benefits of working for us

Homes for Haringey is a new organisation with an exciting future. We want to deliver nothing less than excellent services to our customers.

We know that to provide excellent services we need to have excellent staff. We value our employees and believe that they are our main asset. That's why we offer a range of benefits to help our employees and to help us stand out as a top employer.

We are officially recognised as a Top Employer

Homes for Haringey has officially been recognised as one of Britains' 58 top employers 2010.  

The Top Employer award is a national recognition by the CRF Institute which identifies front-runners in excellent HR management. We scored highly in the areas of working conditions, company culture, career development, and staff commitment. Being Top Employer means that we have proven to them that we take excellent care of our employees.

Positive about people with disabilities

We have been awarded ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation for our commitment to employing disabled people.

The Positive about people with disabilities accreditation is awarded by Job Centre Plus to employers who follow best practice when it comes to recruiting, selecting and retaining disabled people.

To get the nationally recognised award, Homes for Haringey had to sign up to five commitments, including: guaranteeing an interview for all disabled applicants who meet minimum criteria for a job vacancy; consulting disabled employees regularly to make sure they can develop and use their skills; and to make every effort to keep employees on if they become disabled.

Investor in People

We have a Silver Investor in People Award. This puts us in the top 1% of the 38,000 organisations involved with the scheme.Investors in People is the national standard which sets out a level of good practice for training and development of people to achieve business goals.

Employee Support Programme

The Employee Support Programme offers a free counselling and advice service for all employees and their families 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The service supports employees in all aspects of their daily lives: not just work issues, but everyday issues on which they or their families may need advice from an impartial party. The Programme offers a life management and personal support service on many issues including finance, relationships, legal issues, insurance, drugs and alcohol, stress, housing, consumer issues and health.

Final Salary Pension Scheme

Contribution rates dependent on salary banding from 5.5% - 7.5%

Generous leave entitlement

Including:

• Annual leave 21 – 32 days (depending on grade of post)
• Dependents leave when staff have emergency care responsibilities for a dependent
• Leave for public duties (i.e. magistrate)
• Nominated carers leave to enable parents to spend time with their new baby
• Adoption leave
• Generous maternity leave provision

Child care vouchers

Offering a salary sacrifice scheme which means you pay less tax.

Well being initiatives

Free 'Stop Smoking' sessions and health promotion events.

Eye Care Clinics

Offering free eye tests to staff who regularly use a PC.

Flexible Working

To help staff achieve a work life balance. This includes:

• Flexi time (where applicable)
• Flexible retirement
• Job sharing

Reduction of 10%

On all adult education courses run by Haringey Adult Learning Service.