Manager Lynn Beaver has been named the Sirona Award for Excellence 2015 winner, in a recent glittering ceremony marking Sirona’s fourth anniversary.
Award winners in all but one category were nominated by their colleagues with the “I think they deserve it award” given to someone put forward by those who use Sirona services.
Staff were commended for a range of qualities from creating hi-tech apps to engage with young people or to make it easier for staff to arrange social care packages to inspirational work in the community.
Sirona care & health was founded in October 2011 as a not-for-profit social enterprise providing community health and adult social care and works across Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
Chief executive Janet Rowse said: “Since Sirona was founded I have asked everyone to take personal responsibility for our actions and to treat everyone as though they were a member of their own family whether they be colleagues, service users, partners or anyone else with whom we come into contact.
“Lynn’s nomination demonstrated the huge difference having good leaders in place can make to the staff team and the quality of service they then provide.
“Words such as respect, compassion, empathy, commitment, loyalty – among many others, were used to describe Lynn both in her treatment of staff and in the way she cares for the people she treats.
“She epitomises what Taking it Personally really means.”
Lynn, who heads up the Bath Reablement Team which helps people to remain independent or regain their independence after a period of illness or a crisis also won the Leadership Award.
She said: “I was amazed to win one award, let alone two. I am thankful to the people who nominated me and pleased to receive the awards on behalf of the service; we have an excellent team.”
David Read, an assistant practitioner working at Yate Minor Injuries Unit, won the ‘I think they deserve it’ award after being put forward by an individual who had used the service and was full of praise for his ‘care, compassion and ability to listen’.
Simon Knighton, Sirona’s chairman, told staff: “You make Sirona what it is and I am truly appreciative of your commitment and dedication day in and day out.
“I never cease to be amazed at the quality of the entries and I am so proud of the tremendous work that you and your colleagues are doing.
“I also want to take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge the fantastic work that all of our 2200 staff do to ensure the success of Sirona and, more importantly, to make a real difference to the lives to those who use our services.”
The award ceremony at Bath’s Assembly Rooms was hosted by BBC Points West and Radio Bristol presenter Ali Vowles.