Posted 20.06.14
Sheltered housing staff from ng homes have helped the Association to be named Housing Support Provider of the Year at the recent Scottish Care Awards.
A panel of independent experts judged the awards, which formed part of the National Care at Home and Housing Support Conference. The awards were facilitated by Scottish Care, who narrowed the finalists down from over 200 entries.
The Housing Support service within ng homes is made up of 4 sheltered complexes and one Very Sheltered Complex, providing a Housing support service to 170 tenants across the North of Glasgow.
To win the award, ng homes demonstrated how it manages staff training and development, flexible working arrangements, equality and diversity and how the service is making a difference to the people it supports.
The main aim of the service is to deliver high quality housing support that enables tenants, with differing needs, to live independently in sheltered or very sheltered housing and other settings.
Chairperson of ng homes John Fury said: