{"id":205,"date":"2016-10-22T15:07:53","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/?p=205"},"modified":"2016-12-15T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T15:16:12","slug":"ruthmar-wins-award-for-her-silver-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/ruthmar-wins-award-for-her-silver-service\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) Ruthmar wins award for her silver service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae'r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English<\/a>.<\/p>

A care worker who travelled halfway around the world to take a job in North Wales has been honoured\u00a0 at the social care Oscars.<\/p>\n

Ruthmar Gaitana, who arrived in Wrexham via Saudi Arabia, received a silver award at this year\u2019s Wales Care Awards prize giving at City Hall in Cardiff.<\/p>\n

MC for the evening was opera singer and radio presenter Wynne Evans, also known as Gio Compario from the TV adverts for Go Compare.<\/p>\n

The awards are organised by Care Forum Wales to recognise exceptional practice in the sector, and Ruthmar, a senior care practitioner at Highfield care home, was shortlisted in the category for Residential Care Practitioner, sponsored by the Older People\u2019s Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Ruthmar, 41, trained as a nurse in her native Philippines before going to work in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. It was while she was there that she read that Pendine were seeking to recruit staff and took the big decision to move to North Wales.<\/p>\n

A mother of four \u2013 her children remain in the Philippines \u2013 she started work as a senior care practitioner on the Bryn Bella unit which largely accommodates younger people with physical disabilities. For the past three years she has been at Highfield, part of the Pendine Park care organisation, which caters for both young and old.<\/p>\n

In 2012 she was promoted to a Care Practice Partner which involves auditing and improving care practice within the home and in February this year became a Clinical Care Practitioner.<\/p>\n

She was nominated for the award by Tracey Smith, her manager for the past six years, who described her as \u201chardworking, conscientious and a pleasure to be around due to her infectious personality and sunny disposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe constantly has a smile on her face that cheers up everyone who comes into contact with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a Care Practice Partner Ruthmar has mentored over 100 staff including carers, kitchen and domestic staff on issues such as infection control, basic first-aid and food hygiene.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer new role as Clinical Care Practitioner involves supporting the nurses with clinical duties and she has once again shown herself to be supportive and professional,\u201d said Tracey.<\/p>\n

Ruthmar is also a member of a small team providing very complex care to a resident who has a tracheostomy and is attached to a ventilator.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of her nursing background she is always professional but is just as keen to promote quality of life for the gentleman, ensuring a person-centred approach is maintained,\u201d said Tracey.<\/p>\n

Ruthmar, who lives in Vernon Street, Wrexham, said she thoroughly enjoyed her work and was thrilled to have even been shortlisted for the award. Outside of work, one of her interests is volleyball, a sport she enjoyed while in Saudi Arabia, though there is very little opportunity to play in the Wrexham area.<\/p>\n

Mario Kreft, the Chair of Care Forum Wales, said the standard of entries was extremely high.\"\"<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThere are only winners here tonight so it is only fitting that the finalists will receive a gold, silver or bronze Wales Care Award.<\/p>\n

\u201cI trust that they will continue to inspire those around them as role models and encourage others to aspire to even greater heights in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis awards ceremony is our opportunity to pay tribute and to celebrate the talent and commitment that is improving the quality of life for thousands and thousands of people throughout Wales.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take our hats off to them.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mae’n ddrwg gen i, mae’r cofnod hwn dim ond ar gael mewn English.A care worker who travelled halfway around the world to take a job in North Wales has been honoured\u00a0 at the social care Oscars. Ruthmar Gaitana, who arrived in Wrexham via Saudi Arabia, received a silver award at this year\u2019s Wales Care Awards… Darllen mwy »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[183,184,64,5,24,26],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-highfield-care-home","tag-older-peoples-commissioner","tag-residential-care-practitioner","tag-social-care","tag-wales-care-awards","tag-wales-care-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walescareawards.co.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}