Meet the Team
Jessica Skinner - Hospital Manager
Jessica started at Cygnet Sedgley House and Lodge as a support worker in 2008. Throughout her 10 years as a support worker, she developed a passion to encourage, motivate and collaboratively work with service users as well their families to enable them to progress through their treatment and successfully integrate back into the community. During her time at Sedgley, Jessica also worked at different hospitals within Cygnet, giving her the opportunity to work with a range of service users who experience different mental health and learning difficulties.
In 2018 Jessica qualified as a registered mental health nurse. Her commitment to delivering high quality care that is patient centred and being a positive role model for her junior colleagues, enabled Jessica to progress on to become a senior nurse in 2019. In 2021 she was successful on her application to become Head of Care for Cygnet Sedgley. She also had the opportunity to work at different Cygnet services which enhanced her knowledge and leadership skills.
In 2024 Jessica was appointed Hospital Manager at Cygnet Sedgley and looks forward to continuing her career with Cygnet and supporting the Sedgley team and the individuals within our care.
Matthias Katanga - Head of Care (Cygnet Sedgley Lodge)
Matt began his career in the healthcare sector by joining Cygnet Health Care as a Support Worker. This initial role provided him with invaluable experience in providing support to individuals facing mental health challenges. After gaining substantial experience as a Support Worker, Matt pursued further education and training to become a Mental Health Nurse.
With years of experience in both support worker and mental health nursing, Matt hen advanced to the position of Head of Care at Cygnet Sedgley. Throughout his journey from Support Worker to Head of Care, Matt has remained committed to improving the lives of individuals with mental health conditions. In addition to his mental health work Matt is also a polyglot, who can speak five languages including French and English.
Hailey Roberts - Specialist Occupational Therapist
Hailey joined the team in January 2023 having previously worked for a local authority within their Adults Social Care Prevention Team. In addition to her previous role, Hailey has experience working within an secure inpatients unit for individuals with Eating Disorders. Hailey is passionate about supporting individuals within all stages of their rehabilitation journey, motivating them to achieve their personal goals.
Nikki Saunders - Preceptor Forensic Psychologist
Nikki joined Cygnet in 2017 as an Assistant Psychologist before starting her Forensic Psychology Doctorate at the University of Birmingham. She completed her placements with Cygnet, working as a Trainee Forensic Psychologist across a range of settings.
Nikki joined Cygnet Sedgley House & Lodge in January 2023 as a Preceptor Psychologist whilst finalising her thesis. Nikki finds working in mental health rehabilitation very rewarding, and is passionate about supporting individuals in their recovery.
Nathan Bradley – Assistant Psychologist
Nathan has worked at Sedgley since December 2021 and this is his first role as an assistant psychologist after studying psychology at Keele university and a masters in applied clinical psychology at Bath. He hopes to progress to become a Clinical Psychologist.
Nathan enojys his work at Sedgley and values working in a rehabilitation setting, where he is able to see service users make progress throughout their recovery.
Ellen Rogers - Assistant Psychologist
Ellen studied at Bristol University, graduating with her undergraduate psychology degree in 2020. In 2021 she completed a masters degree in which she presented research on the topic of the co-occurrence of eating disorders and psychotic disorders in the general population.
Ellen has experience volunteering for a charity supporting adults who experienced abuse during childhood. and feels privileged to work at Sedgley. Getting to know the service users and seeing them progress on their journey is something she finds extremely rewarding. Ellen would like to study a PhD in Clinical Psychology in the future.
