St Mary's Court Care Home, Braintree, Essex

Meet our award-winning care team

Every member of our team is committed to keeping Kindness, Comfort and Respect at the heart of everything they do.

One of the things that makes St Mary’s Court in Bocking a wonderful place to live is our pride and pleasure in our work. When we choose our staff we look for people who really enjoy helping our residents to live full and interesting lives.

Our first-class training

We want to ensure our staff are all trained to the highest possible standard so we have our own in-house trainer, Mandi Randall-Cramp. Mandi works closely with all staff to make sure they are providing first-class care, with our ethos of Kindness, Comfort and Respect at the heart of the training.

Our award successes

2020 Award nominations

National finalists for 2020 Great British Care Awards

2019 Award nominations

National finalists for 2019 Great British Care Awards – Activities

2018 Awards and nominations

Winner: The Great British Care Awards, East of England – Activities
Winner: Essex County Council PROSPER Awards:
  – Activities & Well-being award
  – Diet, Nutrition & Hydration award

Finalist at the National Care Awards 20th Anniversary 2018

  • National Care Awards – Care Team of the Year
  • The Great British Care Awards, East of England region:
  • Care Trainer – Mandi Randall- Cramp
  • Dignity in Care – Joan Sirett, Matron
  • Palliative/End of Life Care – Kathleen Perreira, Unit Manager, St Mary’s Court
  • Care Employer – Sonnet Care Homes
  • Activities – Jo Whitehouse, Head of Activities
  • Chef – Paul Westall, Chef
  • The Care Home Registered Manager Award – Jane Sadowski

2017 Finalists

  • The Great British Care Awards, National Finals – Sonnet, Care Employer.

2016 Winners

  • Skills for Care Accolades Award – Sonnet, Most Effective Approach to Leadership & Management
  • The Great British Care Awards, East of England – Sonnet, Care Employer.
  • National Care Awards – Ieva Bagurske, Housekeeper.

2016 Finalists

  • The Great British Care Awards, East of England – Jo Whitehouse, Activities Coordinator. Paul Westall, Chef. Mandi Randall-Cramp, Trainer
  • National Care Awards – Jo Whitehouse, Activities Coordinator
  • Laing Buisson Awards – Sonnet, Management Excellence

2015 Finalists

  • The Great British Care Awards, East of England – Mandi Randall-Cramp, Care Trainer
  • The National Care Awards – Julia Clinton, Care Leader

Award-winning trainer

Mandi has had fantastic success and was a finalist in the Care Trainer category at The Great British Care Awards East of England Region for four years running; she has also achieved her Skills for Care Approved Dementia Trainer award.

The above-average staffing levels at St Mary’s Court

Every member of our team is trained and qualified, and we always have plenty of staff available. At St Mary’s Court, you will get to know the people who support you well, and can relax knowing that we will give you excellent care, day and night.

At St Mary’s Court, we work with best-in-class organisations such as Gold Standards Framework for End of Life Care and Skills for Care to ensure our team provides the best quality care for our residents.

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