We are excited to announce that WMCA member, Midland Care (UK) Ltd, based in Birmingham, have been shortlisted in the Top 20 UK Employer of the Year Gold two to 49 in The Investors in People Awards 2023!
The awards are a celebration of the very best in people management, wellbeing, apprenticeships and individual success.
Midland Care are a Domiciliary Care company who's Owner is Malik Khan. Malik tells us more about why they have been shortlisted for this award-
We asked him the following questions:
What do Midland Care do to be considered an outstanding employer?
"We work closely with the local community and charities. We invest in the local community and in our staff and we ensure that we listen to all our staff and service users. We also take regular feedback from all staff, professionals and service users that are involveed with our services.
We really try to encourage our staff to speak up and raise any concerns they might have. Through doing this, we can take action to resolve any issue and ensure all our staff are happy with their shifts and working hours. By doing this, we believe that we support our staff with their mental health and wellbeing.
Alongside this, we also pay a contribution towards our staff having Gym memberships and/or any other leisure activities they do. We also encourage cycling to work by paying towards the purchase of a bike, but at the same time we will also pay for staff driving lessons to support them to be able to travel in their role.
Additionally, we pay staff extra bonuses to support them with living costs and pay them above national minimum wage. This is further supported by our investment in staff training and we have 100% NVQ Level 2 qualified staff. But we will support which ever training they like to do to develop their skills and we currently have 4 staff qualified with Level 4, 3 staff Level 5, 1 Level 7, 8 staff Level 3".
What this award/recognition will mean for your business?
"This award means a lot, not just to Midland Care (UK) Ltd, but to Birmingham as well. wWinning this award will make our City proud as well. I see winning this award is actually for Birmingham . It will boost all of the care sector, where we have lot of complaints about the sector winning this award and it will show that there are good care providers too and how hard we work to maintain quality throughout the care sector".
Your top 3 employer tips that would benefit other care providers?
- Listen to your staff and support them when they need you.
- Get the local community involved and invest in your staff and your community.
- Invest in staff health and wellbeing and staff training.
WMCA would like to wish good luck to Midland Care! You can send in your vote for them here
Tickets go on sale for the awards ceremony on 25th September and the ceremony takes place on 14th November at the Old Billingsate, 16 Lower Thames Street, London,EC3R 6DX
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