AWP Annual Awards 2023 Nomination Form

Do you know a member of staff or an AWP team that is a shining example?
 
Our staff are a unique group of people who provide care and support, promote recovery and give hope to our service users every day.
 
We know that's what we are here to do, but … we also know we have some very special staff who go the extra mile to make a real difference to the lives of others, by making improvements or by simply being the people service users can rely on to feel safe, wanted and valued.
 
All the nominations are being judged against a set of criteria. Please read the categories here to find out more about what we are looking for.
 
Finalists will be invited to attend an awards ceremony where the winners will be announced.

Deaf BSL User? 
For access to a BSL interpreter please use this link: https://mainswitchboard.signvideo.net and ask Trust switchboard to relay your nomination to the Annual Awards team.
 
Do you need support to make a nomination? Please contact the Annual Awards team at awp.staffawardnominations@nhs.net.
 
The categories for the Annual Awards are listed below:

Empowering and inclusive practice - Team or individual
This award is for a person or team who has driven and promotes equality, diversity and inclusion in their area of work. They have a positive attitude and show a strong commitment to valuing differences and including members of other minority groups and people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalised.

Rising Star - Individual award
This award is for a person who has been newly recruited into post, or joined AWP within the last 12 months. They have fitted into their role well, shown a willingness to learn, and are already a great new asset to the team.

Leader of the year - Individual award
This award is for a person who demonstrates exceptional leadership skills to drive and support the ambition of the organisation to be outstanding. They inspire, motivate and develop their team, whilst role modelling our AWP Pride values: Passion, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.

Learner of the year - Individual award 
This award is for an individual learner who has been dedicated to learning and has used their education or training to make a real difference to the quality of services, service user care, or experience. 

Involvee of the year - Individual award
This award is for an involvee or group of involvees who make a real difference to the lives of our patients and/or carers. They will have improved the wellbeing of our patients on the wards or in the community by working in partnership with staff to make improvements in care and services.

Bank employee of the year - Individual award
This award is for an outstanding Bank-only member of staff. They provide outstanding support to their team and demonstrate professional skill. They adapt to new challenges and situations with a commitment to outstanding service to patients and carers.

Team of the year - Team award
This award is for the best AWP team. Clinical or non-clinical, this team demonstrates our AWP PRIDE values every day. They go that extra mile to make a real difference to the lives of patients and carers and the other teams they work with, both in and out of AWP.

Quality improvement, innovation and co-production - Team or individual
This award is for people who have been involved in quality improvement or innovation for the benefit of patients or service delivery, and who have embraced co-production to work in equal partnership with people with lived experience in designing and implementing change.

Compassionate care – Clinical award - Team or individual
This award is for a clinician or clinical team who shows extraordinary compassion to meet the individual needs of service users, carers and families. They demonstrate kindness and appreciation for others in all aspects of their work and involve patients in every step of their care.

Compassionate care – Corporate & Non-clinical award - Team or individual
This award is for a corporate or non-clinical individual or team who shows extraordinary compassion to support meeting the individual needs of service users, carers and families. They demonstrate kindness and appreciation for others in all aspects of their work.

Compassionate care – Estates and Facilities award - Team or individual
This award is for an individual or team within Estates and Facilities who shows extraordinary compassion to support meeting the individual needs of service users, carers and families. They demonstrate kindness and appreciation for others in all aspects of their work.
Making a difference – Clinical award - Team or individual
This award is for a clinician or clinical team who are loyal, committed and flexible and you know you can rely on them to get the job done. They demonstrate our AWP PRIDE values every day: Passion, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. They often go beyond the expectations of their role to support services users, families, carers or colleagues.

Making a difference – Corporate & Non-clinical award - Team or individual
This award is for a corporate or non-clinical individual or team who are loyal, committed and flexible and you know you can rely on them to get the job done. They demonstrate our AWP values every day: Passion, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. They often go beyond the expectations of their role to support services users, families, carers or colleagues.

Making a difference – Estates and Facilities award - Team or individual
This award is for an individual or team within Estates and Facilities who are loyal, committed and flexible and you know you can rely on them to get the job done. They demonstrate our AWP PRIDE values every day: Passion, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. They often go beyond the expectations of their role to support services users, families, carers or colleagues.

Question Title

* Please tick the award category that you wish to nominate the nominee in

Question Title

* Full name of person completing the nomination

Question Title

* Are you nominating an individual or team?

Question Title

* Full name of individual/team being nominated

Question Title

* Your relationship to the person being nominated

T