The Care Employer Award
(TWO AWARDS: MORE THAN AND LESS THAN 250 EMPLOYEES)
This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate employers’ commitment to care and how this is achieving success in delivering an excellent service. Employers should be able to demonstrate considerable acumen and entrepreneurial flair whilst at the same time having a sustained track record of delivering high quality care and managing improvement.
Less Than 250 Employees
This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate employers’ commitment to care and how this is achieving success in delivering a quality service.
- Is able to demonstrate substantial strengths and has a sustained track record of delivering good quality care and managing improvement
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development activities
- Can demonstrate examples of leadership best practice: supervision and appraisal systems, continuing professional development, qualifications and achievements, creating a learning environment. Can show an effective workforce development plan
- Demonstrates the ability to change to meet the new social care priorities
- Demonstrates good practice in person centred care and support
- Demonstrates a commitment to dignity and privacy for clientsIs able to demonstrate how clients and/or relatives/carers participate in the development of service
- Examples of how clients have benefitedCan show satisfaction of clients
- Can say how they achieve a caring culture within their organisation
- Can say what makes their care service special
More Than 250 Employees
This award seeks to acknowledge and celebrate employers’ commitment to care and how this is achieving success in delivering a quality service.
- Is able to demonstrate substantial strengths and has a sustained track record of delivering good quality care and managing improvement
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development activities
- Can demonstrate examples of leadership best practice: supervision and appraisal systems, continuing professional development, qualifications and achievements, creating a learning environment. Can show an effective workforce development plan
- Demonstrates a willingness to change to meet the new social care priorities
- Demonstrates good practice in person centred care and support
- Demonstrates a commitment to dignity and privacy for clients
- Is able to demonstrate how clients and/or relatives/carers participate in the development of service
- Examples of how clients have benefited
- Can show satisfaction of clients
- Can say how they achieve a caring culture within their organisation
- Can say what makes their care service special.
