Finalists for the Great East Midlands Care Awards Announced 2011
14 September 2011
Wednesday 14th September saw a multitude of finalists gather to attend the judging day for the Great East Midlands Care Awards.
The search to find the winners of this year’s Great East Midlands Care Awards is almost complete. Entries have been invited from categories representing all areas of the social care sector from throughout the East Midlands. Finalists were invited to attend a judging day at the Galleries of Justice Museum in Nottingham where they were interviewed by a panel of judges representing all areas of the social care sector.
The awards, who's principal sponsor is h.e.t. software, are supported by Nottinghamshire County Council and will take place at the East Midlands Conference Centre on 7th October where the winners will be announced. The evening will consist of a champagne reception, a superb gourmet dinner followed by the awards presentation with Vanessa Feltz from Radio 2's early morning show, and dancing into the night.
Finalists at the judging day represented all areas of the East Midlands region. From local private care providers, residential and nursing homes and local authority adult social care departments – one thing they all had in common was they epitomised the unsung heroes of the region. Without such people quality care for the vulnerable and elderly members of our community would fail.
The Great East Midlands Care Awards is part of a series of regional Great British Care Awards. The winners from all the regional awards will then be invited to attend the National Events for either Home Care or Care Homes sectors at the prestigious London venue in May and June 2012.
The Great British Care Awards are acelebration of excellence across the care sector. The purpose of the awards is to promote best practice within both home care and care homes sectors, and pay tribute to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding excellence within their field of work.
There are a total of around eighteen awards categories available for nomination, which represent all areas of the care sector,whether it be older people or specialist services, residential or home care. From frontline staff such as care workers and care managers to people who have made an impact in other ways such as training, specialist care and innovation.
The awards have received support from across the social care sector, including the Adult Directors of Social Services (ADASS), Department of Health, Ceretas, the English Community Care Association (ECCA), the National Academy for Social Care and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and Skills for Care.
The awards support the Care Professionals Benevolent Fund (CPBF.) The CBPF is the registered charity for the Care Sector which supports current, former and retired care professionals, by providing assistance to relieve financial hardship or sickness.
Lisa Carr, a Director of the Great British Care Awards and one of the judges on the day said,
“The Great East Midlands Care Awards are now in their third year and we were truly heartened to receive such an overwhelming response. Despite the economic down turn social care will always remain at the heart of the government's agenda for supporting old and vulnerable people. The awards offer a unique opportunity to celebrate the successes of individuals, teams and businesses throughout the UK - people who really do make a positive impact on people’s lives. The quality of the finalists was once again extremely high and it was humbly to meet so many local champions. The awards will really help to raise the profile of social care in the region and we are looking forward to what promises to be a superb awards evening.”
Finalists for the Great East Midlands Care Awards are:
The Care Employer Award
Vijay Majithia
Carewatch, Leicester
Morton Grange
Alfreton, Debryshire
Country Court Care
Market Deeping, Peterborough
The Care Home Worker Award
Anita Clarke
Anchor Care, Southwell, Nottingham
Hannah Roach
Guardian Care Homes, Lincoln
Jim Watt
Milford Care Group, Milford, Derbyshire
Maya Bayan
Morton Grange, Alfreton, Derbyshire
The Home Care Worker Award
