The Care Home Employer Award
Keswick Care
Lorraine’s dedication and commitment to care and her service users were clearly demonstrated and she is truly a team player. Lorraine is not scared to roll her sleeves up and be a true role model to her team. Congratulations Lorraine!
Highly Commended
Thornhill House
Christian and the team not only care holistically for their service users, but his dedication and time has clearly been invested in his staff – not only for their development but also their personal wellbeing. Thornhill House are much deserving of high commendation.
The Home Care Employer Award
Bluebird Care Leeds North
Sheree and Bluebird Care Leeds North cultivate high standards and a positive culture right from the start with a great approach to quality assurance, reactiveness to new training requirements and a continuous improvement culture. Their focus on helping their clients have the best quality of life demonstrates that the service they provide goes over and above what is expected.
Highly Commended
Sirius Homecare
It’s very clear that Sirius Homecare has very high standards which are set out right from the beginning and this leads to a great culture. They clearly looking after the wellbeing of their staff which makes them better equipped to offer high quality care.
The Care Home Worker Award
Rachel Darby, Anchor
Rachael was a pleasure to talk to, she had some lovely examples of ways in which she had improved experiences of residents within her home, including creating special areas indoors where people could carry out different activities. She had such enthusiasm in talking about her role and it was clear that this translates to a really high-quality standard of care.
Highly Commended
Leslie Clarke, Exemplar Healthcare
Leslie prides himself on building good relationships with residents, creating a bond so they feel they can trust you. His reflection on his own personal experience of having parents needing care made it clear that he really values the support and training he has received in his work. He also had some really interesting thoughts on the future of social care.
The Home Care Worker Award
Jade Sellen, Blossom Homecare
This young lady has the passion and drive to rise up through the care sector, her desire to learn, progress and develop shone throughout her interview. She is an asset to her organisation, keep up the great work!
Highly Commended
Chloe Clarke, Bluebird Care
Chloe is the type of home care worker you would want on your team, she is kind, caring and has a genuine passion for the people she supports. As judges we wish her all the success in her caring career.
The Support Worker Award
Clare Tomlinson, Milewood Health Care
Clare’s experience and passion came through throughout the discussion, and we can see the massive difference made to the people she supports. Her passion to make the lives of those she supports better is palpable and she puts the hard work in to make it happen.
Highly Commended
Carol Bugg, The Bridge Care
Carol came across as so thoroughly caring and truly selfless. The judges could see the fulfilment she got from her role in supporting others. She is much deserving of high commendation.
The Care Newcomer Award
Sharon Taylor, Creative Support
I was blown away by the passionate way that Sharon spoke of the service she works in and the individuals she supports. She said she is blessed to support each & every person and has found her calling. She is emotionally invested in the wellbeing of the individuals she cares for and making their lives better.
Highly Commended
Paige Evans, Complete Care West Yorkshire
An incredibly passionate care worker who strives to give each and every person she supports the very best care possible. An absolute pleasure to talk to someone so young with so much empathy & passion for what she does. The world of care needs more people like Paige!
The Care Home Registered Manager Award
Sharon Oldfield, Vida Court
Sharon is driven by progress and the empowerment of others. She demonstrated a desire for her team’s recognition as a whole and is determined to make people feel valued and supported.
Highly Commended
Heather Turgoose, Rise Above
Heather has made an exceptional contribution to the Care sector and her success at such a young age is admirable. Her selfless and dedicated attitude towards the children she cares for and the way she describes the joy that the children’s journey and results bring to her shows a true leader with interests in all the right areas of management.
The Home Care Registered Manager Award
Kay Radford, Visiting Angels
Kay demonstrated the passion she has in her role from the point a resident joins, to the grieving process of a family and sharing her knowledge to help them with hard decisions. She is interested in the growth of her team and their collaboration with training bodies and regulators to optimise standards. Combining these elements with her actioning of team recommendations and ideas shows true leadership skills and a transparent management style.
Highly Commended
Deborah Davey, Amphion Homecare
Deborah shows a very holistic management approach with recognition of the results of rewarding staff, centering their knowledge and input in decisions and planning. Her passion and motivation to care for and make service users feel safe even as a manager really shines through in her priorities as she showcases adaptability and responsiveness in her approach.
The Supported Living Manager Award
Carrie Le-Billion, Horizon Care Supported Living
Carrie demonstrated an incredible caring ethic not only to her service users but also to her staff. She clearly is focused on delivering the best possible outcomes for her service users and the judge was particularly taken about how she used all opportunities as a way of improving the service.
Highly Commended
Leonne Ridsdale, Milewood Health Care
Leonne demonstrated a very professional work ethic alongside clearly caring for her staff and service users. There were great examples of how her service users have progressed and the opportunities given to them. It was clear that the team are very well supported and organised and of particular note was how Leonne was keen to obtain feedback at every opportunity to improve the levels of service.
The Care Home Chef Award
Chris Doherty, Mill Lodge Care Centre
Chris has the attitude that all of his food prepared in the kitchen should be good nutritious food that is presented well. He has had a long career and has always enjoyed the satisfaction on peoples faces when eating. He takes pride in his kitchen and staff.
Highly Commended
Louise Wilson, Country Court Care
The judges found this contestant to be very person-centred in her attitude to the diets/food she prepares. Her ‘family feel’ in the kitchen is also extended to the residents, which she regularly talks highly to. She takes pride in her food preparation and delivery.
The Dignity in Care Award
Jade Smethhurst, Fairburn Mews (Exemplar Health Care)
Jade came across extremely confident and as a very good team player, she was extremely knowledgeable and professional. Since Jade has been promoted to a Nurse Associate with the company, she has completed her own 360 feedback with her team to allow her to work on her personal development.
Highly Commended
Rebecca Higginson, Anchor
Rebecca came across as a very humble lady, has already achieved so much but still wants to grow and improve not only herself but her team. Rebecca showed outstanding leadership and unwavering dedication towards her team which really made her standout.
The Dementia Carer Award
Jon Higgins, Ward Green Lodge
Jon is a vibrant and enthusiastic senior carer who is clearly passionate and dedicated to the care of his residents. Jon’s statement that we “Do it because you want to do it, not for the money, the hours or because its an available job” and “Knowing that you have made an impact in someone’s life keeps me coming back” really sum this up.
Highly Commended
Penny Robson, Vida Court
Penny showed empathy and compassion through all of her answers and has a clear love of her role and the people that she supports, keen to make a difference, and be a positive role model.
The Care Home Team Award
The Team, Keswick Care
The Keswick care clearly take an outstanding person-centred approach, personalising the home and prioritising the resident’s interests and expanding on this by engaging them in external activities. This team stood out with their caring and nurturing natures.
Highly Commended
The Team, Dearnevale Care Home
The Dearnevale team are truly outstanding, giving countless examples of going above and beyond for those they support. They are much deserving of high commendation.
The Home Care Team Award
Calderdale Wellbeing Service, Making Space
This team demonstrated an admirable and truly acceptable approach to person-centred care. Working well together they ensure the best outcomes for those they support.
The Supported Living Team Award
Lynne Taylor, Yorkshire Care Group
Lynne is a worthy winner for her dedication to care and her passion to drive change. She clearly puts her service users at the heart of her service.
The Care Home Activity Co-ordinator Award
Sarah Patrick, We Care Group
It is clear that Sarah really cares about the residents wellbeing as much as their mental health, going out of her way to make sure everyone feels heard and seen. She is a worthy winner of this award.
Highly Commended
Shell Woody, Thornhill House
Shell has a genuine, down to earth energy and the fact that she has worked in different roles and gained all these skills that clearly benefit the residents shows that she really cares and will go the extra mile to support them. Well done Shell!
The Ancillary Worker Award
Kirk Ferriter, Darwin House
Kirk is committed to giving people a purpose, something to do, making a difference to resident’s lives. He is a happy go lucky character making an impact on lives. He believes in flexibility and will cover any role necessary. The Karaoke sessions sound like great fun!
Highly Commended
Cassie Vasey, Happy Futures Support Specialists
Cassie is an administrator that will go out of her way to interact with the service users, she is flexible with great organisation skills and is a great team player. She has innovative ideas and goes out of her way to give service users a voice.
The 3 R’s Award
Vida Healthcare
A dementia specialist company with significant and unique in-house training facilities specifically tailored to the needs of their residents. Their comment that “we regard staff as the life blood of the organisation” rings very true, making them worthy winners of this award.
Highly Commended
Kirushanti, Bluebird Care
Shanti was clearly passionate about matching the right live in carer with the right customer, recognising this as part of the success of a happy customer and happy staff. She was keen to ensure that the staff all felt supported, going out of her way to find ways to actively reward and reassure them.
The Workforce Development Award
Hannah Miller, Orchard Care Homes
The judges were blown away by Hannah’s drive and passion to changing the way people with dementia are perceived to enhance their quality of life, whilst challenging own practices to constantly build upon the work that’s delivered. Going beyond the usual stance of daily activity and instead looking to provide a person-centred approach to dementia care that reflects real life and living.
Highly Commended
Leonnie Martin, Care Found
This finalist stood out by their approach to recruitment and ensuring they had the right people by enrolling them on learning elements to show their commitment and having 97% compliance across the board with 3 out of four outstanding services. This is truly exceptional and much deserving of high commendation.
The Care Innovator Award
Catherine Matthews, Anchor
Catherine really emphasised a team effort, team approach and utilising skills to ensure everyone feels included. It was clear that everyone has a shared vision and works together to achieve it.
