IIP Silver Award Success

mhs homes has joined the top 3% of employers in the South East after recently achieving the Investors in People (IIP) Silver Award.

Assessors from the IIP visited mhs homes in November as part of the reassessment process of the “bronze” status previously awarded to the housing association. The standard looks at business improvements and how objectives are achieved by harnessing the skills of people.

Chief Executive of mhs homes Ashley Hook said, “I am delighted that we have finished the year with this very important success. We have now joined one of the few organisations to be awarded the IIP Silver award. This is an outstanding achievement for the organisation and great testament to the hard work, commitment and energy of everyone working for mhs homes. We managed to meet the ‘Silver’ award criteria strongly, therefore next year, we will be looking at the work needed to move us from ‘Silver’ to ‘Gold’.”

The IIP standard is reviewed every 3 years and specifically assesses how an organisation plans, develops, reviews and evaluates training. Staff are selected from across the organisation for interview by the assessors.

Approved trainer for the Institute of Leadership and Management, Andy Moreland said, “Whilst working with mhs homes over the past year, it has been wonderful to see such commitment from people to drive continuous improvement through the business. The senior management team continually reflect on how the organisation can provide support to staff in order that they can provide the best possible service to customers. This continuous improvement has been demonstrated through first achieving Bronze recognition three years ago and now being awarded Silver.  There is no question that mhs homes will soon be achieving Gold.”