Enliven – Presbyterian Support Northern Wins Top Industry Training Award
Enliven has won a top industry training award for its commitment to staff training.
The social services organisation, which supports older people and those with disabilities and injuries living in our
communities to be as independent as possible, won the employer category of the inaugural Careerforce Training Excellence
Awards announced at Te Papa in Wellington last night.
The awards recognise employers who are committed to training, professional development, and to their employees’
wellbeing.
Cherie Saunders, Enliven’s learning and development quality manager, said winning the award was a huge recognition of
the organisation’s achievements.
“It is important recognition, at a national level, from Careerforce, the industry training organisation for our sector.
The award recognises how well we support our workers in their work to make sure our clients receive excellent support,”
said Cherie.
“Our leadership team is absolutely committed to learning and development and that commitment is intertwined from board
level through to support worker engagement level.
“We celebrate successes of support workers. From an ethical point of view, we believe in the right of our workers to be
able to learn on the job and gain formal qualifications. They also have the right to receive their training in a way
that best suits their learning needs.”
Enliven invested in learning and development facilitators who were experienced and well qualified, said Cherie.
Enliven took out the employer award ahead of three other finalists - Canterbury District Health Board, Framework
Services Ltd and the Selwyn Foundation.
They and Enliven were chosen from 20 employers from the health, wellbeing, social and community services, cleaning and
pest management sectors which are covered by Careerforce.
Careerforce chief executive Ray Lind said the Employer of the Year award recognised PSN Enliven’s ongoing commitment to
the professional development of its workers.
“Empowering Enliven’s staff inevitably results in an improved return on that investment,” he said.
Enliven’s general manager Andrea McLeod said: “The awards recognise that Enliven has been an innovator in work place
learning, achieving fantastic results for staff and the support clients receive.”
The awards were open to any organisations who deliver training and workforce development covered by Careerforce.
Enliven’s in-house Learning and Development Team has been successfully training support workers using Careerforce
qualifications since 2006.
“Enliven has one of the highest completion rates of 92 percent, which puts us in the top one percent of all provider
activity across New Zealand. An impressive 96 percent of our support workers have also either obtained a relevant
industry qualification or are actively completing one,” said Andrea.
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