Catch-up with Karen
Happy Friday everyone, please find below your weekly CEO Derian update….
Whilst not everyone values these emails and some felt they were “too positive”. It is important to clarify that I will never break bad or negative news over an all staff email – it will always be done face to face where possible. I want these emails to be of value to you all and so perhaps you could suggest what subjects you would like me to talk about or share in these emails.
One idea is to have a weekly point dedicated to celebrating good work in the hospice that is clearly linked to and demonstrates our values. Staff could email me in confidence to celebrate something positive that they have seen in their colleagues that week and I could include it in my weekly email. If you have any other ideas please let me know.
- The We Are Derian Forum met this week and provided much feedback, we hope that holding the forum monthly as requested enables us to work through challenges/concerns together as they arise.
- We have quite a lot of recruitment at the moment. As a reminder we are working hard to increase our care team and looking to appoint a number of registered and non-registered Integrated Care Team staff. We are also recruiting to the Child & Family Advocate/Engagement Lead, Administrator, Data & Performance Lead, Facilities support. This week we have also added an additional Exec Assistant role to work with Rebecca in providing support for the Trustee Board, myself and Catherine. Our retail operations are searching for a number of exciting volunteer roles to support our online sales, please do share with anyone you think may be able to provide some help.
- We’re very much looking to shine a light on areas of our work that we are massively proud about. The Say My Childs Name campaign will be put forward for national recognition through the Charity Awards. Fingers Crossed.
- I had the privilege of being able to chat to sunflower “A”s parents this week. It was humbling and inspiring to hear how much they have valued their stay with us at Derian, and the care and compassion our teams has provided for them and their beautiful baby girl. Thankyou everyone for going above and beyond to make the most precious of memories for them.
- Our Trustee meeting takes place next week on Thursday evening, please do give our trustees a warm welcome, many of them do come in to the hospice earlier and enjoy a walk round and informal chat to staff.
- The new furniture for the sunflower rooms and reflection room has arrived, I hope you all agree that it improves an already wonderfully special space.
Birthday wishes over the coming week go to Chantal Porter and Rebecca Shivji, have a great day J.
And finally…. I saw this I thought I’d share…..
| Best wishes
Karen
Karen Edwards OBE |