‘My manager has gone above and beyond for me’

Our My Brilliant Colleague series invites you to celebrate anyone who has inspired you in your career.

In this entry, mental health practitioner Sam celebrates her manager, Claire, who, despite knowing her for a short time, has supported her throughout major life and professional changes.

I would like to nominate my senior and new manager, Claire.

I’ve recently started with a new mental health team, started a social work apprenticeship and left my abusive husband.

Claire has stuck by me, supporting me personally and in my work and apprenticeship – she has been completely wonderful! This is despite her only knowing me for a relatively short period of time.

Her support while I got acclimatised to a new role, studying and making it through personal hurdles, enabled me to feel supported and valued.

I believe she’s gone above and beyond for me. But I know she consistently does this for other colleagues and offers the same support to the people on her caseload.

Claire is an excellent person, a wonderful social worker and manager.

How to nominate a colleague

You can nominate anyone who has inspired you in your career – whether current or former colleagues, managers, students, lecturers, mentors or prominent past or present sector figures whom you have admired from afar.

Nominate your colleague or social work inspiration by filling in our nominations form with a letter or a few paragraphs (100-250 words) explaining how and why the person has inspired you.

*Despite the need to provide your name and role, you or the nominee can be anonymous in the published entry.*

If you have any questions, email our community journalist, Anastasia Koutsounia, at anastasia.koutsounia@markallengroup.com.