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North West carer up for national award

A KNOWSLEY care worker is in the running for a national award after beating off stiff competition in the regional finals of a competition.

Karl Lamb, 29, was the North West winner in the Great British Care Awards and will now compete for the national title later this month (May).

Karl works for CASA – Care and Share Associates - Knowsley, an award-winning, employee-owned social enterprise, which delivers a range of services which allows people to remain independent and live in their own homes.

But it was Karl’s efforts to go the extra mile for his clients which made him stand out from the crowd and helped him take the regional crown.

Helen Haney, Deputy Manager at CASA Knowsley said everyone was delighted at Karl’s success.

“He has done some amazing work and really helped some of our clients,” said Helen.

“He’s gone that extra mile and made a real difference to people’s lives.”

In his role as a support worker, Karl works with a range of clients and has found a number of ways to help them get more out of life.

This includes helping a young man who wanted to be a DJ to get some gigs which has led to him getting a radio show and helping another client who wasn’t integrated into the community get a job in a charity shop.

“Karl has really gone out of his way to find out what his clients are interested in and what they needed and used his initiative to help them,” said Helen.

“He really does deserve this award and we’ll be keeping our fingers crossed for the national final in Birmingham.”

CASA Knowsley is one of five CASAs around the country which provide homecare services.

All employees are strongly invested in the company and are given free shares, a profit share scheme, and other employee benefits.

The company is always looking for new staff across all of their sites and no previous experience is necessary for some of the posts, with full training given.

Anyone wanting further information should call the CASA Recruitment Hotline at 0300 355 1155, send an email to recruitment@casaltd.com or visit the CASA website at www.casaltd.com and look at the vacancies section where full job descriptions and application forms are available.

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