A South Lanarkshire care employee has been nominated to symbolize Scotland at a prestigious nationwide awards.
East Kilbride-based residence carer, Caroline Ledger, 63, is employed by South Lanarkshire Council and was put ahead by a household she had labored with.
The Nice British Care Awards are a sequence of regional occasions all through the UK and are a celebration of excellence throughout the care sector.
The aim of the awards are to pay tribute to these people who've demonstrated excellent excellence inside their subject of labor.
Nationwide finals can be held in March in Birmingham and Caroline has been shortlisted as a finalist within the Scottish area class.
Caroline's nomination got here as an entire shock to her.
She instructed Lanarkshire Dwell : "I've been with South Lanarkshire Council for about 19 years now and I discover the job so rewarding.
"I like working with individuals and people with complicated wants and get loads of job satisfaction - you could not do the job in any other case.
"For a few years I did manufacturing unit work however determined I did not wish to try this anymore, so did some volunteering within the care sector and determined that was the avenue I wished to go down.
"This nomination got here completely out the blue - once I opened the emailed, I believed it was somebody having me on at first.
"Nevertheless it was a household I had labored with earlier than who put me ahead. The individual I used to be caring for had very complicated wants by way of dementia."
Caroline, from Calderwood, who's married with two sons, added: "I'm on the shortlist to symbolize Scotland - and simply that's an achievement I really feel, it doesn't matter what occurs.
"I've had an interview and can simply have to attend and see. The care sector is not having the simplest of occasions and issues are difficult so I simply hope just a little bit of excellent information like this can be a increase for folks."
There are 21 classes obtainable for nomination, which symbolize all areas of the social care sector, whether or not it's older individuals or specialist providers, residential or residence care.
From frontline employees corresponding to care employees and care managers to individuals who have made an affect in different methods corresponding to coaching and innovation.
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