Highland Home Carers was approached by Cooperative Development Scotland (C:DS) in September 2007 and offered the opportunity for the Company to participate in a Social Accounting and Audit Pilot Initiative run in conjunction with the Social Audit Network (SAN).
Highland Home Carers is a unique organisation within the field of social care in that there is only one other employee owned care organisation operating in Scotland.
When HHC decided to implement its period of Social Accounting and Audit, Managing Director Stephen Pennington appointed Employee Director Jocelyn Mitchell and Support Worker Cath McCormick to undertake the work with him. It was agreed that the major tasks involved the information gathering and this would be conducted by Cath and Jocelyn, with Stephen taking on a mainly advisory role.
All three participants were motivated and enthusiastic regarding the project and this team has worked well together. The guidance of the Social Audit Network and workshops organised by C:DS has proved invaluable.
