Lee Warren and Ian Vickery have been honoured for their high standard of work and dedication to their roles with Kiama Council.
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Council’s IT cadet, Lee Warren, was the winner of the 2018 Megan Dalley Trainee of the Year award.
Lee commenced work in August 2018, since then he has displayed excellent customer service skills, and is always ready to try and work out a solution to technical issues. If initially he does not know how to fix a problem he will always work hard to find an answer.
Lee is friendly, pleasant and eager to help out, he shows respect to all people and uses initiative to perform tasks without being asked. His work ethic and quality of work has been well above average.
Council’s Blue Haven Care homes volunteer chaplain, Ian Vickery was the winner of the Robert East Community Service Award.
Ian runs monthly church services and provides one-on-one pastoral care and emotional support to the residents and families of the home on a weekly basis. Ian also heads up the pastoral care volunteer team and will soon be providing debrief sessions for them also.
Ian has also recently taken on board being available for staff to talk through and debrief around their grief and loss when residents pass away. Ian is providing a valuable spiritual and emotional support program that has significant benefits for all involved.
About the awards
In November 2007, council’s Customer Service Trainee, Megan Dalley was tragically killed in a car accident on the Princes Highway near Gerringong.
Megan was an excellent trainee who showed tremendous initiative and ability. She had a very high standard of skill and provided exemplary customer service. Council established an annual award named in tribute to Megan, with the award having a value of $1000 to be presented to the best performed trainee, apprentice or cadet.
In 2006, an award for staff was established to acknowledge a volunteer who has made a significant contribution to the organisation and the community.
The award, known as the ‘Community Services Award’, has been established in memory of the late Councillor Robert East, who himself had an outstanding and proud record of community service.
Cr East served on an extensive range of committees, was extremely active with Rotary, and was made a ‘Paul Harris Fellow’ in 1997, Rotary’s highest award. In June 2005, Councillor East received a Paul Harris Sapphire Pin for his fund raising efforts for cancer research.
