STAFF AWARDS 2025
Nominations are open from
26 August – 15 September 2025
The Jewish Care Staff Awards recognise, acknowledge and reward Jewish Care staff who go above and beyond. The categories for nominations are based on who we are and what we do at Jewish Care. They help us shine the spotlight on our great employees and celebrate their amazing work and efforts!
All Jewish Care employees, volunteers, residents and their family members can submit an online nomination. One person can nominate more than one individual, providing the reasons for nomination are different.
To nominate, please click here. We ask for up to 400 words and we have provided tips on how to write a good nomination and an example of what a good nomination looks like to get you started. Click here to find out more.
Nominations are open until 15th September 2025.
This year there are 11 different nomination categories and winners of these categories will be announced at the celebration event and receive a prize. A panel that is made up of our CEO, Daniel-Carmel-Brown, a Trustee Board member, our Director of Care and Housing Services, Rita Rousso and a representative from our Staff Forum.
* Please note that we do not accept nominations for volunteers whose important contributions are acknowledged separately at our annual Volunteer Awards. In addition, we will not accept nominations for Agency staff or contractors. Nominations may be published*
If you have any questions, need help or assistance completing the nomination form, please don’t hesitate to contact your manager or Karolin, Senior Learning and Staff Engagement Adviser, on 07920561296 or via email at karolin.gaedeke@jcare.org
Click here to nominate
A message from our Chief Executive, Daniel Carmel-Brown
Award Categories
Please click on each category to find more information.
This category recognises employees working in housekeeping and catering that:
- Constantly strive to exceed expectations of clients and colleagues
- Put clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do
- Demonstrate outstanding performance that results in significant improvement in customer satisfaction or experience
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises frontline care workers, working in a care home or retirement living setting, that:
- Constantly strive to exceed expectations of clients and colleagues
- Put clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do
- Demonstrate outstanding performance that results in significant improvement in customer satisfaction or experience
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees working in a community/day centre or social work that:
- Constantly strive to exceed expectations of clients and colleagues
- Put clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do
- Demonstrate outstanding performance that results in significant improvement in customer satisfaction or experience
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees working in Mental Health services that:
- Constantly strive to exceed expectations of clients and colleagues
- Puts client’s needs at the heart of everything they do
- Demonstrate outstanding performance that results in significant improvements in customer satisfaction and experience
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees working in a support function (i.e. Marketing, IT, Finance, HR, etc.) that:
- Constantly strive to exceed expectations of clients and colleagues
- Put clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do
- Demonstrate outstanding performance that results in significant improvement in customer satisfaction or experience
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees that:
- Champion the Jewish values of kindness, giving, and respect in everything they do
- Celebrate the Jewish culture and encourage people to be part of it
- Take a special interest in learning more about the Jewish way of life to be able to deliver an authentic Jewish experience
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees that:
- Show dedication, ambition and commitment to making a positive difference to client’s/colleagues’/ residents.
- Go above and beyond to pursue excellence and achieve the best outcomes in everything they do
- Committed to consistently delivery the highest quality work and contributions to their teams.
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees that:
- Put kindness and empathy at the heart of everything they do
- Put themselves in other’s shoes to understand their experiences and emotions, going the extra mile to support them
- Create an environment where everyone feels valued and cared for, making a genuine difference to teams, residents or colleagues.
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees that:
- Always displays honesty, transparency, trust, morals and fairness in everything they do
- Strive to do the right thing in every situation, showing responsibility, accountability and a willingness to always improve
- Committed to “treating others the way they want to be treated” and displaying authenticity
- Create an environment of trust, openness and respect
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
This category recognises employees that:
- Champion innovation and ingenuity that has resulted in improved practice
- Demonstrate extraordinary creativity and proactivity to identify new solutions or ideas to improve their area of work
- Have made remarkable contributions that has positively impacted and made a tangible difference to clients, residents or colleagues.
Prize: £100 and one additional days’ leave for their birthday in 2026
Individual Award Categories
This category recognises teams from the same or different department that:
- Actively promote inclusion, treating everyone with respect and dignity
- Demonstrate effective teamwork and strong collaboration to deliver high-performing service.
- Joining forces to exceed client and colleague expectations.
- Create positive and meaningful experiences so that everyone feels like they belong
Prize: £20 per person for a team event (up to a maximum of £300)
Team Award Category