INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Improvement, efficiency and service transformation Highly Commended Carol Simpson, People Services, Governance and Corporate Services Clare Owen, Brent Learning Disabled Partnership, Adult Social Care Fran Small, Housing Options Team, Regeneration and Growth Leeanna Pitt, Transformation, Adult Social Care
Dinesh Patel
ITU, Governance and Corporate Services Dinesh provides support to teams in the Housing Needs Service. His experience and knowledge of that area, combined with his calm and thoughtful approach, ensures that any IT issues are dealt with in a timely and effective way. He regularly liaises between departments, uploading reports for every Monday morning to allow the team to ‘hit the ground running’ and ensuring that Northgate V5 operates efficiently and effectively so that the frontline officers are fully equipped to deliver the service.
Monika Hrubecka
Youth Support Service, Children and Families Described as ‘highly committed, reliable, conscientious, and adept at finding and delivering solutions’, Monika regularly shows a willingness to take on new areas of work. She puts service needs first, implementing changes which have led to improvements in efficiency, including devising and implementing systems to identify, report, log and monitor serious incidents involving young people. She has also improved the quality and timeliness of criminal justice data ensuring accuracy in this delicate area.
Michelle Hassett
Locality and Disabled Children’s Service, Children and Families Michelle joined Brent in 2009 as a social worker and through considerable ability and hardwork progressed to deputy, team manager and now principal officer with responsibility for three front line social work teams. She is highly regarded and has represented the service in a number of areas, driving improvements in work with children in need and those at risk of coming into care and raising the standard of social work practice across the service.
Leena Bhika, Revenues and Benefits, Regeneration and Growth Mina Vara, Registration and Nationality, Environment and Neighbourhoods Nishantha Vitharana, Finance Services Centre, Governance and Corporate Services Paul Hutchinson, Parks and Cemeteries, Environment and Neighbourhoods Punitha Gnanasambanthan, Libraries, Environment and Neighbourhoods Raj Soni-Alagh, People Services, Governance and Corporate Services Tanuja Saujani, Youth and Connexions, Children and Families 7