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Rewards
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Learning
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Mindfulness
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Rewards
As well as competitive rates of pay, which vary from job to job, we offer a range of other employee benefits:
Flexible working hours:
Operational roles will always put needs of the people we support first; but wherever possible we will provide working hours that fit with your commitments at home as well as at work
Personal pension plan:
Administered by The Pensions Trust, your pension plan will also include life assurance
Health plan:
You will be eligible for a discounted plan with Simply Health to get cash back on everyday health appointments
Recommend a friend scheme:
Introduce someone to Avenues and you will receive £500 upon them completing their probationary period and they will receive £250 (terms and conditions apply)
Employee Assistance Programme (counselling & support):
A free 24-hour helpline available to help employees cope with the challenges that we all face in life, both practical and emotional.
Online Health Portal:
Confidential access to information, resources and options to address a wide range of issues
O2 mobile discounts:
As an O2 Business Customer all our employees can get discounts on Airtime Plans and accessories
The Benefits Website:
Cheap deals and offers on a range of services including breakdown cover, gym memberships, days out, shopping, travel and much more
Annual leave and sick pay:
Offering up to 28 days paid annual leave (pro rata) and paid sick leave depending on length of service.
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Learning and Development
Learning and Development with Avenues:
At Avenues our learning and development programme is very important in supporting the organisation in achieving its objectives and developing its employees. We aim to provide learning and development opportunities matched to our specific needs, and will utilise a wide range of learning methods.
Investing in you
While some training is mandatory in social care, we also want our employees to have ongoing opportunities to develop professionally and personally. Your growth also benefits Avenues and the people we support. Our culture of review and coaching supports employees to think about what goals they may have.
Quality standards
Our learning and development programmes meet the standards and requirements set out by Skills for Care, the workforce development body for adult social care in England. The endorsement is a trusted quality mark only awarded to the best learning and development providers within the social care sector.
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Mindfulness
“I can use it in the workplace and even when sitting on a bus, I can calm myself”
Mindfulness can be described as ‘paying attention on purpose in the present moment without judgement.’ It is a way of understanding our thoughts, emotions, feelings and sensations so that instead of becoming overwhelmed by them, we manage them. Since 2013, Avenues has been offering a ‘mindfulness in practice’ programme to our employees.
The course has been developed in partnership with Dr Nick Gore of The Tizard Centre and presents the concept of mindfulness in a straightforward, clear and practical manner. The programme is delivered by our internal trainers who study mindfulness-based approaches at Bangor University.
The aim of the programme is to improve the emotional wellbeing of our employees, which in turn can improve the quality of individual relationships, and the effectiveness of the support they provide.
Over six sessions, participants learn through experiencing and reviewing mindfulness exercises within a group setting. They discover how to use mindfulness in home and work life and investigate how to use mindfulness at times of emotional intensity.
Employees who have completed the programme report a number of positive changes, particularly around wellbeing at work and home as well as work performance.
“At first I was a bit confused if it would work, then after 2-3 sessions, I was really understanding and practicing it. It has made a tremendous difference in my personal and professional life”
“Now I have the ability to calm down in a difficult situation in order not to rush into things”
“It has made me think about the relationships with people and the way I communicate”