Jacobs Staff Awards 2007
- Posted: 25/06/2007
Jacobs recently held our 2nd annual Partners Presentation and Staff Awards at a local hotel on Merseyside.
To coincide with the event our bailiffs received additional training sessions over 2 days.
On the first afternoon we handed out new mobile telephones and "Digital" Pens for all bailiffs. Over the coming weeks the transition from traditional forms to "instant update on clientweb" will be completed.
On the second moring the bailiffs were split into 2 categories and a workshop session held for both 1st Call and Enforcement Bailiffs. The workshops were facilitated by the Partners and designed to share good practice and working techniques amongst colleagues.
The training was completed with 4 sessions covering the following -
Bailiff Law Reform - Current Developments was presented by Paul Kelly our Business Development Manager.
Bankruptcy and Process Serving Techniques was presented by Sharon Williamson (Partner - DWF Solicitors) and John Lee (Horsfields Insolvency Practitioners)
Health & Safety Issues for our Bailiffs was presented by Kiri Gibney our HR Manager.
The final session was presented by Frank Lamb (Revenues Manager - Liverppol Council / BT Direct) and covered "What Local Authorities expect from their bailiffs".
In the afternoon a meal for 150+ staff was preceeded by the Partners Presentation giving an overview of Performance in 2006/7 and Business Development plans for the future.
Awards were presented after the meal for -
Team of the Year, Employee of the Year, Best 1st Call Bailiff, Best Enforcemment Bailiff, Rising Star and Manager of the Year. Winners received £500 tokens to be used on "Red Letter" days.
During the evening the spouses and partners of our staff joined proceedings and enjoyed a Disco and BBQ.
Dave Cornes (Partner) said "The 2 day event was a huge success with Bailiffs receiving important training from other organisations as well as sharing working practices in the workshops. It is pleasing to be able to reward hard working and committed staff for excellent achievements throughout the year."
