On Friday 16th March, 900 of the very best in social care attended a glittering awards ceremony at Birmingham’s ICC, for the national finals of the Great British Care Awards, where the national category winners were announced by presenter Jeremy Vine.
The Great British Care Home Awards, hosted by Care England, brought together the winners from the nine regional Great British Care Awards held in Autumn 2017. Winners from each region were invited to compete once again to become the national champions.
Sector support includes the Department of Health, The National Care Forum, Alzheimer’s Society, The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) and the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) as well as commercial organisations.
There are a total of twenty one award categories available for nomination, which represent all areas of the care sector. These range from older people or specialist services, frontline staff such as care workers and care managers to people who have made an impact in other ways such as training, and specialist care in areas such as dementia and innovation.
Professor Martin Green OBE, chief executive of Care England said,
“Social care work is one of the most difficult, and at the same time, one of the most spiritually rewarding careers. People who work in social care, make a huge difference to the lives of the people they work with, and are some of society’s unsung heroes.
The Great British Care Awards looks to redress the lack of recognition that people who work in social care receive, and is recognising and rewarding the very best in the social care workforce, giving them praise and respect for the transformational work that they do every day.”
It was Thame’s very own Autumn Years Care who scooped the Home Co-ordinator Award. Under Mark Butler’s co-ordination the company pride themselves in being smile creators. Mark has developed systems that ensures all of the clients are safe and receive high quality care but he has also created an environment where staff love to work. Mark is a shining star in the care sector, developing innovative ways or working that can help us all. A fantastic worthy winner!
You can find out more about what Autumn Years Care do by visiting their website at https://autumnyearscare.com/
