Our benefits

We value our colleagues, so offer a wide range of benefits.

This is our way of saying thank you to them for their hard work serving our residents.

Perkbox

• Discount scheme (e.g. High Street shops, cinemas, airport parking and hotels, savings with Apple, free coffee at Caffe Nero each month, download a free film each month).

Health cash plan

• No cost to the employee except if you choose to upgrade and add additional members to the plan.

Bike2Work Scheme - Conditions apply

• A salary sacrifice scheme enabling colleagues to purchase a bike up to the value of £1,000.

Season ticket loans (bus & train) - Conditions apply

• 0% loan for the cost of a season ticket which is deducted from salary over a 10 month period (This benefit is available on successful completion of probation).

Annual flu vaccinations

• Offered to all employees who can use a voucher at Boots Pharmacy or see a visiting nurse.

Free VDU test and a contribution to the cost of glasses - Conditions apply

• Offered to all employees on the proviso an approved supplier is used.

Health cash plan

• No cost to the employee except if you choose to upgrade and add additional members to the plan.

Bike2Work Scheme - Conditions apply

• A salary sacrifice scheme enabling colleagues to purchase a bike up to the value of £1,000.

Car leasing scheme - Conditions apply

• Through tuskercars.com using salary sacrifice (This is available upon successful probation).

Employees assistance programme using Health Assured

• A 24 hour confidential telephone counselling service each month).

Wellbeing

• Wellbeing champions plan activities throughout the year at each office e.g. fitness classes, walking clubs, meditation sessions and much more.

Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption pay and shared parental leave

• Pay above the Statutory basic amount.

Online whistle blowing scheme

• A service where colleagues can report any concerns that they have confidentially and anonymously. PA Housing has signed up to the Speak up hotline service available 24/7.

Social events

• We host a number of get together for colleagues throughout the year.

Long service awards

• Love to shop vouchers plus an extra day’s leave to be taken that year

  • 5 years £75

  • 10 years £150

  • 15 years £225

  • 20 years £300

  • 25 years £375

  • 30 years £450

Buying and selling annual leave - Discretionary

• Colleagues can buy or sell a maximum of 35 hours in an annual leave year subject to certain conditions.

Charity Match Funding - Discretionary

• PA Housing will match fund the money raised by colleagues for registered charities that align with PA values up to a maximum value of £500 per fundraising event.

Interest Free Loan - Discretionary

• An interest-free loan of up to £5,000 can be applied for to assist with general living costs.

Volunteering - Discretionary

• PA Housing recognises the contribution that colleagues volunteering can make and supports colleagues who wish to undertake volunteer work within the communities in which we operate or for charitable institutions. Colleagues can apply to take up to a maximum of 3 days (21 hours) paid volunteering per annum, pro rata for part time colleagues.

Working from Home Allowance

• £15 per month.

Life Assurance

• For colleagues within either the SHPS or Aegon Pension Schemes in the event of your death whilst employed then your chosen beneficiary would receive a payment of 3 times your annual salary, for those colleagues who are not in a pension scheme then in the event of your death whilst employed your chosen beneficiary would receive a payment of 1 times your annual salary.

Bereavement and Probate Support Helpline

• The news of a death can be deeply distressing, either personally, for a loved one or a colleague. Often a very personal journey, many prefer to talk about grief in confidence. Access a free helpline staffed by qualified counsellors, is there to provide you and your family with the practical and emotional support you need. Call the helpline on 0800 917 0096, 24 hours a day. 365 days a year, as often and as long as you need it. This service will provide emotional support to come to terms with the loss and understand the grieving process and provide you with practical support on how to: Register a death, arrange a death certificate, gain advice on what to do if a will has not been left, help deal with finances after death and managed the deceased’s estate.

Colleague Development Payment

• A one-off reward of £300 if colleague study for and achieve a relevant external professional qualification.

Professional Subscription Payment

• Reimbursement of the full cost of a colleagues individual annual subscription to a relevant body on production of a receipt, one subscription per colleague per year.