Advocates Staff Recognized for Extraordinary Compassion and Commitment

Congratulations to Barbara Steele for receiving the first MetroWest Outstanding Human Services Professional Award, in memory of Bill Taylor, at the 12th Annual MetroWest Advocacy Coalition's Legislative Breakfast on April 4, 2014.

Barbara is a senior outreach clinician in Advocates Mental Health Division and received the honor for her compassion, patience, and commitment to individuals with mental health challenges she supports in the MetroWest area. Here are a few testimonials from her admiring colleagues and clients:

"Barbara has the wisdom to understand that it is important to let each person's journey take its own course."

"I think what I admire most is her ability to not give up and the way in which she can keep working with such grace. She has worked through some challenging situations, one that another staff would have probably wanted to walk away from but no her."

"Barbara excels at direct care work. With her education and experience, advancement to more supervisory or administrative positions would have been natural but she has always preferred to focus on what is truly important: working directly with each person she supports to build the life they want for themselves."