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Ensuring our Service Managers feel welcomed and supported from day 1 at Consensus, our Service Manager Induction has been developed to support a new manager to integrate into #TeamConsensus and feel confident in their new role. Spread over 3 months, the induction is focused on you and your new service - supporting you to feel prepared for the weeks, months, and (hopefully!) years to come. Buddying up with a fellow manager, we're focused on providing all new Service Managers with an induction that sets them up to flourish, grow, and find a career to belong. Highlights from our Service Manager induction include; ✅ 80% of managers surveyed felt the induction prepared them for their role within Consensus. 👍 The average rating of support received from their Area Director was 4 out of 5. 🎊 Comments included 'Great team support' and 'I had a very friendly experience and was made to feel welcomed'. Currently looking to welcome Service Managers in Camberley, Croydon, Bury St Edmonds, Shrewsbury and Peterborough.
At Consensus our Pride Network team make sure that Pride isn't just one month of the year, but spoken about all year round. From educating teams, advocate for equality, and how everyone can celebrate our LGBTQ+ colleagues, we're always striving to ensure everyone feels embraced. And for Pride Month, our Pride coordinator Bee is leading a series of interactive workshops all about Active Allyship and how to embrace allyship at work. Speaking to LGBTQ+ colleagues on how others can be an ally to them; learn, educate, and embrace Allyship at Consensus with us and read our latest article:
🏆 We're thrilled to announce that we've been recognised among the UK's Best Workplaces for Development™ 2024 by Great Place To Work®! This incredible honour is all thanks to our amazing team whose anonymous survey responses made it happen. A big thank you goes to all our teams, colleagues, and services for embracing a culture of continuous improvement, weaving the Fish Philosophy into everything we do – your voices shape our outstanding company culture, and make every moment matter for the people we support! This one's for you, #TeamConsensus.
Meet our Experts by Experience; people who live in a Consensus home, who we employee to deliver Oliver McGowan training across Consensus. Because who better to educate us on Oliver McGowan’s story, than those with lived experiences of learning disabilities and autism. Sharing Oliver's story whilst speaking about their own experiences too, we've recruited 17 experts by experience so far - ready to not only teach those who work in our Consensus services, but our Central Support Colleagues too. Passionate, experienced, and ready to ensure every voice is heard and listened to, our Experts by Experience have been delivering Tier 2 training on Oliver's story, helping us to make every moment matter. 3 days of training, sharing their experiences & ideas, you can find out how our Experts by Experience are making Consensus a greater place to live and to work; #oliverscampaign #olivermcgowantraining
Consensus – Where Every Moment Matters. This week we welcomed 130 service managers and department heads to our annual Leadership conference for two days filled with learning, laughter and celebration. Attending workshops, spending time sharing ideas & stories, learning new skills… we witnessed so much energy, passion, and commitment to the people we support in almost every conversation and every interaction. From Lukasz in a bunny suit... Amanda in a blueberry suit... Chris singing a unique rendition of Queen's 'Don't stop me now'... it was an amazing, uplifting, inspiring, (slightly tiring), conference – which we can’t wait to do it all again next year. Workshops, awards, and too many bright ideas to count, embrace life at Consensus with us and read all about the Leadership conference;
April has seen rain, sun, and most importantly of all, memories being made despite the weather! From getting in the garden to plant wild flowers to a fancy afternoon tea for the people at Courtwick Park… catch-up on April at Consensus, and embrace every moment with us. Including; 🎂 Stephen from Perrywood House celebrating his 59th birthday 🌸 The team at Heather Holmes planting some wild flowers 🎂 Courtwick Park having a fancy afternoon tea in Eastbourne 🍫 Kingston House showing off their impressive baking skills 🐰 46/48 The Grove's Easter celebrations And so much more! A month full of amazing moments, enjoy all the fantastic photos and read the full story here;
Approachable, receptive, helpful & calm - just a few words to describe Bernie, our wonderful Referrals Team Manager. Having joined #TeamConsensus only 6 months, the positive impact to those around her is already vast - supporting the referrals team to promote vacancies, respond to incoming referrals, and find the perfect places for the people we support. Practicing mindfulness daily, Bernie's sense of justice really does enhance people’s wellbeing. So, say Hello to Bernie, and find out more about the important role she carries out everyday at Consensus;
Art has the possibility to inspire, move people, and evoke emotions - and can have a real difference our wellbeing, mental health and mood. And on World Art Day, our services across Consensus are getting stuck into the first day of Art & Possibilities Week. Inspired by one of our fantastic artists at Stanley Park Road, Theresa, every day will be spent exploring a different form of expressive arts. With 5 jam-packed days of different arts & crafts, the people we support & colleagues will be getting involved in expressing, and tapping into their creative talents. Arts, crafts, creative writing, baking & cooking, and performing arts - we can't wait to share all the beautiful creations that come out of Arts & Possibilities week. Showcasing the talents of disabled artists, where everything is possible.
Eid Mubarak! 🌙✨ As Ramadan comes to an end, we wish all our friends and colleagues celebrating Eid al-Fitr a blessed time full of happiness and prosperity.
March has been a jam-packed month full of fun, laughter, and tons of new experiences & activities across Consensus. From celebrating St Patricks Day to a fun girls night out for the ladies at Gretton House… catch-up on March at Consensus. Including; ⚽ Jonathon from Weston Villa seeing Man United play in the FA Cup 🍀 King Edwards Grove celebrating St Paddy’s Day with some Guinness 🎂 Laura from Frinton House celebrating her birthday with her friends 🍫 M from Ophir Road enjoying the BIGGEST waffle covered in chocolate sauce 😁 Katie at Gretton House excelling in her new volunteering role A month full of amazing moments, enjoy all the fantastic photos and read the full story in the comments!
