Now has never been a better time to recognise excellence in Leadership in Social Care. With the challenges of the current climate, the sector needs strong leadership more than ever. The Social Care Leadership Awards provides an opportunity to showcase excellence in senior leadership in the sector.
The winners were announced at a Gala Awards in October 2022 at The Hilton Bankside Hotel. Also at this event we will be revealing the winners of the prestigious Social Care Top 30 Awards
Category Criteria:
Executive Home Care Leader
A dynamic leader within a group or organisation who can demonstrate strong leadership skills to their managers and staff. Developing and implementing effective strategic plans, candidates will evidence effective leadership to a peripatetic workforce through creative communication and strong organisational values.
Executive Care Home Leader
A strategic leader within an organisation or group, who can demonstrate through innovation and their strategic aims and objectives, how they enhance the lives and well being of residents living within the organisation.
Clinical Nurse Manager Award
The Clinical Nurser Manager will demonstrate how they deliver safe, effective, and innovative leadership through their clinical governance strategy and implementation to their organisation or group. Evidencing through robust processes to monitoring and evaluate its success.
Executive Children and Young People Leader Award
A dynamic leader within a group or organisation who can demonstrate strong leadership skills to their managers and staff. Developing and implementing effective strategic plans, candidates will evidence effective leadership to a peripatetic workforce through creative communication and strong organisational values, in order to promote positive outcomes for children and young people.
Executive Learning Disabilities and Autism Leader Award
A strategic leader within an organisation or group, who can demonstrate through innovation and their strategic aims and objectives, how they promote choice, independence, wellbeing and equality of outcomes for people with a learning disability and/or autism.
Workforce Development Leader
A strategic leader who can demonstrate their group or organisation’s approach to robust recruitment, retention and development planning for its workforce.
Quality Assurance Leader
This leader will demonstrate how their organisation or group’s quality is enhanced and continually improved upon by effective quality assurance processes and measures. The will evidence how they involve managers and staff to engage positively to identify quality improvements and create a quality lead organisation.
Lifetime Achievement
A Leader who has clearly demonstrated throughout their career, the passion, the expertise and the drive to improve the lives of others through the services they lead.
View the 2021 winners here
2021 Finalists
| The Clinical Nurse Manager Award | |
| Amelia Greenwood | Local Care Force |
| Helen Hill | Stow Healthcare Group |
| Micheala Russell | PJ Care |
| Vickie Peters | Cygnet Health Care |
| The Executive Care Home Leader Award | |
| Adam Hutchison | Belmont Healthcare Group |
| Ashleigh Calder | Precious Homes |
| Greg Lapham | Holmleigh Care |
| James Rycroft | Vida Health Care |
| Johann van Zyl | Cornerstone Healthcare |
| Joshy Abraham | We Care Group – Tudor Bank Nursing Home |
| Karen Rogers | Herefordshire Care Homes |
| Kerry O’Brien | We Care Group – Alt Park Nursing Home |
| Leah Marsh | Swallowcourt Limited |
| Mark Greaves | LNT Group |
| Mark Topps | Caremark |
| Palvi Dodhia | Serene Care Ltd |
| Roger Catchpole | Stow Healthcare Group |
| Sam Hawker | Ablecare Homes, Frenchay House |
| Sarah Milnes | WoodleighCare |
| Teresa Silverthorne | AbleCare Homes |
| The Executive Home Care Leader Award | |
| Ben Maruthappu | Cera |
| Chris Graham | Focus Care Supported Living Ltd |
| Fiona Leggott | Blossom Home Care |
| John Leggott | Blossom Home Care |
| Lucy McCormack | Bluebird Care Mid Essex |
| Michelle Thompson | Unique Home Care |
| Rachael Fraser | Caring Connections |
| Joseph David | Crossroads Barnsley Ltd |
| The Lifetime Achievement Award | |
| Cathi O’Connor | Aspire Care Support Services |
| Chris Hampson | Look Ahead |
| Donna Brown | Global Care Birmingham Ltd |
| Gaynor Chisnall | Making Space |
| Jeremy Nixey | My Care My Home |
| Lisa Martin | Hill Care |
| Mrs Iola Richards | Isle of Anglesey County Council |
| Susan Taylor | Crossroads Barnsley Ltd |
| The Quality Assurance Leader Award | |
| Helen Hill | Stow Healthcare Group |
| Jayne Bowman | AbleCare Homes |
| Joanne Henney | Nugent |
| Josh Hawker | AbleCare Homes |
| Leah Marsh | Swallowcourt Limited |
| Paula Beaney | Promedica24 |
| Pauline Cichy | Oakland Care |
| Rachel Bryan | Care Improvement Associates Ltd |
| Ruth French | Stow Healthcare Group |
| Teresa Silverthorne | AbleCare Homes |
| Tom Pridding | ZENO Limited |
| The Workforce Development Leader Award | |
| Alex Ball | Stow Healthcare Group |
| Caroline Bartle | 3SpiritUK |
| Francesca Newby | ZENO Limited |
| Mo Quadri | Oakland Care |
