GoodOaks Homecare celebrate double win at the Dorset Care Awards
One again, we are thrilled to share that our expanding network has scooped double honours at the Dorset Care Awards!
Our franchise was born in Dorset in 2011, and with our HQ in Poole we were welcomed by the Dorset Care Association.
The awards, a first for the Association, set out to showcase the best in care in the region and celebrate extraordinary achievements within the sector.
As well as being nominated as finalists in other categories including Nutrition & Hydration, Innovation in Social Care and Support Worker of the Year, we went on to win the Excellence in Social Care Training and the Sustainability & Environmental award.
The Excellence in Social Care Training was awarded to us for proving to the judges the value we place in the training and development of our teams. It reflects how our training makes a huge impact in the lives of our clients, by raising the standard of care across the board in the network.
The Sustainability & Environmental award reflects that we are the only Carbon Neutral Homecare provider in the UK and that we’re passionate about it. We believe that we all need to do as much as we can for our future generations.
In terms of our impact – We have offset over 453 tonnes of CO2 since we started, and another 200 tonnes due to be offset in 2024.
We have taken huge strides over the past year, offering quality training and development to our people by launching the online GoodOaks Academy. The Academy provides over 30 free courses for both paid and unpaid carers. Our aim is to deliver targeted learning to help people who may be caring for a loved one at home, but have no previous experience in care.
During the last year our innovations have focused on:
- Launch of a pilot of Urban Mobility Objects as a way to reduce air pollution in our community, providing health benefits for our clients, care professionals and community at large. These Citroen AMI’s are not cars but quads, for use as pool cars, client assessments, visits and more. We are installing electric charging points at our offices and are rolling out the concept across our network.
- We have been collaborating with a local university to undertake a study of an intervention to provide nutritional care for people living with dementia at home.
This project, named TOMATO – nuTritiOn and deMentia AT hOme, will create learning resources to support clients with nutrition and managing their dementia; a lasting benefit for many clients across the UK.
- We have recently launched an all-new, ultra-immersive dementia training and experience developed in-house at GoodOaks. During this session, carers, paid and unpaid, are dressed in a suit that simulates ageing, and asked to undertake tasks while experiencing many of the symptoms our clients are living with day-in, day-out, such as visual and auditory hallucinations, hearing and sight issues, and mobility and dexterity problems.
Co-Founder of GoodOaks Ben Ashton commented: “Winning these awards is a testament to our unwavering commitment to new approaches that revolutionise the way we support and care for our planet. This recognition fuels our passion to continue pushing boundaries, breaking barriers, and together, we will continue to shape a brighter future for our sector and planet.”
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