The Frontline Leaders Award
Oona-Mai Sharp, Bluebird Care Leeds North
Oona is passionate about her work, clearly going above and beyond on a regular basis. She works with her staff team to develop their skills, encouraging them at all stages. Her work on the new objectives system clearly included all and should be applauded.
Highly Commended
Samantha Leathley, Continued Care
Sam clearly has great leadership skills, and her communication skills shine through. She is keen to ensure that the team are fully aware of all requirements of them, and to ensure that they are praised when everything has gone well. Sam marks all milestones for clients and staff alike.
The Home Care Co-ordinator Award
Simina Rus, SureCare North Leeds
Simina was enthusiastic, motivated and a people person who wanted to make a real difference in her role. She has certainly been successful, and this award stands as a testament to that.
Highly Commended
Karl Brown, New Concept Care & Nursing Ltd
Karl demonstrated and exceptional understanding of the role and dedication to supporting his team to ensure right carers matched to the right clients.
The Care Assessor Award
Nicola Noble, Continued Care
Nicola was certainly passionate about her role, but most importantly about the people she assesses. She puts people at the heart of her assessments and used some amazing examples of how she has challenged, safeguarded and ensured a person-centred approach.
Highly Commended
Joanne Hopkinson, Green Ward Lodge
Joanne is a hard working and dedicated care assessor, always assessing and revaluating individual’s plans to make sure they meet people’s needs. She is always thinking of new ideas and things than can help maintain a person’s independence.
The Putting People First Award
Leeds Autism Service
Leeds Autism Service is truly exceptional, working across two day centres, offering outreach support and an independent supported living service, to support staff, services users and families to make informed decisions about their lives. They ensure there are regular reviews with families and service users so they get more say in their support and ensuring their needs are met how they want them to be met. A truly good example of collaborative working and putting people first.
Highly Commended
Rotherham Carers Time 4 You
An amazing project, developed and implemented by a truly dedicated team, who overcame every obstacle thrown at them to support unpaid carers of people with a diagnosis of dementia to access free respite care. Evidence that if you have the will to succeed and make a difference you really can.
The Palliative Carer Award
Karen Crampton, Carefound Home Care
Karen’s love for working with individuals at the end of life effervesced throughout the interview. She is currently training as a ‘death doula’ and will be part of a small group of people that hold this qualification. She uses her own neurodiversity to help her in her job and her many life experiences and challenges she has used positively to continue to motivate her. A truly inspirational lady, this award is well deserved.
Highly Commended
Care Team, Twelvetrees Care Home
This team really understand how to put the person front and centre at the end of life, they are adaptive, innovative and truly caring. You could feel the warmth and compassion throughout the interview and the judges really got a sense that any individual cared for at end of life would be in the most amazing hands.
The Housing with Care Award
Gemma Kendal, Roche Care Home
Gemma stood out as an exceptional finalist who shows great drive, dedication and passion for her work. She should be proud of herself and the difference she makes to those she supports.
Highly Commended
Horizon Care Supported Living
This team demonstrated true collaborative working to achieve the best outcomes for those they support. Keeping the service user at the heart of their approach, they are much deserving of high commendation.
The Social Care Nurse Award
Francisca Kethiwe Tapfumaneyi, Longley Park View (Exemplar Healthcare)
A worthy winner who demonstrated the care & compassion needed to ensure that her clients holistic needs are met. Driven to ensuring that the future knowledge and skills of our carers are embedded in her training, and is passionate about sharing her own experience and knowledge.
Highly Commended
Kimberly Brown, Orchard Care Homes
Her dedication to care over 2 decades have been admirable, not just to her patients but to her colleagues. She recognises the importance of her own development and sharing her knowledge with others.
The Unpaid Carer Award
Anne Martin, Rotherham Dementia Services (Making Space)
Anne is clearly very dedicated to her role, going above and beyond for those she supports without ever expecting anything in return. Its people like Anne that make social care great.
The Co-production Award
Ian Brodie, Shadow Quality Group
A collaborative approach to caring has enabled Happy Futures to create a support model within which Ian Brodie has emerged as a service user who personifies what it means to be given input responsibility for his care and that of others. He is clearly relishing this opportunity, demonstrating the true upside of co-production
The judges valued the different ways of ensuring they capture service user voice including private mail box. Co-production by understanding the role and perspective of staff.
The Outstanding Contribution to Social Care Award
Alison Haigh, HICA
Alison shows real passion and hard work towards the service she provides and puts service users first, making time for them and going above and beyond with her creative ideas. Her contribution to the social care sector is truly outstanding and she is a worthy winner of this award.
Highly Commended
Colleen Wilson, Strong Life
Coleen has dedicated 34 years to making other people feel special, recognised and remembered. She is much deserving of high commendation for this outstanding contribution to social care.