The Care Employer Award
Winner – Expanding Horizons Limited
I found Ellis and Ali not only to be extremely good business heads but more importantly care about delivering care. They have demonstrated extreme business strategies to help execute care within the community and within their services. they support their staff from development from carer to senior managers and that’s what its about. Being able to promote within. That promotes confidence within their own staff. Deserving winners.
Highly Commended – Fieldbay Ltd (Part of the Ivolve group)
Paula is a fantastic woman and has a clinical background which allows her not only to lead her clinical team with excellent knowledge but to deliver the best possible support and care to her clients. This company provides excellent support to their staff and clients and can be proud of what they have achieved so far.
The Care Home Worker Award
Winner – Pam Burton, Residential Worker, Branas
Pam demonstrates a passionate side that shows everyone deserves a chance in life. She has an ability to be confident respectful and establish boundaries to allow the children to develop trust and communicate. She promotes the child developing life skills and interests whilst at the same time providing this in a safe and secure manner.
Highly Commended – Anna Paintin, Support Worker, Orbis Education & Care
Anna’s approach is creative and innovative utilising music, arts and drama in de-escalating individuals and improving their quality of life. Anna is very humble, passionate, positive and enthusiastic. Anna wishes to make a significant difference to the individual’s being supported on a day to day basis, supporting her team effectively and concentrating on the bigger picture.
The Home Care Worker Award
Winner – Tara Brook, Support Worker, Consensus
Tara is an absolutely exceptional care professional who goes above and beyond for those she supports. A thoughtful and passionate advocate for those with disabilities, she is an example of best practice in care.
Highly Commended – Katherine Jones, Care Worker, Affinity Homecare
A passionate and empathetic professional, Katherine keeps person-centred care at the forefront of her practice. She is a supportive leader within the team and much deserving of high commendation for this award.
The Care Home Newcomer Award
Charlotte May, Support Worker, Trevelyan – Accomplish Group
Like all of the best folk do, Charlotte uses her personal experience to ensure that she offers the most empathetic support possible to all of her service users. Charlotte shows clear winning qualities and we are sure that she will go far in whatever she undertakes with humility, resilience and diligence.
The Home Care Newcomer Award
Finlay Murphy, Caregiver, Right at Home
Having only joined the sector in 2020, since then Finlay has gone on to have a great impact on her clients. Keeping person-centred care at the heart of her approach, she is both talented and hardworking: an admirable mix of traits that will ensure her continued success.
Highly Commended – Kian Blake, Senior Support Worker, M&D Care
Kian has come into the role supporting complex individuals with no previous experience, and has already had a promotion. He clearly has a great career ahead of him. Shoot for the stars Kian!
The Care Home Registered Manager Award
Winner – Sarah Davies, Service Manager, Salutem Care & Education
Sarah is an effective yet approachable leader whose dedication to both staff and clients exemplifies the term ‘person-centred.’ She should be very proud of herself and for winning this award.
Highly Commended – Sujjata Singh, General Manager, Ty Enfys – Hallmark Care Homes
Having spent 25 years in nursing, Sujjata is an expert in her field. This vast knowledge and experience informs her leadership everyday.
The Home Care Registered Manager Award
Winner – Linzi Sim, Registered Manager, Val’s Community
The lengths Linzi has gone to make the service she purchased in 2021 a place for service users to live and be happy has been extraordinary. Living in a hotel for 11.5 months just so it reached no concerns that the former owner had left it in.
Highly Commended – Julie Pope, Care Manager, Bluebird Care Cardiff South and the Vale
Passionate and dedicated, Julie deserves the highly commended award. She is a certainly a loving manager that is well respected
The Dignity in Care / Dementia Carer Award
Winner – Alison Hamer, Senior Care Assistant, HC-One
Alison has worked in the care industry for over 33 years, and is a compassionate person who puts her residents at the heart of her role. She ensures that every day is a good day for each individual, with an ethos for making sure she has time to listen and ‘just be there’ for her residents. A smile goes a long way – just treating people like her own parents. An inspirational winner.
Highly Commended – Mary Baber, Care Assistant, HC-One
Mary is a kind, wonderful person who takes her role seriously and creates a fulfilling life for her residents. She is well deserving of high commendation for this award.
The Care Home Team Award
Winner – The Therapies Team, Fieldbay
Rhian is an impressive woman. Her enthusiasm for her team and the work that they do was falling out of the computer screen. It was clear to me that her team is driven, passionate and empathetic and makes a real difference not only to the business, but to the service users that they support. Huge congratulations to the entire Fieldbay Therapy Team, keep up the stirling work.
