Recruitment and selection

What are the benefits of working at Bolton at Home?

Investors in People
Work-life balance
Flexible working scheme
Pension
Healthcare
Childcare Vouchers scheme
Learning and development opportunities
Targeting Change programme
Positive about Disabled People
Useful links
Contact us

Investors in People

Bolton at Home appreciates its people and values the contribution they make. As an Investor in People, which is a recognised national standard, Bolton at Home offers employee benefits such as:

Good quality training when required
Improved job satisfaction
Better communication
A better working environment
Increased responsibility and involvement
Skill and career development opportunities
Health and safety gains

Work-life balance

Bolton at Home is committed to exploring flexible working practices within the workforce, both for existing staff and new recruits. Bolton at Home’s Work-life balance policy outlines options available to employees including:

Term time working
Compressed hours
Home-working
Voluntary reduced hours
Employment Breaks

Flexible working scheme

Flexible working is available to the majority of employees within Bolton at Home. Following successful recruitment, eligibility is confirmed in the appointment letter.

Pension

All employees can join the contributory pension scheme, if they wish to do so. Pensions are paid direct from the employee’s monthly salary at a rate of 6%, with Bolton at Home contributing an agreed annual percentage.

Healthcare

The Bolton & District Hospital Saturday Healthcare scheme is available with immediate benefit to all Bolton at Home employees. The scheme offers affordable help with everyday healthcare costs and payments can be made direct from the employee’s salary on a monthly basis.

Childcare Vouchers scheme

Bolton at Home shares the concerns about balancing working life with the demands made on parents, which is why we have introduced the Childcare Vouchers scheme. The scheme offers help towards saving money on childcare costs while you are at work. Childcare Vouchers are exempt from Tax and National Insurance for up to £55 a week and payments can be made direct from the employee’s salary. If both parents work for Bolton at Home or Bolton MBC and participate, the savings can be doubled!

Learning and development opportunities

To enhance learning and development, Bolton at Home has introduced the first phase of the ‘Targeting Change’ programme, which provides national accreditation for all staff attending a series of essential skills and knowledge sessions. The sessions are designed to embrace Bolton at Home’s values and drive forward cultural change.

The second stage of the programme will provide opportunities for leadership, personal development and team working.

Targeting change

Positive about Disabled People

Bolton at Home has been awarded the Positive about Disabled People symbol in training recognition of its commitment to the following principles.

To interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider on ability
To ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss, at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees what we can do to make sure employees can develop and use their abilities
To make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment
To take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make our commitments work
Each year, to review the commitments and what has been achieved, to plan ways to improve on them and let the Employment Service know about progress and future plans.

As part of our commitment, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria (all the ‘essential’ criteria within the person specification) will be offered an interview.

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Contact us

For general recruitment enquiries please contact:

Personnel
Bolton at Home
Adelaide House
Adelaide Street
Bolton
BL3 3NY

Tel: (01204) 333 333
Email: findyourfeet@boltonathome.org.uk

To apply for any of our vacancies, please click here or contact:

One Stop Shop
Bolton Town Hall
Victoria Square
Bolton
BL1 1RU

Tel: (01204) 338 606 (9am – 5pm) or (01204) 331 212 (24 hrs)
Email: jobappsrequest@bolton.gov.uk

We can only accept applications for current vacancies and are unable to accept speculative applications and/or CVs.