Employee of the year

Its awards season again and SAFE@LAST already has one in the bag.  After winning Employee of the month last year Senior Project Worker Hayley Needham has done it again but this time coming runner up for the Employee of the Year awarded by Rotherham and Barnsley Chamber of Commerce. 
 

Hayley was nominated by Tracy Haycox, SAFE@LAST’s Strategic Runaways Services Director and was chosen to receive the award because of her commitment, dedication and hard work with young people who run away from home. 

All SAFE@LASTs project workers have to deal with a range of traumatic issues and circumstances every day involving young people such as; binge drinking, drug abuse, issues around safe sex, smoking, healthy lifestyles and crime.  They listen in a non-judgemental way and provide emotional support to young people.  They shoulder the responsibilities of acting as an appropriate adult for young people in custody, supporting young people after they are victims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse and often hearing disclosures of this abuse.  While doing all this they are at the hard end of the young persons and parent/carers anger, misery, frustration, lack of understanding and grief.

Tracy Haycox said “We are thrilled that Hayleys hard work has been recognised by this award.  Hayley was one of the first Project Workers to join SAFE@LAST four years ago.  Since then her enthusiasm and dedication has helped to build up our services for young people who are at risk through running away in Rotherham.  From Rotherham alone we have had around 700 referrals of young people all of which have been offered a confidential interview to address their issues around running away and any support they require.  A project worker has then worked with them to address these issues.  All our project workers have a tough job but they do it brilliantly with enthusiasm and commitment and I am proud to work with all of them.”

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