Tracey Lake
Medico, Wellingborough
Gina Rose
Nottingham Mencap, Nottingham
Nicola Taylor
Sevacare Ltd, Nottingham
Ritaben Patel
Westminster Homecare, Leicester
Nicola Russell
PerCurra Ltd, Nottingham
Denise Stirland
Radis Group, Nottingham
The Care Newcomer Award
Jodie Knight
Housing 21, Derby
Alison Oldham
Nestor, Spalding, Lincolnshire
Deborah Firth
Clarriots Home Care, Legboure
James Thurlby
PerCurra Ltd, Nottingham
The Care Home Registered Manager Award
Karen Brett
3AB Care Ltd, Lutterworth, Leicestershire
Maggie Anderson
Community Care Solutions Ltd, Leicestershire
Shaji Rajamony
Redcliffe House, Nottingham
Sean McCloskey
Regal Care Home Ltd, Wellingborough
Nike Ajewole
Tanglewoods, Lincolnshire
Sue Grummett
Majesticare, Newark, Nottingham
The Home Care Registered Manager Award
Steve Varney
Always There Home Care, Leicestershire
Natalie Jones
Bluebird Care (East Staffs and South Derbyshire, Burton on Trent
Lynn Dixon
Medico Homecare, Wellingborough
Tania Comery
Nottingham Mencap, Nottingham
Christina Roddis
Morton Grange, Alfreton, Derbyshire
Louise McQuone
Radis, Leicestershire
The Dignity in Care Award
Jane Buxton
Ashfield Day & Community Support Service, Nottingham
Joy Grant
Bluebird Care, Leicestershire
Helena Adjeke
Home Instead Senior Care, Leicester
The Dementia Carer Award
Jayne Scotney
Barchester Healtchare, Bourne
Jessan Malagad
Milford Care Homes, Nottingham
Noreen Smith
Nottingham City Council, Nottingham
The Care Team Award
Springfield Care Home Team
Annesley (Oldercare) Ltd, Nottingham
Southcroft Team
Derbyshire Social Services - Adult Care, Ripley, Derbyshire
The Aigburth Care Team
Methodist Homes, Leicestershire
Claire Ward, Lorraine Benedict and Janet Wale
Portland House Residential home, Leicester
Natalie Wright, Jane Daker and Claire Frith
Direct Health, Nottingham
The Care Home Activity Organiser Award
Christina Parkes
Ashmere Derbyshre, Derbyshire
Jenny Carlisle And Sharon Morledge
Elder Homes, Nottingham
Katie Fleetham
Portland House, Leicester
Cindy Adcock
Western Park View, Leicester
The Home Care Coordinator Award
Lelsey Scrimshaw
Careline, Derbyshire
Maria Goodwin
Carewatch, Leicester
Keely Burton
Medico Homecare, Wellingborough
Rachel Court
Westminster Homecare, Leicester
Cindy Orme
Walnut Care at Home, Boston
Kelly Morphus
PerCurra Ltd, Nottingham
The Ancillary Worker Award
Nigel Walker
Monarch Healthcare, Nottingham
Jacqueline Spirito
Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire
Pete Horner
Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptom
The Putting People First Award
Sue Mecer
Adult Social Care & Health, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottingham
John Orton
Home Instead Senior Care, Leicester
Nottingham Adults with Aspergers Team
Nottingham County Council, Mansfield
The Care Trainer Award
Mandy Potts
Homefield College, Loughborough, Leicestershire
Caroline Kirk
Milford Care Homes, Arnold, Nottingham
Ray Gibson
Sevacare Ltd, Coalville, Leicestershire
Steph Pindor & Elise Adam
NHS Nottinghamshire County, Arnold, Nottingham
The Care Innovator Award
Adam Turvey
Burlington Care Homes, Northampton
John Osborne
Direct Health, Nottingham
Hazel Carelton
Lincolnshire Property Investment Fund Ltd, Lincolnshire
The Frontline Leaders Award
Kim Maddison
Enable Care & Home Support, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Patricia Hallows
Housing 21, Matlock, Derbyshire
Wendy Christopher
Sevacare Ltd, Nottingham
Michelle Houghton
Westminster Homecare, Leicester
Christopher Churchill
Direct Health, Kettering, Northamptonshire
The Housing with Care Award
Alan Stapleton
Northampton County Council, Northampton
Waltham House Care and Housing Team
Housing 21, Derbyshire
The Carer's Award
Sarahjayne Whotton
Nottingham
Maggie Smith
Derby
Molly Limb
Nottingham
The Outstanding Contribution Award
David Newson
Home Instead Senior Care, Leicester
Julia Davies
Milford Care, Belper, Derbyshire
June Rye
Morton Grange, Alfreton, Derbyshire
To book your table at the Great East Midlands Care Awards call 0115 959 6130 or email info@care-awards.co.uk
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Lets celebrate social care and help it get the recognition it deserves
