We are pleased to announce that the Worcestershire Family Intervention Project (WFIP) has received an award for excellence.

The service has recently undertaken the annual Worcestershire Supporting People assessment and has been successful in achieving an ‘A’ award.

The Supporting People programme within Worcestershire is helping more than 20,000 vulnerable people each year to attain or maintain independence, through the provision of housing related support services.

An ‘A’ award demonstrates excellence and is associated with providers striving to be leaders in their field. In addition to meeting minimum standards and evidencing good practice, this achievement also confirms that the WFIP:

• Is flexible and responsive, and able to adapt the service to best meet clients’ needs
• Is a learning organisation that reflects on its work and uses this information to challenge its own performance
• Effectively engages clients and staff in this shared learning
• Engages in partnership working at a strategic level to better meet the needs of clients, the service/organisation and commissioners
• Demonstrates the achievement of shared outcomes as a result of effective partnership working
• Demonstrates vision, leadership and creativity that influences practice beyond the boundaries of the service