
The shortlist for the 2016 Shropshire Care Awards that recognises the leading lights in the county’s caring profession has been revealed.
Care workers and providers who are providing an exceptional level of care and proactively working to improve care in the industry have been selected by a panel of judges as possible winners of the 10 categories.
Individual awards include employee of the year, promoting care as a positive career, learner of the year and Registered Manager award.
Organisational categories are the team award, health & wellbeing, healthy eating, supporting end of life care, supporting and engaging with the local community, and supporting out of hours discharge.
The awards programme is hosted by Shropshire Partners in Care (SPIC), a not for profit organisation that represents more than 200 independent nursing, residential and domiciliary care companies.
Nicky Jacques, Chief Officer of Shropshire Partners in SPIC said: “The Care Awards celebrate the many achievements that individual staff and care organisations in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin deliver on a daily basis.
“They offer providers who strive every day to deliver a service that they are proud of a chance to be recognised and show their commitment in ensuring their workforce is trained, competent and compassionate.
“There are some great examples of the fantastic work being done across the county within the nominations and the judges said it was very hard to decide on a shortlist as the standard of entries was so high.”
Each category will have a winner and two runners up, revealed at a ceremony at the Park Inn Hotel in Telford on April 15.
2016 Care Awards shortlist:
Employee of the Year
Lynn Oakley, Home Instead Senior Care, Shropshire
Margaret Wall, Supreme Homecare, Shropshire
Victor Quimpo, Adelphi Care Services (Roseville House, Wem)
Learner of the Year
Caroline Tarbuck, Home Instead Senior Care, Shropshire
Eric Piala, Adelphi Care Services, Shropshire
Jess Lane, Sambrook House Residential Care Home, Newport
Promoting Care as a Positive Career
Ceri Eades, Bluebird Care, Shropshire
Jennifer Williams, Morris Care, Shropshire
Sue Robson, Supreme Homecare, Shropshire
Registered Manager Award
Gill Burroughs, Sambrook House Residential Care Home, Newport
Lydia Tyanase, Wellington Court, Wellington (Morris Care)
Michelle Evans, Merrington Grange, near Shrewsbury (Adelphi Care Services)
Team Award
Care Team for Mr L, Supreme Homecare, Shropshire
Deansfield, Telford
Sambrook House Residential Care Home, Newport
Health & Wellbeing Award
Churchill House, Ludlow
Sambrook House Residential Care Home, Newport
Healthy Eating Award
Churchill House, Ludlow
Hotel Services Team, Morris Care, Shropshire
Sambrook House Residential Care Home, Newport
Supporting/engaging with your local community
Allcare Shropshire
Sambrook House Residential Care Home, Newport
Supreme Homecare, Shropshire
Supporting timely hospital discharge
Landona House, Wem
The Sandford Nursing Home, Church Stretton
Supporting End of Life Care
Churchill House, Ludlow
Sambrook House Residential Care Home, Newport
Sovereign Domiciliary Care Services, Tenbury Wells