Somerset Care is pleased to announce that staff from Grovelands care home in Yeovil have enjoyed double success at this year’s National Care Awards. Care Assistant Joanne Reynolds was presented with the ‘Care Newcomer 2011′ awards and the staff team were presented with the ‘Care Team 2011′ award.

The awards which took place at a gala dinner held at the Hilton London Metropole on Friday 25th November, are a celebration of excellence across the care sector.

Grovelands is a 66 bed residential home with a specialist dementia unit, situated in Yeovil. The home has over 80 staff and each member of the team works exceptionally hard to ensure that the people they care for receive the highest standard of care and support.

Joanne, winner of the ‘Care Newcomer 2011′ award joined Grovelands as an apprentice in September 2010, and was promoted in January 2011 to Care Assistant. She was also successful earlier this year at the Somerset Care Group’s in-house awards ceremony.

Marion Osborn, Operations Manager for Grovelands said, “I’m so proud to be Operations Manager for Grovelands. All of the staff work so hard to ensure that each resident is treated with respect and dignity. The evening was a great success for Somerset Care, and one of the judges was so impressed that they have booked a day out to visit Grovelands next week!”