Team of the year!
The Jewish Care adult social work team has won silver award for the Adult Team of the Year category in the annual National Social Worker of the Year Awards 2011. The team was presented with their award at a ceremony at the House of Lords on Friday 16th December which was attended by over 170 social workers from across the UK, together with the sponsors of the award, Sanctuary Personnel, Community Care, NSPCC, G4S and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).
The Jewish Care adult social work team consists of Anna Smith, mental health social work manager, Sally Rose, Naomi Glickman, Helen Rosen, Stuart Sidloff and Emily Mann. Aviva Trup, Jewish Care’s Mental Health Service Manager for mental health services congratulated Anna Smith and the team saying: "This is a phenomenal achievement, the Jewish Care adult social work team is now officially recognised as being the second best team in the UK. The judges were really impressed with the professionalism and achievements of the team who were competing against statutory providers.”
She continued: “This is a remarkable accolade for a team who have strived to improve all aspects of their service, providing professional support to the Jewish community. This is a truly personalised service. The team is very proud to be publicly acknowledged for their dedication and commitment.”
Ten of the awards judges were there to answer questions and debate social work issues with the finalists and guests. The panel consisted of Stephen Goulder, Social Care Institute for Excellence; Maurice Bates, The College of Social Work; Cynthia Bower, Care Quality Commission; Jo Cleary, Association of the Directors of Adult Social Services.
There were 30 finalists in nine individual categories and winners from each category competed against each other to be named the overall “Social Worker of the Year 2011.”
James Rook, managing director of headline sponsors and awards organisers Sanctuary Personnel added: “These awards are about recognising the best work in the profession and to reach the finals is an outstanding achievement in itself. The awards aim to raise awareness of the challenging and diverse work that social workers do and they are helping to improve the reputation of social workers everywhere.”
The Social Worker of the Year Awards 2011 is a registered charity which aims to improve the reputation and understanding of the social work profession. For more information see www.socialworkawards.com.