Over 85% of the social care workforce is female. Many of these hard working, dedicated and talented women juggle the challenges of family life with their career. The purpose of The Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care Awards is to highlight and celebrate the incredible achievements of female leaders in all roles and from all corners of the sector, and create a platform to support rising stars and future leaders.
As a trained Registered Learning Disability Nurse, Beatrice has been working in the social care sector for over 22 years. Reflecting on her career in nursing Beatrice said, “From as early as my nurse training days I was clear in my approach that the best quality of life outcomes for all people would be achieved by ensuring that the teams I work with meet all the values that ensure people are treated with respect and the highest levels of empathy, compassion and that their dignity is maintained at all times.”
In addition to her role as Operations Director, Beatrice is also Deputy Chairperson of Cygnet’s Multicultural Network. In the latter role she has been instrumental in pushing and supporting the network’s vision ‘to enhance the experience of ethnic minority colleagues by creating an environment of openness, fairness; promoting excellence and delivering person-centred care; ensuring opportunities for all staff to be their best.’
On her role in the Network, Beatrice commented: “I am a very strong advocate for ensuring that people experience life to their best in the right environment and with the right staff. I also equally and strongly believe that all staff must have the best work experiences. As such I have never shied away from being a strong advocate for equality and diversity in the workplace.”
Upon finding out that she had been named a finalist in the awards Beatrice said she was grateful for the nominations. She added: “Whatever the outcome of the awards, I feel extremely honoured to have been named a finalist and will continue to work progressively to ensure and support embedding equality and diversity in Social care and the workplace as a whole.”
All the finalists will find out who the winners are at a Gala Awards ceremony on 30th November 2022 in London.
Best of luck Beatrice from everyone at Cygnet Health Care.