasm to an established business. Having personally cared for a relative, Ashwin brings compassion and person centered approaches to his leadership and management of Tarry's Residential Home.

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Suzanne Marfleet

Registered Manager

Suzanne has worked in the Health & Social Care sector for over 14 years. Starting as a senior carer and working her way up to Registered Manager. During Suzanne’s career she made a change of direction and worked as an Tutor/Assessor for Apprenticeships at levels 2, 3 and 5 before returning to frontline care. Suzanne has over the course of her career had experience with dealing with learning disabilities, challenging behaviour and vulnerable elderly adults. She is passionate about providing the correct care for vulnerable adults and making this as person centred as possible.

Melanie Hughes

Deputy Manager

Melanie joined Tarry's Residential Home in October 2006, starting her career as the head chef and working her way up to the Deputy Manager position. Melanie supports Claire in the day to day running of Tarry's Residential Home and is always striving for excellence.

Sadie Boaler

Head of Care

Sadie joined us at Tarry's in 2015 and brings over 28 years experience in Social Care. Sadie delivers consistent leadership to our front line Senior care team. Sadie cares for our residents in a way that she would expect for her family and brings life and vibrancy to Tarry's. All of our staff are reportable to Sadie, our Registered and Deputy Manager meet with her weekly for updates, reviewing the previous week and planning the week ahead.

Care Team

At Tarry’s Residential Home, we aim to provide our Service Users with a secure, relaxed, and homely environment in which their care, well-being and comfort are of prime importance. Our dedicated staff members will strive to preserve and maintain the dignity, individuality and privacy of all our Service Users within a warm and caring atmosphere, and in so doing will be sensitive to the Service Users ever-changing needs. Such needs may be medical/therapeutic (for physical and mental welfare), cultural, psychological, spiritual, emotional and social, and Service Users are encouraged to participate in the development of their individualised Care Plans in which the involvement of family and friends may be appropriate and is greatly valued.​

We offer permanent and long term placements predominantly however we can provide respite services for a minimum of four weeks. 

To view our latest CQC report, please click on the link below:
https://www.cqc.org.uk/location/1-5829371469​​​
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We understand that moving into Residential Care can be a very difficult and stressful time for yourself and your family, we strive to make this process as seamless and comforting as possible. We offer placements privately and local authority funded and you are welcome to visit us at any time to view Tarry's Residential Home.

We are always pleased to hear from prospective clients, please get in touch with us to register your interest for our waiting list.

If you would like to meet with the Registered Manager to discuss your options please telephone 01227 367045 to make an appointment and she would be happy to assist you. Once you have discussed your requirements an assessment can be arranged where we discuss the finer details.

Once placement has been agreed with the Registered Manager and the funding authority a moving date can be arranged, we provide the necessities such as bedding, towels and toiletries etc however we encourage families to personalise bedrooms with photographs, ornaments and any other special items so the surroundings are familiar and welcoming.

You are welcome to visit your friend or relative at any time, we do not have visiting hours as we want our Residents to maintain their relationships in a way that they would at home, we understand families have a lot of commitments and want to support our Resident's networks to remain strong.
We also encourage pets to visit as animals provide great companionship but do ask that owners keep them on leads and under control. 
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                           Updated Covid 19 & Visiting Guidance as from June 2023
Covid restrictions have now been lifted for Care Homes but, it is still prevalent in the community.
Here is the updated guidance to keep our staff, residents, and visitors safe from this debilitating virus.
  • All our residents have been offered the Spring Booster and the GP team has visited the home to vaccinate all residents who have consented to this. 
  • Visitors no longer need to book appointments to come and see relatives and we welcome visitors to our home at any time.
  • Staff still test regularly with LFT test.  PCR tests have now ceased unless advised by Public Health England if there is an outbreak in the home. 
  • We do ask visitors to still take an LFT test if they feel unwell before visiting the home.
  • Masks no longer need to be worn when visiting relatives unless you are feeling unwell or have a cold when we will ask you to wear a mask to protect our vulnerable residents.
  • Bottles of hand sanitiser are available to use at reception and we endeavour to keep this regularly topped up.  If you find that this is empty, please inform a member of staff who will replace with a new bottle. We also have PPE available such as gloves, aprons, alcohol gel, aprons should you wish to use these for your own protection and the protection of your relative.  

  • 86-88 Grand Drive, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8LL, UK
We are fortunate to have a very low staff turn over and believe that our team is our greatest asset, however we are always excited to hear from people with the right skills and values to join our team. We post our latest vacancies on Indeed​​​ but you are welcome to use our contact us form if you would like to introduce yourself and express your interest in joining our team.

Tarry's is ready for Summer!

New chairs donated to us for our lovely residents and families to enjoy the 'hopefully' sunny weather in the garden. Thank you for the donation!

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Kings Coronation Celebration 6th May 2023

Our lovely residents had a fun packed Bank Holiday weekend celebrating the Kings Coronation. 👑👑 On Saturday they watched the service and had a Royal Buffet with lots of lovely food and drinks; and raising their flags high. A lovely afternoon was had by all!

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