The 2024 Hertfordshire Care Awards
The Hertfordshire Care Awards 2024 took place on Thursday the 28th of November where dedicated care professionals from across the county were recognised for their work.
It was an incredible evening and we would like to thank everyone that joined us. Huge congratulations to all our nominees, finalists and winners.
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Our 2024 winners can be seen below.
2024 Winners
Here are our 2024 Hertfordshire Care Award’s winners…
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Outstanding Achievement in Homecare
Winner: Izabela Czopik – Astute Homecare
Sponsered by Care Choices
The Compassion Award for Residential Care
Winner: Nicol Tachie – Hatfield Nursing Home
Sponsered by Howden Insurance
Outstanding Achievement in Adult Disability or Mental Health Support
Winner: Abin Peter – Sleapcross House
Sponsered by Inception
The Care Leadership Award
Winner: Jenny Green – St Elizabeth’s
Sponsered by HCR Law
The Contribution to Care Award
Winner: Druglink, The Safer Places Team
Sponsered by Overseas Immigration
Most Innovative Residential Care Team
Winner: Osbourne Court
Sponsered by apetito
Most Innovative Adult Disability or Mental Health Support Team
Winner: Compassion Plus Healthcare
Sponsered by Peninsula
Most Innovative Homecare Team
Winner: Anchusa Care
Sponsered by Specsavers Home Visits Hertfordshire
The Care Culture Award
Winner: Abbots Care
Sponsered by Virtual IT
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Outstanding Achievement in Homecare
This award is for individual Homecare staff members who have made a difference and have tailored care specifically for an individual. There must be evidence of great ideas and innovation.
Criteria:
- This individual has made a difference within an organisation and evidence from others supports this.
- They have tailored care specifically for an individual and improved their life quality.
- They are innovative, caring and compassionate.
The Compassion Award for Residential Care
For an individual who works in a residential or nursing home setting and has shown outstanding compassion
Criteria:
- This individual is committed, communicates well, is competent and courageous. Their care reflects this.
- They are flexible and deliver care to meet individual needs.
- Feedback has been received from service users and families about their compassionate and personalised care.
Outstanding Achievement in Adult Disability or Mental Health Support
For an individual who works day-to-day supporting a person, or people who live with a learning disability or need mental health support. There must be evidence of great ideas and innovation.
Criteria:
- This individual is committed, communicates well, is competent and courageous. Their care reflects this.
- They are flexible and deliver care to meet individual learning disability needs.
- Feedback has been received from service users and families about their outstanding and personalised care.
The Care Leadership Award
For a care employee in a leadership position who has proved to be an excellent leader, coach and support to others.
Criteria:
- This leader engages fully in leadership training.
- Motivates staff and coaches them to achieve identifiable outcomes for service users.
- Is self-motivated in promoting their ‘can-do’ attitude to everyone else.
The Contribution to Care Award
Open to anyone who you think has made an outstanding achievement in supporting or caring for others in a care setting. Domestic Staff, Kitchen Staff, Volunteers, Handymen, Care – Co-ordinators, Care Staff, whole teams or a business. Anyone can be nominated.
Criteria:
- This individual is committed, communicates well and is caring, and the way they deal with users of services reflects this.
- They are flexible and deliver their work or support to meet individual needs.
- Feedback has been received from service users and families about their compassionate and outstanding way of supporting users of services.
Most Innovative Residential Care Team
A whole residential, nursing or other care team or business who have made an outstanding achievement in the last year in relation to innovation and development.
Criteria:
- This team meet regularly to share best practice and implement it.
- The teamwork in partnership to create clear wellbeing outcomes for service users: This includes utilising specialist training.
- Specific innovative ideas have been implemented by the team that have made a difference.
Most Innovative Adult Disability or Mental Health Support Team
A whole care team or business who have made an outstanding achievement in the last year in relation to innovation and development.
Criteria:
- This team meet regularly to share best practice and implement it.
- The teamwork in partnership to create clear wellbeing outcomes for service users: This includes utilising specialist training.
- Specific innovative ideas have been implemented by the team that have made a difference.
Most Innovative Homecare Team
A whole domiciliary care team or business who have made an outstanding achievement in the last year in relation to innovation and development.
Criteria:
- This team meet regularly to share best practice and implement it.
- The teamwork in partnership to create clear wellbeing outcomes for service users: This includes utilising specialist training.
- Specific innovative ideas have been implemented by the team that have made a difference.
The Care Culture Award
Open to all providers this award is reflecting the outstanding culture within any care organisation. It has been identified that the culture of a care company is the basis of everything, from safety to care, compassion and success. The winner of this award will have an outstanding care culture within.
Criteria:
- Change, improvement and innovation is driven by the entire staff team, families and clients and not just senior leaders or managers.
- Staff have fed back about the supportive, dynamic and learning culture of the organisation.
- Feedback has been received from service users and families about the compassionate and outstanding way the organisation supports individuals because of their unique culture.