Highly Commended – Ty Arfryn Staff Team, Accomplish Group
Kim and the Team are very obviously a close knit, dedicated bunch. The biggest message I took from our meeting was the love and determination that they show to giving the people in their care the quality of life that they deserve. I particularly loved hearing about the Bucket Wall list! Huge Congratulations Kim and Team Arfryn.
The Home Care Team Award
Winner – Carmarthenshire Council Team, Carmarthenshire Council
The team went above and beyond to deal with the consequences of storm Eunice and continued to learn from the experience and improve their services for the citizens they look after.
Highly Commended – Care Team for Angelica Aston, Complete Care Amegreen (City and County)
Small team for 6, 8 together with the nurses. They look after a young customer with complex care needs. They are trained to be similar to as intensive care nurses but without the nursing qualification. They are dedicated to one customer but the team moves on as a team to the next customer and that’s their preference as they know each other well. They have their manager but they’ve decided not to have a team leader as they feel everyone should be equal on the team. They genuinely put their customer first.
The Ancillary Worker Award
Winner – Katherine Shorney, Home Administrator, HC-One
Katherine is known as the ‘beating heart’ of the care home where she has worked as Home Administrator for the last 15 years and it’s clear to see why; outlasting seven managers in that time, she constantly goes the extra mile for staff and residents alike with total commitment.
Highly Commended – James Burgess, Maintenance Manager, Ty Llandaff Care Home
James is simply a tour de force and a completely natural care sector Superhero; his infectious energy and bottomless empathy infuses his passion for making a big difference every day to the lives of residents.
The Three Rs Award
Winner – Courtney Katramanos, Business & Recruitment Manager, Right at Home
Courtney and Right at Home demonstrated unique and adaptive recruitment, retention and recognition strategies that have seen a positive impact for both their staff and the service users. The level of thought and understanding that had instigated these developments was clear and the passion for what they do shone through.
Highly Commended – Gemma Howells, People & Culture, M&D Care
Gemma and M&D are a fantastic example of how embedded core values as a company can be transformational. By involving employees at all stages of this change and adaptation they have been able to create and sustain their workforce during a very challenge stage in Health and Social Care recruitment
The Workforce Development Award
Winner – The Introduction to Social Care Team, Social Care Wales – WeCare Wales
An incredible group of highly experience and passionate individuals, the team have worked tirelessly to ensure their life changing programme is accessible to all and encourages people from all walks of life to work in social care, giving them the skills to commence a career in care. They have enabled individuals to have access to training and coaching from applying to jobs to interview to working in care and have changed peoples lives with their dedicated training programme that is adapted to suit everyone despite their needs or disabilities, showcasing that working in care can be a great career path.
Highly Commended – Sarah Jones, Trainer, Accomplish Group
Sarah blew us away with her enthusiasm and commitment to L&D, she truly believes that everyone deserves the chance to learn and her initiatives and use of technology is definitely the way forward. Her enthusiasm and commitment shone through and she is passionate about ensuring everyone has the opportunities they deserve whether they work for the organisation or are a service user.
The Care Innovator Award
Winner – Lily Davies, Lifestyle Lead, Ty Enfys – Hallmark Care Homes
Lily’s dedication and passion to care shown through her interview from the very first second – she is creative, bubbly but more importantly forward thinking. Her ideas are on ground level but they have a an impact on multiple levels. Started her idea with the gardening project, making it more accessible for every residents, with very small changes. They even created an audio guide of the garden, for people with sight impairment. She understand the importance of team work, and knows how to get others on board. She’s working on a project “Turn it down” which realises the noise level in the home for staff and residents too. Her future vision is to change the shift pattern to the care workers and to have an in house nursery for staff. This would bring in more work – life balance and it would benefit the residents too. She looks up for her Mum and made a touching comment: I know my mum will be old one day – I work on the future care, so she would benefit from it.
Highly Commended – Rebecca Edwards & Jonathan Jones, Behaviour Specialists, Swansea Bay University Health Board
Rebecca and Jonathan started their project “out of frustration” when the new guidance were introduced on using restraint or restraining techniques in their care settings. They are a small, very hands on team working with LD and challenging behaviour, specialised on complex cases. When the new legislation was introduced they were not given any instructions how to implement it and they’ve felt restriction was labelled by the media as bad. They’ve developed a guide which nurses and the wider care sector can use determining whether restraint or restrictions are beneficial for the individual to be used. They are close to having their work published and hopefully introduced it Nation Wide.
