The award acknowledged the importance of the role of the Trainer within the care service and looked for a person who had demonstrated incredible enthusiasm and determination in identifying training and development needs of the care staff, establishing rolling training programmes, searching for and gaining funding and proving their ability to enthuse and energise staff to join and request training.
Patrick has worked with EveryDay Care and Age UK North Tyneside for 23 years both early in his career as a carer and is currently our Senior Trainer.