CIC outlines five-year vision to become the UK's leading social care charity

Social care charity Community Integrated Care has launched a Five Year Corporate Strategy, with the intention of growing its workforce by 30 per cent over the next five years.

Pursuing an innovative programme of ‘investment, development and change’, CIC wants to continually enhance the quality of its services at the same time as reaching more vulnerable adults who can benefit from the expertise of skilled caregivers.

The appointment of new director of organisational development and transformation, Elaine Gilbert, marks the start of the Strategy.

Bringing a depth of public service experience to her role, Ms Gilbert comments: “I’m thrilled to be joining Community Integrated Care at such a significant time in the charity’s history. In such a true ‘people’ organisation, we simply could not achieve a fraction of our good work without the commitment and dedication of our staff, and it is my role to ensure that we properly invest in our workforce, both now and in the future, to prepare us for both the opportunities and challenges ahead.

“To deliver the very best services, we must have the right people and culture in place, so that we can genuinely transform Community Integrated Care and achieve our vision of becoming the UK’s Leading Health and Social Care Charity. I am proud to be working with an organisation at the inception of such an aspirational journey and am committed to harnessing the passion and potential of our employees to create an organisation where people genuinely feel proud to work.”

Chief executive Neil Matthewman welcomes the appointment, saying: “We are delighted to have appointed someone of Elaine’s calibre for what will be a key role within our organisation. This is a crucial but exciting time for us, as we continue to shape and develop the long-term future of our charity.”

He continues, “At the core of our Five Year Strategy is a bold new vision – to become the UK’s leading health and social care charity – and this has at its heart not only the people we support, but the people delivering that support too – our staff. We not only want to become an organisation with leading services, but to become a leading employer, with leading people too, and I believe that Elaine’s knowledge and experience will be vital in helping us to achieve these goals.”

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