The 2016 Employee Excellence and Recognition Awards are an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of teams and individuals during the business year 2015/16.
The goals of the Excellence and Recognition Awards are to:
- Recognise the tremendous efforts and skills of our employees
- Highlight examples of quality, innovation and success
- Promote the Council’s aims and values and how these are turned into measurable achievements
- Help us improve our overall performance by promoting and sharing best practice across our services.
Find out more about the award categories here.
Award Category | Name of Entry | Department | Rank |
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Service Innovation and Improvement | Improving Connectivity in School Kitchens | Customer Services | Gold |
Service Innovation and Improvement | Building Standards | D & I | Silver |
Service Innovation and Improvement | Putting the customer at the heart of service delivery | Customer Services | Bronze |
Service Innovation and Improvement | Big impact through small steps – using elections work to support the SOA | Customer Services | Bronze |
Service Innovation and Improvement | New Customer Engagement Solutions | Customer Services | Bronze |
Tacking Inequalities and Improving Health | Care at Home – New Model of Care | Customer Services | Gold |
Tacking Inequalities and Improving Health | Supporting learners with English as an additional language on Bute. | Community Services | Silver |
Achieving Better Outcomes | Bute welcomes Refugees – Argyll and Bute’s Syrian Refugee Resettlement Programme | Community Services | Gold |
Achieving Better Outcomes | Universal Services Delivered Locally | Customer Services | Silver |
Achieving Better Outcomes | Cowal Money Advice Project – Argyll and Bute Family Pathway | Community Services | Bronze |
Achieving Better Outcomes | Combatting Serious Organised Crime | D & I | Bronze |
Achieving Better Outcomes | SQA Professional Development Award for Classroom and Support Assistants | Community Services | Bronze |
Local Matters | Empowering Loal democracy: Building the Capacity of our Community Councils | Customer Services | Gold |
Local Matters | Story of the month…. Reaching out to schools | Community Services | Silver |
Strong and Sustainable Communities | Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) Building Solid Foundations | Community Services | Gold |
Strong and Sustainable Communities | South Islay Distilleries Path | D & I | Silver |
Strong and Sustainable Communities | Argyll and Bute Sustainable Design Awards 2015/16 | D & I | Bronze |
Provost Award | Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) Building Solid Foundations | Community Services | |
Making a Difference | Morag Brown | Community Services |
Award Category | Name of Entry |
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Employee of the Year | James Lafferty |
Team of the Year | Replacement Customer Management System Project Team |
Outstanding Achievement | James Lafferty |
A&B Manager of the Year | Bob Miller |
Excellent Customer Service | Argyll and Bute Council Registration Service |
CE Award | James Lafferty |