The Care Home Frontline Leader Award
Winner – Ruth Giles, Manual Handling Lead, Fieldbay (part of the Ivolve group)
Ruth is a very driven and passionate leader who recognises her teams’ achievements and supports them to be the best they can be. She is a worthy winner of this award!
Highly Commended – Susin Shakya & Vicki Brooke, Deputy Home Managers, Taith Cartref – Accomplish Group
Taking over running the home when the Manager became ill with Covid, Susin and Vicki stepped up to the plate and demonstrated great frontline leadership. They are much deserving of high commendation.
The Home Care Frontline Leader Award
Winner – Claire Thomas, Practice Leader, Drive – Wales
Claire is dedicated and always leads by example. A true frontline leader who is a worthy winner.
Highly Commended – Gill Grennan-Jenkins, Team Manager, 0-25 Disability Team – Carmarthenshire County Council
Gill is a shining example of great frontline leadership – empathetic and strong she is all you could ask for in a carer. She is more than deserving of high commendation for this award.
The Home Care Co-ordinator Award
Winner – Sharon Lloyd, Coordinator, Bluebird Care Cardiff South & the Vale
Sharon’s dedication and passion make her the backbone of the team, as she goes the extra mile in her role always for the benefit of colleagues and clients. Well done Sharon!
Highly Commended – Rhian Richards, Coordinator, Right at Home
With a distinct understanding of the importance of continuity and communication, Rhian is an exceptional care coordinator.
The Care Assessor / Planner Award
Winner – Amy Quelch, Manager, Cadog Homecare
Amy has worked her way up in the care sector to be a Registered Manager. She is still very hands on ensuring her team delivers the best possible care to their customers. She has vast knowledge of person centred care and ensures their care plans are updated and monitored regularly. She is confident in completing risk assessments and to follow up a risk identified. she works with other professionals in the community and has a good relationship with them. Her professionalism and caring nature shined through her interview.
The Putting People First Award
Winner – Western Bay Domiciliary Care Team, M&D Care
Sarah and the team go above the call of duty for those they support, as well as ensuring they support each other in a role that is as challenging as it is rewarding. They should be proud of themselves as they are worthy winners of the putting people first award.
Highly Commended – Jackie Trevor, Support Worker, Cartrefi Cymru
Jackie is such a humble character who really has no idea how wonderful she is. Keep being a beacon of light and support for the people that need you Jackie
The Palliative / End of Life Award
Winner – Ceri Breeze, Home Manager, Swn-Y-Mor Care Centre
Ceri’s expertise, care, compassion and pride she feels in her work shone through in her interview. She explained times that she has gone the extra mile for patients and families, and understood their needs holistically to ensure they had a positive and personal experience of dying.
The Social Care Nurse Award
Winner – Ffion Jones, Staff Nurse, Swansea Bay University Heath Board
Whilst Ffion is still at the beginning of her career as a nurse she has been setting standards of commitment and care that many can only hope to achieve. Since school her passion and desire to provide for the vulnerable has been outstanding. She will stand up and be counted, the improvements she has made to people’s lives is remarkable. She has put herself second on many occasions and goes out of her way to provide the best she can for those that need it.
Highly Commended – Catalin Neacsu & Rachel Whittaker, Community Manager & Registered Nurse, Hallmark Care Homes
Both Catalin and Rachel demonstrated not just a wide range of different nursing knowledge and skills but the confidence to put those skills into use for the benefit of those in their care. They are constantly looking to achieve the best for the people they look after and the people they work with.
The Social Care Covid Hero Award
Winner – Affinity Homecare Team, Affinity Homecare
This team went above and beyond during the pandemic supporting each other, clients and families during an exceptionally difficult time. Their dedication to the wellbeing and safety of those they support is admirable, and much deserving of this accolade.
The Outstanding Contribution to Social Care Award
Winner – Paula Lewis & Cynthia Rees, Director & Services Manager, Fieldbay
This double act are deserving winners of this award not only do that have a great business, they build their business around delivering GREAT care at the highest standards and allowing their own staff to take control of their own career development. This leads to staff providing a 5* care service. Both are very knowledgeable in their separate fields of expertise
Highly Commended – Michelle Martin, Director, M&D Care
Very close not to win this award. Michelle has built her company from scratch and it is a very successful care organisation. She will continue to make more outstanding contributions to social care.
Winners of these awards will go through to the National Finals, 17th March, ICC, Birmingham