Rewards and benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary, an exclusive car lease scheme, cycle to work Scheme, generous annual leave, with the option to purchase additional annual leave (subject to terms and conditions), exclusive discounts through our Perkbox platform, pension benefits and pay annual professional fees on behalf of employees.
In additional to these employee benefits, all social workers receive case supervision and group supervision sessions held in all of our teams.
Practitioners can access our online learning management system.
We also offer a range of lifestyle benefits and believe that wellbeing and a good work-life balance are an integral part of our offer. We have a comprehensive set of policies aimed at supporting an employee’s work-life balance in addition to the wellbeing library that can be accessed via the Perkbox platform. We do that by providing agile working, homeworking and protected CPD time.
Our Employee Health & Wellbeing Offer is structured into 3 priorities:
- Physical
- Mental, social and emotional
- Financial
These priorities are designed to ensure staff have access to support and signposts to external organisations.
Additional support can be found in the
- Counselling and Wellbeing Hub
- Employee Health & Wellbeing Framework
- Mental Health First Aid Scheme.
We offer a range of gym membership options. They include:
- Deans Gym Offer
- CSSC Leisure Membership
- Offers through the Perkbox Platform
We have also launched a new voluntary benefit, Health Cash Plan, an insurance that provides cover that meets the demands and needs of someone who wishes to have help towards covering everyday healthcare costs such as dental check-ups and treatment, eye tests and glasses or therapy fees.
Retention bonus
Children’s services offer a competitive salary and a 15% annual attraction and retention bonus (paid monthly) to our social workers in our FAST Teams.
Social workers in our Children in Care Team and the Fostering Team receive a 7% annual attraction and retention bonus.
We’ll also pay for annual Social Work England registration for our social workers.
All staff undertaking work related travel using their own vehicle receive reimbursement at 45 pence per mile (up to the tax threshold) and hire cars are available to be used for journeys that exceed 120 miles. We also offer a car lease scheme for employees, subject to terms and conditions.