Luxury care home provider Oakland Care has been awarded a Gold accreditation from Investors in People.
Investors in People supports leaders, employees, and companies to work together to create effective, positive, and thriving working environments.
Oakland Care has been named as the latest organisation to join a 15,000-strong list of organisations across 75 countries. The accreditation was assessed against Investors in People’s We Invest in People framework.
Oakland has already been named as a ‘Top Employer’ on the 2022 UK Top Employers List – the only social care provider on the list in 2021. The provider is also the sustainability leader in the sector, retaining its status as the only carbon neutral care group in the UK.
Joanne Balmer BEM, Oakland Care’s CEO, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded ‘Gold’ from Investors in People on our very first attempt. We do not take this lightly – we know we could not have achieved this without the hard work and dedication of all our team members.
“I am incredibly proud of every single one of them. They are true ambassadors of Oakland Care’s values. Thank you all for your unwavering dedication towards our residents and for making Oakland Care an incredible place to work.
“Nevertheless, we will not stop here. At Oakland Care we pride ourselves on our commitment to pushing the boundaries for delivering exceptional careers and we’re working to ensure our team members continue to receive just this.
Paul Devoy, Investors in People CEO, added: “We’d like to congratulate Oakland Care. Gold accreditation on ‘We Invest in People’ is a fantastic effort for any organisation, and places Oakland Care in fine company with a host of organisations that understand the value of people.”
