The CWSO recognizes that its success is largely built by its members’ commitment to excellence and dedication in the field of crisis intervention. The annual awards program is designed to distinguish and honor those crisis workers who demonstrate these qualities through their work.

Throughout Ontario, crisis intervention workers play a significant role in delivering crucial, often life-saving, intervention services to people who are experiencing a crisis in their lives. Many communities have discovered the importance of such services through the presence of crisis intervention workers in many community mobile crisis teams, hospital emergency departments, schools, children’s mental health centers, and other community settings.

Award of Excellence: To recognize a front line individual worker or team for their excellence and commitment while delivering crisis intervention services within Ontario. The nominee must provide direct crisis intervention services. The degree to which the nominee demonstrates: commitment to the field of crisis intervention; enthusiasm in the workplace with peers and clients; accountability to the client, co-workers, and the employer; dedication that travels beyond the boundaries of a job description; initiative in striving to make a difference for clients; respect for clients, their families, and co-workers; inspiration for excellence to co-workers and employers.

Award of Distinction: To recognize a supervisor or manager for their leadership, principles, and dedication while ensuring delivery of crisis intervention services within Ontario. The nominee must provide supervision and/or management of crisis response services to a single community, district, or region. The degree to which the nominee demonstrates: commitment to the field of crisis intervention; integrity for a multidisciplinary team of professional service providers; leadership within an agency or community that directly impacts on the delivery of crisis response services; enthusiasm in the workplace; ethical practice of supervision/management functions; dedication to ensuring quality services are delivered; support for front line workers; respect for subordinates, colleagues, and clients.

Significant Contribution to CWSO: To recognize an individual’s outstanding contribution to the Crisis Workers Society of Ontario. Nominees for the Significant Contribution to CWSO will have been a member of CWSO and have worked consistently and tirelessly towards establishing and improving the CWSO as a significant organization. The degree to which the nominee demonstrates: leadership role in CWSO; mentorship to co-workers and new professionals joining CWSO; dedication while performing outstanding service for the CWSO; supportive of the CWSO in an exemplary fashion; inspiration to fellow CWSO members; promotion of CWSO as a professional organization for crisis workers.

The Up and Coming Award: An award of distinction presented by CWSO and given to a new supervisor or manager (with less than 2 years in their role) for their leadership, dedication and principles while ensuring delivery of crisis intervention services in Ontario. The nominee must provide supervision and/or management of crisis response services to a single community, district or region. The degree to which the nominee demonstrates: commitment to the field of crisis intervention; integrity for a multidisciplinary team of professional service providers; leadership within an agency or community that directly impacts on the delivery of crisis response services; enthusiasm in the workplace; ethical practice of supervision/management functions; dedication to ensuring quality services are delivered; approach to innovation and collaboration; support for front line workers; respect for subordinates, colleagues and clients.

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Crisis Workers Society of Ontario

Annual Crisis Workers Awards

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Nominee:
Name:
Current Title/Position:
Agency/Organization:
Agency Address:
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Email:
Member of CWSO yes or no If yes how many years have candidate been a member?
Nominator:
Name(s):
Agency/Organization:
Agency Address:
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Promotion / Awareness:
Name & Title of Agency CEO/ED:
Name & Title of Immediate Supervisor:
# of Years with Agency: / # of Years in Crisis Intervention Field:
Name of Local Newspaper (optional):
Nominee Consent:
I consent to having information regarding my nomination included in information that will be printed in the CWSO Annual Awards Dinner Program, the CWSO website and may be sent to: The Chief Executive Officer of the agency for which I work, my immediate supervisor/manager, and the local newspaper in my community (optional).
Signature of Nominee: / Date:

Annual Awards Nomination Form

  1. Please provide a brief description of the role the nominee has at the agency:

  1. Please provide your reasons for nominating this person for this award:

  1. Please attach a narrative, not more than 2 pages in length, outlining specific examples of where the nominee demonstrated the qualities listed for the specific award for which she/he is being nominated, (e.g. initiative, respect, leadership dedication, etc.).

  1. Please attach at least one additional letter or recommendation from a supervisor or colleague of the nominee, or another CWSO member who knows the nominee.

Submit this Nomination Form, Narrative, and Letter of Recommendation no later than
4:00 p.m. on June 1, 2016. Only complete packages will be accepted. Send the complete package by Fax to:
CWSO Annual Awards 2016
c/o Jillaine Blair
Fax: 519-421-4266
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