The health, safety and wellbeing of our staff is paramount and we have comprehensive induction and on-going training for each member of staff on related matters. We offer private medical health to staff members and their families, this is complemented with awareness raising on a range of health issues such as quitting smoking, breast cancer, heart and lung wellbeing, diabetes, keeping fit and active. Our Occupational Health Strategy supports staff in making decisions and choices about their longer term health. We regularly sponsor charities and events and encourage staff to participate. Our Manage Life Strategy includes flexible, part time, sabbatical leave choices for staff.
As a learning organisation, we place every emphasis on developing and growing individuals as well as teams. As our greatest asset, we want our people to feel enabled and respected and to feel that time spent in our employment, is beneficial and valuable both short and long term. In doing so, all staff have an appraisal twice annually, this system looks at personal and professional development and is an opportunity to set and review targets. We offer a wide range of activities and opportunities for learning to staff both inside and outside of work - so that our people have a choice about they way in which they learn and at what pace and level they do so.
Training is delivered in many different ways and includes coaching, mentoring, bite sized workshops, on the job learning, shadowing, act-up's, secondments, reading, traditional classroom presentations, conferences and events, breakfast seminars and internet based learning.
Our retention strategy includes succession planning and when an individual wishes to progress, we establish coaching, mentoring, on the job shadowing, and provide learning opportunities to ensure that they can meet the criteria of a more senior post, when it becomes vacant. This continues to be successful, particularly when planning retirements and maternity leave etc. Another element of the retention strategy includes secondments to other roles/departments and 'act-up's' where individuals take on new roles for a set period of time, to allow them to get first hand experience as well as broadening their knowledge base, many of our staff have completed or are in the process of completing NVQs sponsored by Breyer Group.
The salaries we offer are competitive, we offer 25 days annual leave rising to 28, private medical, pension scheme, eye care, childcare vouchers and as we are committed to Investors in People, we offer many opportunities to learn and develop.
We are the leading entry finalists in Contract Journal's Respect for People Award which recognises the significant improvements we have made in the industry in equality and diversity, workplace satisfaction, health and well being of staff and in providing learning opportunities.
We hope this has given you an insight into our ethos and values and what it could be like for you if you were a Breyer Group employee, by reading this far you have made a positive step towards an enriching and rewarding work experience with us.