Bruno is a strong member of the team, and goes above and beyond. Bruno works to get all residents involved in activities, has built strong, trusting relationships with all residents promoting choice. During a recent incident, Bruno helped a resident regulate when they were in distress, calming them almost instantly. A wonderful member of the team!
While creating plans for Cygnet in bloom for our site, the passion displayed by Gemma to create a safe space for our residents was immense. She had so many great ideas to incorporate the 5 senses(touch, taste, smells, sight and sound). She included all of these within our garden, and spent many hours painting the fences to create this.
Doug Forrest from Columbus Male Ward will go that extra mile when asked for help. In particular he will liaise with service users to attend their Recovery college sessions and if there are no staff to escort, Doug will drop them off himself. I often telephone the Ward and Doug is always happy to help and will always call back. Very efficient.
Sarah is a true grafter, taking on responsibility of the senior nurse role and demonstrating exceptional leadership skills. She excels in all areas of her work, covering management during AL all whilst engaging in the leadership and management course to further her development. Sarah is a valued member of the team and her hard work is appreciated.
Jodie is always up for a challenge, happy to assist the ward on either team, either shift pattern and any job. Jodie is a trusted member of the team to deliver great care in accordance with care plans and is a person that can be relied on to deescalate challenging situations. She shows great determination and compassion in all aspects of her job.
Carl is one of our senior support workers. Not only does he give an outstanding level of support to the people he looks after, he also fills in as our chef when called upon. Delivering fantastic food, full of flavour utilising his past skills as a chef. Carl is an all rounder and a truly fantastic colleague to work with.
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Ollie arranged a Summer show for approx. 12 services within the South and South east region. The day was perfect, having ensured all the wide varying needs of the service users were met. It was a day full of joy & fun. It definitely enriched the lives of all the service users and staff from across the region.
Claire is a member of the housekeeping team however, this does not stop her from supporting in other areas of the Mews when needed.
She will work on support, kitchen and cover the reception when needed to. This is all alongside her housekeeping jobs -she takes pride in everything she is tasked with and nothing phases her or is too much trouble.
I have had a very busy few weeks and asked Jade and another ATL to help with a large piece of work collecting staff information to upload digitally.
Jade set up a tick sheet and got the information back to me within 48hrs. This has made my week. Her continual support and helpful nature has been so appreciated and I would like for her to benefit from this.
Georges role has recently changed and he has adapted quite well to this. George is working hard and blossoming into a new way of working which means our residents are benefiting from person centred and new activities as well as working of life skills. Thank you George.
In the absence of the ward manager on our Acute ward (Annual Leave), Kelly stepped up and deputised effortlessly. She remained calm, cool and professional at all times, and worked diligently to make sure all patients and staff have been well looked after and supported.
Luke should and will be proud of you as we all are!
Tafumanei (Felix) goes out of his way to support his colleagues whether it is inductees or long term staff. He always goes out of his way to check on people and offer help whereever he can. Felix’s shares his knowledge and experiences with all staff to enhance their skill set and ensure a better standard of care is provided.
