Fourteen employees at Tanglewood Care Homes are keeping their fingers crossed ahead of the second annual Lincolnshire Care Awards next week.
The 14 team members have all been nominated for awards by care home managers, colleagues, residents or families – and they will find out if they’ve won at a ceremony in Lincoln on 22nd February.
Tanglewood employees make up one-fifth of the total nominees, and 11 of them work in one care home – Cedar Falls in Spalding.
The shortlisted candidates are:
Nursing category
Gabriel Curila – Hunters Creek Care Home in Boston
Stephanie Hewat-Jaboor, Mariana Anton and Susan Palethorpe – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding
Residential category
Moira Tasker – Tanglewood Care Home in Horncastle
Artur Haluszko, Vivian Smith, Chris Inte and Brenda Love – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding
Care Leadership category
Kryzystof Krzysztofiak and Anita Malkevica – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding
Outstanding Learner category
Susie Neupane – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding
Supporting Role category
Andy Pridmore – Cedar Falls Care Home in Spalding
Steph Townsend – Tanglewood Care Home in Horncastle
The Lincolnshire Care Awards celebrate outstanding care workers, teams and organisations. The event is staged by the Lincolnshire Care Association (LinCA) and will take place at the County Assembly Rooms in Lincoln at 7pm on Thursday 22nd February.
The awards dinner will be compered by Melvyn Prior from BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
More than 100 people were nominated before the final shortlist of 66 finalists was chosen.
This year’s awards are bigger and better after a huge increase in nominations and the introduction of a new award recognising the contribution of support staff.
In total there are nine categories:
Sills & Betteridge Community Care Award
StaffAid Residential Care Award
University of Lincoln and Lincolnshire County Council Nursing in Social Care Award
Apetito Best Supporting Role Award
Community Health Partnerships Care Leadership Award
District Councils Community Leadership Award
Lincoln College Rising Star Award
Bishop Grosseteste University Outstanding Learner
NatWest Outstanding Care Team Award
Tracy Ann Shelbourn, founder and Director of Tanglewood Care Homes, commented: “We are delighted to be part of the LinCA Care Awards again this year, a special occasion for every care community in Lincolnshire to join hands in celebrating our ‘care heroes’ – dedicated nurses, carers and support teams that make a difference in the lives of the people we care for.”
Melanie Weatherley, Chair of the Lincolnshire Care Association, said: “The amazing work carers do isn’t celebrated enough so it’s an honour to host this event and recognise the great contribution of those from the care sector in Lincolnshire.
“I meet brilliant care workers, nurses and leaders every day and they deserve their work and achievements to be celebrated in such a way. The work they do in the county is so important and they are so valued by the people they care for, their colleagues and all of us who benefit from high quality care.”
For more information on the Care Awards visit http://linca.org.uk or follow the hashtag #LincsCareAwards on Twitter and Facebook.
To find out more about Tanglewood Care Homes www.tanglewoodcarehomes.co.uk.
