HET supports Great British Care Awards
12 August 2009
HET Software demonstrated their commitment to supporting the social care workforce recently by becoming the main sponsor of the Great British Care Awards.
The Great British Care Awards are a celebration of excellence across the care sector and are managed by the team behind the Ceretas National Home Care Awards, a high profile annual event for the home care industry. Supported also by the Department of Health, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), the English Community Care Association (ECCA), Ceretas and Action on Elder Abuse, 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, IT and innovation.
All the finalists will be invited to attend a spectacular gala dinner at venues throughout the UK, where the winners will be announced. The winners from the regional awards will then be invited to attend the National Events for either Home Care or Care Homes sectors at the prestigious London’s Guildhall, in June 2010.
People can nominate themselves, a colleague or a company and must accompany their nomination with an account of around 300 words saying why they are worthy winners of an award. For an entry form call 0115 959 6133m e-mail info@care-awards.co.uk or visit www.care-awards.co.uk
John Mayhew, Chief Executive of Het Software Ltd comments, “Following our involvement with the Ceretas Awards and Annual Conference I experienced firsthand the positive impact that such events can have for everyone involved in the care industry.
We all face the same challenges and share a common goal. The biggest challenge at the moment would appear to be the Government’s Personalisation Agenda. Although the full consequences of personalisation are not fully understood at this time, one thing is for certain - the impact will be far reaching.
In theory personalisation should accomplish what we all wish to achieve for home care service users, with greater choice leading to improved quality of life. Our common goal is to continuously improve the quality and consistency of care delivered and to raise the profile of the home care industry.
Through sponsorship of the Great British Care Awards HET Software can be instrumental in providing a national platform that helps to promote best practice and excellence in service delivery, acknowledges the commitment and dedication of the people who work within our sector and to generally raise the profile of the care sector in the UK.”
