Triple accolade at Great South West Care Awards



Triple accolade at Great South West Care Awards

Corinium Care staff received a triple accolade in the Great South West Care Awards.

The company was shortlisted in two categories: the Care Employer and Care Team Awards. In addition, Corinium’s Director of Care Services Clare Janik was a finalist for the Care Trainer Award.

The scheme is a celebration of excellence which aims to promote best practice and pay tribute to outstanding standards, enterprise and dedication.

Corinium Care was up against professionals from all areas of the care sector in the South West, including residential homes, the NHS and big business.

MD Camilla Miles said: “We were thrilled to receive such praise for the team as a whole.

“Caring is at the heart of all we do. We recognise that what our clients want most is dignity, compassion and understanding at the most vulnerable time of their lives. And we make it our mission to ensure that they find it in both our head office staff and our live-in carers.”

The business she founded in 1995 provides 24-hour care for frail and elderly people in their own homes. It has 17 staff at its head office in George Street and 800 registered carers worldwide. This year it won the title Business in the Year in the Gloucestershire Media Women in Business Awards.

The company’s longest serving employee, Director of Operations Amanda Butler, said team work was central to success. “It’s essential that everyone knows their role, but we also help each other at every turn, whether it’s opening the post or taking a vital call,” she said.

Director of Care Services Clare Janik has played a huge role in ensuring that the training Corinium offers is first class. Unlike most of its competitors, the company runs a free training course every month for about 16 new carers, most of whom come from abroad and have little experience.

“Many say the course is an inspiration and has changed their lives,” said Clare.

The South West Care Awards ceremony was held in Bristol.