Rob’s dedication to aged care
A South Australian aged care provider chief executive has been recognised with the Individual award at the 2014 Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) National Aged Care Awards in Adelaide.
Adjunct Professor John G Kelly, AM, ACSA chief executive, left, with award winner, Rob Hankins, chief executive of ECH.
Rob Hankins, chief executive of ECH and a former president of the board of ACSA, was awarded the title on the eve of the National ACSA conference on Sunday.
Mr Hankins' appointment to ECH chief executive took him from New South Wales to Adelaide in 2003 and despite the fact that he had just taken over a large organisation in a new state, Mr Hankins was immediately able to engage with the local not for profit peak body, ACSA.
It wasn’t long before Mr Hankins was elected as an ACS SA board member, serving with them for seven years, five of those as chair and was then elected as national president of ACSA in 2011. He has been actively involved in lobbying and advocacy, providing valuable input into the national debate on the aged care reform agenda.
Twenty seven individuals and organisations from all over Australia, who have made outstanding contributions to aged care, were finalists of ACSA's National Aged Care Awards.
Adjunct Professor John G Kelly, AM, ACSA chief executive, says the awards celebrate all the good that is done in caring for some of Australia's most vulnerable people, the frail elderly.
“Those of us in the aged care sector know how much dedication and care is delivered every day and tonight we honour our colleagues who have gone above and beyond to be recognised as the best of the best,” Professor Kelly says.
“All of our finalists are already winners, having received their state’s highest accolades.
“Rob Hankins has contributed much to ACSA National and to ACS in his home state of South Australia and we are proud to honour his work with this award.”
The dinner was sponsored by HESTA who also provided the prizes to each winner.
The awards were judged by Heath Shonhan from Bentleys, Karen Martin from Aged Care Channel, Kerry Lehman from Brand Partners and Christopher Baynes from Do Come Monday, four of ACSA's National Partners.
Other award winners include:
