Skills for Care has announced the finalists for its Accolades 2016/17 awards celebrating excellence among the 1.43m people who work in adult social care in England.
Thirty three finalists have been selected in nine categories by a panel of judges.
Skills for Care CEO Sharon Allen (pictured) said: “Once again we had a range of high quality entries from organisations who are working hard every day to develop the skills and knowledge of workers who deliver high quality services.
“It was yet another tough task for the judging panels but all our finalists are not only demonstrating excellence in how they develop the workforce, but also innovative ways of thinking about how they do it that can only benefit the people they serve in our communities.”
The winners will announced at the Accolades awards ceremony on Thursday 9 March 2017 in Liverpool.
The finalists in each category are as follows:
Best employer support for apprenticeships
Anchor
Leeds City Council
St Mungos
Most effective approach to leadership and management
Hartford Care
Somerset Care
St Mungos
WCS Care
Most effective approach to integration and new models of care
Lambeth Mencap
Leeds City Council and partners
Southdown Housing Association
Sutton Homes of Core Vanguard Programme – Sutton CCG
Best provider of learning and development
ACC (Aged Care Channel)
Consultus Care Training Centre
Royal Mencap Society
Twynham Training Limited
Best recruitment initiative
Alliance Living Care
Caring Hands in partnership with Helen Sanderson Associates
Thurrock Council and Thurrock Coalition Partnership
Best employer support for Registered Managers
Nugent
Sense
The Regard Partnership
Best employer of under 50 staff
Cooper Tarry Partners LLP
Good Oaks Home Care
Hendra Healthcare (Ludlow) Limited
Peregrine House
Best employer of between 51 and 249 staff
Castle Supported Living Limited
Community Support Services
Independent Lives
Middleton Hall Retirement Village
Best employer of over 250 staff
Care UK (Residential Care Services)
HC-One
Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
St Monica Trust
