Job Stories

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East Kent Mencap’s Vicki Wilks wins KiCA Award

We are thrilled to announce that Herne Bay Hub Senior Support Worker, Vicki Wilks, won the ‘Putting People First Award’ at the Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KiCA) Awards 2024. The award’s evening took place at the Mercure Great Danes Hotel, in Maidstone on Friday 13th September. Vicki Wilks attended the event with Holly and Emma,
Support Worker looking at female tenant smiling

Why We Care: Improve pay for Support Workers

Mencap launched this week the ‘Why We Care’ campaign, which shines a spotlight on the amazing work of Support Workers. Mencap is calling on the government to increase funding for social care, to enable better pay and recognition for Support Workers, and we need your help to ensure action is taken. Sign the petition here.
KiCA Awards 2023 Lucy, Lea and Paul

East Kent Mencap KiCA Awards 2023 

We are thrilled to announce that the East Kent Mencap staff team achieved six finalist places and two awards at the Kent Care Awards 2023.   Congratulations to our finalists:   Emma Croucher for Workforce Development Award  Fiona Wonford for Putting People First Award  Karen Roberts for Supported Living Registered Manager  Lauren Kay for Frontline Leader Award  
About Us video with Charlie, Ellie and Tina playing tennis

Launching out new ‘About Us’ video

To give you an insight into our values and show you how we support people with a learning disability, we have created a new ‘About Us’ video to celebrate and showcase our work.  Working with Benjamin Film Photography, we spoke with people who use our services and our amazing staff team to produce a video
Maria and Natalie at Ramsgate Harbour

East Kent Mencap interview Senior Support Worker, Maria Kourellias

As part of our 75th anniversary celebrations, we are interviewing key people who have been involved with the charity, including members of our award-winning staff team. Maria Kourellias has been at East Kent Mencap for 9 years. She shares in five minutes what it is like to be a Senior Support Worker and how she
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