As a co-production support officer at Essex County Council, Pranay Nama’s role is to support the adult social care team through sharing information about services on internal communication channels, and planning in-person and online events. He loves the social elements of the job, and, as someone with cerebral palsy, he values the council’s inclusive approach, describing his colleagues as “supportive and understanding” and saying that they have been happy to make adjustments, including “accompanying me to work events, adjusting workload and providing one-to-one feedback”.
Essex is a large local authority – and every year its adult social care team supports a diverse population of around 16,000 people who need help with daily living tasks. If it wants to provide the best possible care to communities, it knows that every member of the adult social care team, regardless of ethnicity, disability, age or sexuality, must be supported to do their job and to have opportunities for progression in line with the organisation’s new equality, diversity and inclusion strategy.
