What we can offer you

At Family Action, we want our people to thrive so we offer a range of benefits and foster an inclusive culture to help you feel supported, valued and rewarded.

Some of the benefits you can expect when working with us include:

Support for key life events and changes

Family Leave: We offer enhanced paid entitlements for adoption, maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave, with every new parent also being entitled to a £140 one off payment to help welcome their new family member.
Menopause Support: We offer guidance and support for employees experiencing perimenopause and menopause, including opportunities to connect with colleagues going through similar experiences.
Bereavement Support: We offer up to two weeks paid leave to support employees during times of loss.
Trans, Intersex and Non-Binary Inclusion: We have a comprehensive policy to support our trans, intersex and non-binary colleagues, including a paid entitlement to four half days per annum for appointments relating to transitioning.
Fertility, Pregnancy, and Baby Loss: We have a comprehensive policy to provide support during sensitive times, including a paid entitlement to four half days per annum for appointments relating to fertility, and paid bereavement leave for any form of pregnancy loss.
Life assurance: We offer a life assurance scheme of three times your annual salary for any employee paying into our pension scheme. This provides security to your loved ones in the tragic event of your passing whilst in service.

Wellbeing and work-life balance

Flexible Working: From day one, all roles are open to flexible working requests. We embrace flexible working and strive to consider all requests with an open mind.
Annual Leave: We offer non-managers 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro-rata, increasing to 30 days with length of service to support a healthy work-life balance. Managers join us with 30 days entitlement.
Sickness Absence: We offer enhanced sick pay, up to six months full pay and six months half pay based on length of service, so employees dealing with health issues have the support they need to recover.
We have an Employee Assistance Programme which offers free, confidential support on a range of topics, and can provide counselling.
We offer all employees free access to the Calm app, which has a range of mindfulness, sleep and meditation resources.
We offer access to a range of voluntary benefits to support wellbeing, including eye care vouchers, flu jab vouchers, cycle to work scheme, private health insurance cash plan.
We have a focus on financial wellbeing and offer a pension scheme with matched contributions up to 6%. We also provide access to credit union membership, for salary savings and low-cost loans.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Embracing Diversity: We welcome applications from all sections of the community. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
Staff Diversity Networks: We have a range of internal staff networks to facilitate connection between colleagues and to help drive necessary change to ensure Family Action continues to be a diverse and inclusive place of work. Our networks include the AccessAbility, Parents & Carers, Gender Equality, Anti-Racism & People of Colour, Faith at Work, and LGBTQIA+ networks. We also have a group for those experiencing perimenopause or menopause.
Reasonable Adjustments: We proactively seek to understand any reasonable adjustments that may be required for candidates with a disability to ensure a fair and equitable recruitment process. Once appointed, we have an ongoing commitment to an inclusive employment experience, with many resources available to support employees with disability.
Guaranteed Interview: Any candidate who declares a disability on their application and who meets the essential criteria for a role is guaranteed an interview, under the government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Time-off for health care: Any employee with a disability or long-term health condition has a paid entitlement to four half days per annum for appointments relating to their condition.