Salford
Royal NHS Foundation Trust’s Human Resources Services Manager Lesley Moss has
received an MBE in the New Year honours list.
Lesley, who
has worked at Salford Royal since 1993, was chosen for the honour because of
her services to the Salford community.
Her role
entails working with a wide range of local people, including young people,
people with disabilities, over 50s, lone parents and the long term unemployed
to offer them work placements at the Trust and increase their chances of
getting employment.
Other
elements of her work within the Salford
community include liaising with local high schools and colleges on work experience
initiatives and running bi-monthly GATEway events on the Trust site, which
helps job seekers find out about skills, training and job opportunities at the
Trust and with Trust partners.
Lesley
said: “My role is about connecting the community with the Trust. You can turn
lives around by just giving people the opportunity for employment and the right
advice and guidance.
“There are
so many success stories, including one man we worked with who had a disability
and had not worked for 28 years. We helped him find a job, infact he worked for
Salford Royal for four years. My job gives me such a strong sense of
achievement and 19 years on that’s why I still love doing it.”
Lesley is
also proud of the Trust’s work with the Future Jobs Fund and more recently the
partnerships with the Prince’s Trust and Salford Foundation. The three schemes
all give disadvantaged people the chance to take part in work placements and
experience life working in a busy hospital, gaining new skills and knowledge.
Lesley, who
is married with a son and lives in Ashton-under-Lyne,
does not yet know who nominated her for the award.
She said:
“I received a letter a few weeks ago and I didn’t really believe it until I saw
my name of the New Year honours list. Now it’s sunk in, it feels really good
and such an achievement for our organisation. My mum is delighted and my family
are so proud too, they think it’s brilliant.”
Lesley is
now looking forward to her trip to Buckingham
Palace in the summer to
collect her MBE from the Queen.
Salford
Royal’s Director of Organisational Development and Corporate Affairs, David
Wood said: “We’re extremely proud and delighted that Lesley has been recognised
with an MBE in the New Year honours list.
“She works
hard to offer Salford people opportunities
they might not normally get. Around 50% of our workforce have a Salford postcode and again this is because Lesley and her
team are committed to helping local people find jobs.
“We
competed against other organisations in the public and private sector to win
the Greater Manchester Employer of the Year 2010 award and Lesley’s work with
the community was certainly a major contributory factor to our success.”
