The Multicultural Communities Council of Illawarra (MCCI) was acknowledged at the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards in Melbourne on Thursday night.
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It was presented with the ‘Excellence in Organisational Leadership’ award at the June 14 event.
“This is a wonderful recognition of our whole team, and our approach to delivering quality services for our elderly multicultural community in the Illawarra,” MCCI CEO Chris Lacey said.
MCCI chair Ken Habak OAM, dedicated the award to the whole staff and volunteer team for their compassion, care and expertise in working with the elderly people in our community.
The Cultural Diversity in Ageing Excellence Awards 2018 recognise and showcase initiatives that promote excellence in the provision of culturally inclusive aged care services across Australia.
Excellence in organisational leadership is awarded to an aged care service that demonstrates leadership commitment and whole-of-organisation responses to consumers from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
MCCI was also finalist in Excellence in Service Delivery, which is awarded to an aged care service that demonstrates outstanding service delivery to older people from CALD backgrounds.