Working for us
At VoiceAbility, we believe that everyone has the right to fulfil their potential, and to be able to live a full life in the way they want. We believe everyone should be able to use their strengths, gifts and enthusiasms, and not be held back by lack of opportunity, access or power.
As a rights and voice organisation, we aim to work with people in a way that makes them feel valued, understood and empowered. We try to work this way internally too, with our own staff.
I’ve faced quite a bit of discrimination in the past, and I’ve never felt so welcome in an organisation.
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Disability Confident Employer
As a disability-confident employer, we will interview all candidates who disclose a disability in their application and meet all the essential criteria from the Person Specification.
Living Wage employer
VoiceAbility has been certified by the Living Wage Foundation as a Living Wage employer. We believe our staff deserve a wage which meets their everyday needs.
What benefits do staff get?
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time colleagues) rising to 30 days upon 5 years’ service
- 5% employer pension & minimum 3% employee contribution
- Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Separate Life Assurance Cover
- Staff discount scheme including retail discounts, entertainment, holidays, gym membership etc
- 24/7 Employee Assistance programme
- Access to remote counselling service up to 6 sessions
- Paid Disability Leave
- Paid compassionate Leave
- Home Working Allowance
Support with continuous professional development
- Access to Clifton Strengths Coaching for development
- Personal Development Plans
How are staff supported to work remotely?
Employees are homebased therefore your time will be spent at home or out and about in the relevant community depending on your role with VoiceAbility.
When you need to travel for work, expenses will be paid (mileage or public transport costs).
All equipment required for your job will be supplied to you, including a mobile phone and laptop, and any other equipment needed for your role. VoiceAbility uses Microsoft Teams for meetings
The Lone Alert system is used by all staff to ensure people can work safely – at home, in hospitals and care settings, and in other people’s homes.
What other support is available?
Learning and development
All employees have access to the Learning Hub, with a mix of instructor-led and online courses.
This includes professional development courses for advocates, led by High-Level Practitioners; awareness workshops on disability and LGBTQ+ people; and management training to develop current and potential managers to improve their skills.
Voiceability is both a Mindful and Disability Confident employer and supports employees with long term health conditions by considering reasonable adjustments and supporting access to work claims.
Employee Voice
VoiceAbility is proud of our Staff Representative Groups. We all bring different experiences and challenges to work. At VoiceAbility, our staff forums allow people across all our teams to share experiences, get support, and feedback on positive change people would like to see in VoiceAbility.
These are the current forums:
- Carers
- Disability
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Health, safety and wellbeing
- Menopause
- Neurodiversity
- Connections: people working with autistic people and people with learning disabilities
- Salesforce User Involvement
Communities of Practice
Anyone working as a specialist advocate can be part of a Community of Practice: an online forum which fosters sharing of good practice and supportive communication with colleagues.
These communities allow people from across the organisation to ask questions, seek support with challenging situations, and draw on the experience of others outside their own regional teams.
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