Skills for Care has announced the finalists for its Accolades awards, celebrating the achievements of organisations committed to boosting the skills and knowledge of the growing adult social care workforce.
Now in their 13th year, the Accolades hail individuals and organisations who have demonstrated an innovative approach to developing learning and development opportunities for the 1.5m strong adult social care workforce in England. This year’s shortlist is an eclectic mix of employers, training providers, local authorities and individual employers.
Skills for Care chief executive Sharon Allen said: “Adult social care needs to be much more confident about celebrating the excellence in service provision that happens day in and night out. All the Accolades finalists are outstanding examples of how we can make sure highly motivated care and support workers can develop their skills and knowledge which leads to high quality care and support for people in our communities.
“It is also a chance in the continuing tough financial environment for us to share knowledge of how we can find, retain and train people with the right values to meet increasing demand for care and support so everyone who needs it can access truly person centred care.”
The finalists in the nine categories will find out if they have won an Accolade at a glittering awards ceremony in Birmingham on Thursday 10 March 2016.
The finalists are:
Best employer of fewer than 250 staff
- Aldingbourne Trust
- Royal Association for Deaf People
- Vida Healthcare
Best employer of more than 250 staff
- Belong
- Future Directions CIC
- Home Instead Senior Care
- Regard
Best individual employer who employs their own care and support staff
- Hayley Hellings
- Janis Thomson
- Nadia Clarke
Best provider of learning and development
- Acacia Training and Development Ltd
- DH Associates
- Riccall Care Ltd (training department)
Best employer support for apprenticeships
- aVida
- Care Plus Employability Services
- St Mungo’s Broadway
Best employer support for continuing professional development for regulated professionals
- Adult social care, learning and development team, Somerset county council
- London borough of Tower Hamlets reablement service
Best recruitment initiative
- Buckinghamshire Care
- Lighthouse Healthcare
- Portsmouth city council
Most effective approach to integration and new models of care
- Community Integrated Care, Halton clinical commissioning group, Halton borough council
- ROC
- St Giles Care Agency
Most effective approach to leadership and management
- Future Directions CIC
- ROC
- Sonnet Care Homes
Find more information on the Accolades here
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