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8 August 2018

Maintaining our high-performing repairs service

Property Plus director Stephen Collins explains how the service, which delivers repairs and maintenance work for the Group, has been transformed by excellence and innovation. Our Fair Landlord approach has revolutionised the way Property Plus works so that we can invest more in our people, properties and customers. Savings of £600,000 per annum are reinvested to bring huge benefits to our repairs... Read more

Stephen Collins
Executive director of property and transformation

8 August 2018

What an amazing year it has been for Care Plus!

Care and support director Les Clarke describes how the expansion of services into Shropshire was just one of many successes during an exceptional year. This has been such a busy period for us that it is only now that we can take a few moments to reflect on how much we have achieved. This has been the year when we fulfilled one of the promises to customers when we set out on our journey as a new, larger... Read more

Les Clarke
Executive director of housing and care

7 August 2018

Digital Den open evening

We had a great response at our Digital Den open evening last Thursday. The Den was full and we had loads of conversations going on about how we can help people. During the evening we had two applications for multi-trade apprentices for Property Plus and four course referrals: Food hygiene course Help with becoming more confident with computers Help with general computer skills Help with getting... Read more

Brooke Bownes
Learning Programme & Digital Inclusion Team Leader

27 July 2018

Taking the first steps into a rewarding career

Helping people take their first steps into a rewarding career gives me a huge sense of achievement and pride in the work I do. Kaz is a great example of someone who really wanted to get back into work but needed help to get there. Kaz came along to our local job club at Crowmere Church, Monkmoor in January. Having recently moved into one of our homes, she had heard about the support we offered from... Read more

Edge Abboh
Learning Programme and digital inclusion officer

22 June 2018

Looking to the future

I’m very proud of Severnside’s outstanding learning programme and the support we provide to help people build their confidence, skills and work experience. A key element of the programme is our grant funding, which empowers people to reach their full potential. Imogen found out about this grant funding opportunity when she picked up a copy of our learning programme. She successfully secured... Read more

Claire Poulson
Learning Programme and digital inclusion co-ordinator

8 June 2018

The Prince’s Trust Team Programme presentations

The Prince's Trust Team Programme is part of our Learning Programme, designed to offer training and support that can help you develop new skills or build on those you already have. Brooke Bownes went along to the culmination of the 12-week Team Programme to watch the presentations and find out more. Being new to the team, I hadn’t met this group of young people before, however, I felt a real sense... Read more

Brooke Bownes
Learning Programme & Digital Inclusion Team Leader

23 May 2018

Developing employability skills

The best part of my job is empowering people to reach their full potential. It’s been a real privilege to see Josh grow in self-confidence and become focused on his career goals. I started supporting Josh during the Prince’s Trust employability skills week, when Severnside run CV writing and finding employment workshops, along with delivering mock-interviews. Josh was initially very quiet and... Read more

Edge Abboh
Learning Programme and digital inclusion officer

14 May 2018

Construct your career with us

Our award-winning Property Plus team are recruiting apprentices to almost every area of our repairs and maintenance teams. With great benefits, including competitive pay, excellent training and flexible working hours, its a great time to join Property Plus and construct your career with us. Find out more from Meg and Aaron below.Meg Lowndes “Thanks to Property Plus my career is going from strength... Read more

Jim

9 May 2018

The Prince’s Trust – creating life changing journeys

Severnside work in partnership with the Prince’s Trust to help young people in our communities get their lives back on track. I’ve recently worked alongside Stacey and it's been great being part of her life-changing journey. Watching her flourish and become a calm and confident young lady makes me feel very proud to be part of such a great team. Stacey would be the first person to admit that... Read more

Claire Poulson
Learning Programme and digital inclusion co-ordinator

9 May 2018

Responding to feedback – recent changes to our service

Recently we have made several changes to our services in Shropshire and Staffordshire, including a new gas contractor, out-of-hours call handler and updated opening hours. Watch the video below to find out more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLJ7UBY3jo Want to have your say? Get involved with our Let's Talk programme for Severnside Housing and South Staffordshire Housing Association. Read more

Jan Goode
Neighbourhoods Director

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