The Brothers of Charity Services in England is pleased to formally confirm that a recent external assessment on behalf of Investors in People (IiP) demonstrated that the Brothers of Charity Services in England successfully achieved Gold accreditation, against the 6th Generation Investors in People Standard.
We now continue to form the top 3% of all the companies awarded Investors in People status by achieving the Gold standard.
The attainment of the joint Gold IiP Accreditation marks the achievement of a significant strategic milestone in the journey of the Brothers of Charity Services in England over the last ten years. This is reflecting the commitment to a united and non-discriminatory approach to the development, wellbeing and support of all staff colleagues at all levels across the Brothers of Charity Services in Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
Achieving the Investors in People Award at Gold Standard marks the success of the joint efforts across all areas of the Brothers of Charity Services. This aims to ensure that the quality of our care and support continues to be at the very forefront of all our efforts.
The prestigious accreditation provides a best practice people management standard. Offering external and objective accreditation to organisations that adhere to the Investors in People framework. Investors in People is owned by the UK government. It is managed nationally by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The Gold Standard achievement resulted from an accurate independent assessment on a wide range of 900 varied measurements ranging from strategy to leadership and communication, from reward and recognition to development and employee engagement.
The IiP Gold outcomes are based on the first-hand accounts of staff evidence and commentary. In terms of corporate governance and organisational performance, it provides a clear benchmark against the very best performing peer group organisations in the United Kingdom. This is ensuring that all people remain, and are fully recognised as the heart of an organisation, regardless of job role, gender, nationality or religious background.
Strengths highlighted by Investors in People report include:
- – Openness to honest feedback
- – Intelligent and insightful understanding of people at the highest level
- – Person-centred care for employees as well as for service users
- – Deep understanding of culture change and how to bring people along
- – Most middle managers in place have transformed their contribution. Development and restructuring are constants to continually improve management performance through feedback from employees.
Darron Grundy, Chief Executive Officer of Brothers of Charity Services in England commented:
“On behalf of the Trustees of the Brothers of Charity Services, we are delighted to receive the extremely prestigious Investors in People Gold award. We would like to express our thanks to our staff colleagues who have played a key part in continuing to drive the clear organisational progression commitment to ethos. Also the celebration of positivity and achievement which the IiP Gold accreditation reflects on the entire staff team at the Brothers of Charity Services.
“Investors in People Gold status is a tremendous achievement and clearly illustrates the Brothers of Charity Services’ continued commitment to its ethos, vision and values in maintaining and increasing service quality and performance.
“This creates a positive and supportive environment for all our staff to continually improve and grow as people and as professionals within our Mission Statement. The Investors in People Gold award is a whole Service achievement. Fully reflecting both the personal and professional commitment of all staff colleagues. This results in continuous improvement both for themselves and for the people we are privileged to support which is truly outstanding”.
Click here to view the IiP assessment.This reflects all of our achievements in positively and constantly re-addressing concepts of leadership, animated shared values and future, facing sustainability within the Brothers of Charity Services in England. The assessment also ensures we can continue to play our progressive part in the delivery of the Mission Statement, Ethos and values of the Brothers of Charity Services now and into the future with great confidence and positivity.
