Awards are important to Southdown because, as well as highlighting our work, they help us to attract a high calibre of staff and reassure commissioners, service users and staff that our work has been externally validated.
Institute of Directors
Aideen Jones, the CEO of Southdown won the award for Director of the Year (2008/09) for not-for-profit sector.
The Sunday Times
Southdown was ranked in the Top 100 for three years running. We were ranked the number one company in the UK for being run on sound moral principles, the second best for having strong values, fifth for making a difference to the world, seventh for putting something back into the community and ninth for being ‘green’. We were awarded three star 'exceptional' Best Companies accreditation in a scheme, set up alongside the top 100 Sunday Times list, to acknowledge corporate excellence in the workplace.
(We decided not to enter the competition for the past two years and have chosen instead to benchmark ourselves against new standards).
British Safety Council
Southdown has won several International Safety Awards in recognition of the commitment to risk management and excellent safety record of the Association.
National care sector training accolades
Awarded ‘best employer promoting continued professional development’.
Investors in People
Repeated accreditation with glowing reports.
Stonewall
We are an Employer Champion with Stonewall, the campaigning organisation for lesbian and gay rights.
Mindful Employer
We work to the national standards for promoting equality for people who have had mental health problems and challenging prejudice in employment.
Tommy Award
We are committed to national standards for supporting the health and welfare of our staff who are expectant parents.
Positive about Disability
We are regularly reaccredited with achieving the national standard for proactive and positive support to disabled people who wish to work for us.