There were four staff nominated in our last cycle of the Values at Work Award – Adam Cook, Tomi Lemmon, Dianne Range, and Sam Tooke – and the winners were Adam Cook and Dianne Range. When you see them give them a big pat on the back and say “CONGRATULATIONS!”
Adam Cook
Direct Care Staff, Youth Home
Nominated by Staci Glynn, Vanessa Southworth
From Staci and Vanessa’s nomination:
Adam has shown excellence and responsiveness by picking up shifts whenever a staff member has called in at the last minute. This is an outstanding example because Adam has gone above and beyond week after week to help assure we meet our staffing needs.
When Adam works he completes all tasks, asks questions when he does not know and participates in all trainings and meetings that make him knowledgeable of all shifts. As a night staff it would be easy to feel as though it’s not important to know many details due to kids being asleep during his time on the unit but Adam makes an extra effort to be knowledgeable. Part of Adam’s job is to ensure information is filed in the appropriate location of the unit file. Our Case Managers is always able to locate what she needs as Adam ensures these pieces of information are where they need to be and filed in a timely manner.
Way to go Adam!
Dianne Range
Case Manager, Hope Academy
Nominated by Amanda Jalensky
From Amanda’s nomination:
Dianne’s goal for offering summer programming and continued services for Hope Academy Graduates became a reality when she sought funding to provide Parent Cafes. Parent Cafes is something that is newer to the La Crosse community. Parent Cafes are an evidence based model focused on building the 5 research based protective factors that mitigate the negative impacts of trauma.
Dianne assisted in writing the United Way Venture Grant, planned and facilitated the series of Cafes and personally invited teen parents to attend. The Teen Parent Café series was successful in joining past and current Hope Academy Moms. 13 teen parents attended the series and 100% planned to change something about their parenting, 100% responded that participating in the Café was helpful to them, and they commented that they “learned its okay to ask for help,” and learned “how to communicate with my baby.” I can state that the outcomes and number of Teen moms attending the café is due to the relationships that Dianne has built and maintained with these young women.
With the success of the first series, the program has gotten additional funding to continue to offer Parent Cafes to Teen Parents in the community.
Thanks Dianne!