Our Awards and Achievements
Our Head Office operation has received a three-star ‘Excellent’ rating from our regulatory body, the Care Quality Commission "(CQC)", for each of the past four years. You can get a copy of our most recent inspection report from our Useful Links & Downloads page, or from the CQC’s website.
We became an Investor in People (IiP) organisation in 2003, which means that we are inspected every year by an independent quality standards organisation, Inspiring Business Performance Ltd, to make sure we are improving our services and support the people we care for. In 2006, we became the first social-care organisation in the United Kingdom to achieve the advanced IiP profile accreditation. This is an achievement that we improved on as a result of the detailed review IiP carried out on us in 2009, when we achieved IiP Silver status. We are now working towards IiP Gold, across all our branches, so that we continue to review how we are doing and what we can do to improve.
In 2006, UK Skills inspected our services and we won a prestigious National Training Award for the work we do to train and develop our staff’s skills.
In 2010, we won the ‘Recruit of the Year’ Award at the Job Centre Plus South East Region Partnership Awards. This important award demonstrates the success of our recruitment processes and staff development, having tracked the progress of a Care Support Worker, who was referred to us by Job Centre Plus, from initial interview through to promotion to Key Worker.
In 2008, the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) reviewed our work and we won the South East Business Awards for ‘Excellence in Skills and Development’, for our work in social care.
In 2006, we also received the Working Links Outstanding Achievement Award for ‘Excellence in Continuous Supportive Employment’.
In 2003, the Learning and Skills Council reviewed our work, and we won a Sussex Business Award for being one of the best organisations in East and West Sussex for training and developing our staff.
We are members of the Contractor’s Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS), which means that we have been recognised for keeping to health and safety laws through annual compliance audits.
