by Christian Sarmiento | Nov 27, 2023
Career Hive has been built around the core mission of building strong and trusted relationships with each care experienced young person who joins the programme.
Each young person who takes part in the programme must be 18 – 30 years old. They will be given a dedicated Career Coach, who is on hand to provide support with job applications, interview preparation, help to find training and education opportunities, and wrap-around wellbeing support. This support continues in-work, even once the young person has found employment.
More info:
Career Hive Leaflet
by Christian Sarmiento | Nov 27, 2023
Care Leavers into Careers (CLIC) – our team works with care experienced young people offering a holistic and individualised approach to career advice and guidance. Aiming to help CEYP to develop life skills, grow in confidence, upskill and take steps to securing a job is right for them. We will also carry on with in-work support and work with employers to create opportunities of jobs, apprenticeships and work experience days.
More info:
CLIC Leaflet
by Christian Sarmiento | Nov 15, 2023
We are looking for an energetic and motivated individual to join our team as a Customer Service Representative.
You will have a passion for helping others and will bring your existing skills within the customer service industry to help the Customer Service Centre in achieving their strategic objectives of providing the best customer service to our Guests and Pub Operators. In return you will be given the opportunity to grow and develop your career within a fast paced and exciting business.
About the role:
The Customer Service Centre has the crucial role within our business to provide support to our pubs and hotel staff as well as our new and existing guests.
Our guests contact us to discuss and place bookings within our hotels and lodges and it is essential you capture their requirements accurately to ensure we provide the best guest experience possible.
Supporting our pubs and building relationships with them is a key element of the role and you will be taking sales orders over the telephone ensuring complete accuracy and maximising the opportunity to upsell and inform them of our current promotions.
We also manage communication from guests and colleagues via email and 3rd party websites such as Booking.com.
If you have experience in a fast paced Customer Service Role and can navigate high volume work streams then Marston’s could be the next step in your career path!
About you:
– Always ready to listen to and understand the information around us in order to keep the guest at the heart of every single decision we make.
– Be the best version of you to our team and endeavour to be a positive influence on others. – Bring with you a positive “can do” attitude with the ability to maintain a positive and confident approach when facing challenges or obstacles.
– Be brave enough to call things out with the intention of moving us forward. Never settling for average and always striving to be better.
– You will join us in celebrating everyone’s unique selves and help maximise our teams’ potential.
– You will be a self-motivated individual that can learn from challenges and setbacks.
– Focussed on your own development and proactively seek out opportunities to improve your skillset
– Remain focused on what you promised to deliver. Being accountable for our actions and staying on track
Skills / Experience required:
– Experience of delivering first class customer service
– Inbound Sales
– Customer Service Centre experience – desirable but we are keen to train the right person!
– Use of CRM tools and SAAS systems, preferably SAP
– Deliver a high standard of communication via Live chat and email
– Ability to deal with a wide range of people, with an excellent telephone manner and effective communication skills
– An experienced administrator with the ability to work on your own initiative and prioritise tasks
– Friendly and approachable with the ability to deal effectively with difficult situations and complaints – Previous experience of working within the pub trade would be an advantage
We operate 7 days a week, on a rotational basis, including Bank Holidays.
Hybrid working, with working from home options are available, with a minimum of 3 days on site at our Wolverhampton Head Office
What You Get In Return:
- 25 days annual leave with the ability to buy and sell up to 5 days holiday
- 20% off in Marston’s pubs and accommodation through our Privilege Card
- Marston’s Rewards Programme (discounts on many high street and online major retailers)
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave (Subject to 26 weeks service at 15 weeks prior to EWC)
- Share Save Incentive Scheme
- Company Contributory Pension Scheme (matching contribution up to 7%)
- Life Assurance (via membership of the Group Pension Plan)
- Group Income Protection (via membership of the Group Pension Plan)
- Employee Assistance programme:
Which includes various wellbeing support services, such as a completely confidential 24/7 telephone helplines and access to online services.
Provision of up to 6 counselling sessions will be offered, as part of our wellbeing support services.
- Apprenticeship Programme – we offer training & development at any stage of your career
- Long service Recognition
- Bonus Scheme
- A fun, inclusive working environment
by Christian Sarmiento | Nov 10, 2023
We are a not-for-profit organisation that is focused on supporting children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives. Our owners are Richmond and Kingston Councils, and we deliver their children’s services for them,
All Care Leavers 16-25 are supported by a specialist Leaving Care Team and the Virtual College, which provides educational pathways, interventions to support learning, careers advice, training for education and business colleagues and leads the Care Leaver Recruitment Scheme.
This is a summary of our commitments:
- No council tax 18-25.
- Appropriate housing and financial assistance.
- Training in exploitation and safeguarding work.
- Contributing to local decision making through platforms and forums such as MySay App, the Children in Care Council and the Care Leavers Hub.
- Care Leavers can access a range of tailored workshops covering a variety of topics: careers guidance, employment skills, preparing for college or university, healthy relationships and personal finance.
- We offer apprenticeships, traineeships, work experience and jobs within the Council – a ‘family firm’ offer that means Care Leavers will have their health and wellbeing supported as a priority.
by Christian Sarmiento | Nov 10, 2023
The Council has committed to support care leavers who live in the area by offering:
Paid Work Placements
These placements are for 2-4 weeks delivered via through the Devon County Council Employment Training and Education Personal Advisors (ETAPA) and via the Care Leavers Covenant.
Reasonable Adjustments
We will work with the young person and their Personal Adviser (PA) to identify a suitable position and where necessary, agree reasonable adjustments to remove any barriers to the young person taking up the placement or being able to maximise the opportunity the placement affords, such as assistance with transport, working hours and putting in place an effective support network.
Ring Fencing Apprenticeships Opportunities
We will identify apprentice opportunities and ring fence them to be offered, in the first instance, to care experienced young people each year as part of our apprenticeship programme (see HR Apprenticeship Strategy).
Mentor Support
We nominate a senior officer to act as a mentor for each care experienced young person that takes up the placement opportunity to help them through the period and to provide on-going assistance in securing further employment opportunities, such as help with job applications, producing a curriculum vitae and general advice and support. The senior officer will be nominated from the Line Managers Development Pathway.
Guaranteed Job Interview
Every care experienced young person who lives in our area will be offered an interview for a vacancy where they meet the required person specification (or could meet it with support).
Waive Council Tax for care leavers up to age 25
A free leisure pass for children in care and a carer, and care leavers up to age 25 that gives access to Parklands Leisure Centre in Okehampton, Meadowlands Leisure Centre in Tavistock and four council-owned leisure centers at Totnes, Kingsbridge, Ivy bridge and Dartmouth.
