Wales Care Awards winners announced
The winners of the 2014 Wales Care Awards were announced at a packed-out ceremony at Cardiff’s City Hall on Friday last week.
The ceremony was attended by social care professionals there to support colleagues, policy makers, politicians and sponsors of the awards, now in their 12th year.
There were 18 awards categories plus three final awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Dignity in Care Award and the Spirit of Care Awards.
The winners were as follows:
- Promoting Fulfilled Lives Award
- Winner = Matthew Palamarczuk, Pendine Park Care Organisation
- Supported Living or Small Group Community Living Care Practitioner Award
- Joint Winners = Martin Reynolds and Christopher Isles of Tredomen House, Hengoed
- Peter Clarke Award for Promoting Excellence in Services for Children and Young People
- Winner = Mark Adams, Branas Isaf, Corwen
- Leadership and Management in Residential Care Services Award
- Winner = Gwyneth Virgo, Thomas Gabrielle EMI Residential Care Home
- Leadership and Management in Supported Living or Small Group and Community Living Award
- Winner = Nicola Bolton, Integra Community Living Options, Llanelli
- Commitment to Training and Workforce Development Award
- Winner = Catherine Rowell, Coleg Cambria, Flintshire
- Exceptional Newcomer Award
- Winner = Julie James, Cilymaenllwyd Care Home, Llanelli
- Nurse of the Year Award
- Winner = Elizabeth Richards-Calnon, Millheath Nursing Home, Newport
- Outstanding Service Award
- Winner = Amanda Gladstone, Gwynedd Council Shared Lives / Adult Placement Scheme
- Excellence in Dementia Care for Care Practitioners Award
- Winner = Jane Geraghty, RMBI, Queen Elizabeth Court, Llandudno
- Excellence in Learning Disability and Mental Health Services Award
- Joint Winners = Jenny Steadman, Torfaen County Borough Council and Judi Roberts, Cae Bryn EMI Nursing Home, Wrexham
- Social Care Health and Safety Award
- Winner = Hilary Cardwell, Anheddau Cyf, Bangor
- Commitment to Quality in Housekeeping and Hospitality Award
- Winner = Irene Christ, Cambian, Pengwern College, Denbighshire
- Excellence in Palliative Care and End of Life Care Award
- Winner = Dinah Hickish, St Kentigern Hospice, St Asaph
- Innovation and Care for Children and Young People Award
- Winner = Tina Ruane, Cambian, Pengwern College, Denbighshire
- Excellence in Catering Award
- Joint Winners = Gareth Matthews, Shire Hall Care Home, Cardiff and Clare Wilkins, Cwrt Enfys Care Home, Swansea
- Residential Care Practitioner Award
- Joint Winners = Michael Stanbank, Woodside Grange Care Home, Conwy and Claire Venables, Highfield Nursing Home, Wrexham
- Bryn Terfel Foundation Award for Promoting the Arts in Social Care
- Winner = Trevor Whymark, Three Cliffs Care Home Swansea
- Craig Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award
- Winner = Dilys Price of Touch Trust
- Dignity in Care Award
- Joint Winners = Liam Heaney, Bradshaw Manor Care Home, Rhyl, Sarah Hill, Cambian Pengwern College, Rhuddlan, Bridget McCann, Romilly Nursing Home, Cardiff and Rhian Thomas, Cartref Ael y Bryn, Ammanford
- Spirit of Care Award
- Winner = Paul Goodridge, G4S HMP Bridgend
