Benefits

Improving Working Lives (IWL) is a national initiative for NHS employers. All NHS organisations have been assessed against performance targets to achieve the IWL Practice and Practice Plus standards. IWL is aimed at creating initiatives and policies that support you to achieve a home and working life balance by creating a managed flexible working environment and promoting employee welfare and development.

The Trust is committed to IWL/Model Employer and we have a dedicated IWL team (within the Human Resources Directorate) who champion this work.

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust have the Health People Healthy Business Gold Award. We are ‘Positive about Disabled People’, and are working towards the Regional Better Health at Work Award. In 2006 the Trust signed up to the MINDFULL EMPLOYER charter, for employers who are positive about Mental Health.

Some of the schemes which the Trust runs are listed below, however full information can be found on our website at www.ntw.nhs.uk.

• Childcare
  (our Carer Coordinator can help with Childminders, Crèches, Day Nurseries, Early Education Places, Playgroups, Out of School Clubs, Holiday Schemes and more. We also offer a scheme for Childcare vouchers). Please click here to see the Sodexho Childcare Voucher scheme
• Flexible Working
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Travel Scheme
• Staff Discount Schemes
• Relocation Policy

Useful Links

www.nhsdiscounts.com NHS Discounts Page
www.redguava.co.uk Red Guava Discounts Page
www.mediccarenhs.co.uk Medic Care Discounts Page
www.childcarelink.gov.uk Childcare Link
www.daycaretrust.org.uk Childcare Link