{"id":8135,"date":"2023-08-07T12:42:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T11:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/?page_id=8135"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:48:59","slug":"fair-work-first","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/about\/careers\/fair-work-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair work first statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<html><body><p>The Family Fund group is committed to ensuring there are fair working practices in place and demonstrates its commitment to the Scottish Government&rsquo;s Fair Work First policy through the following statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We couldn&rsquo;t do the work that we do without our dedicated team, who are passionate about making a difference every day for families raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person. Work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing. It shapes how we live and so we are focused on making our workplace fulfilling, meaningful and fair. In essence, we want Family Fund Group to be a great place to work, for great people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tackling-the-gender-pay-gap-and-creating-a-more-diverse-and-inclusive-workplace\">Tackling the gender pay gap and creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in equity and inclusion and to demonstrate this, Family Fund is Disability Confident Leader &ndash; the highest level of recognition in the Government&rsquo;s Disability Confident scheme. And we are proud to support our armed forces community. We carry out a wide range of activity to ensure we have a diverse and inclusive workplace &ndash; all of which is reported to our Board and supported by our employee inclusion champions. We&rsquo;re very proud of our Supported Internship Scheme, which supports young people with disabilities to gain work experience and develop skills. Gender pay gap reporting will be carried out on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appropriate channels for effective staff voice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We have an active communication framework in place with a range of ways to update staff and to listen, so everyone can be engaged in and shape the future of the group. Our elected staff representatives on our Staff Council play a leading role in this, supported by the staff engagement group, inclusion champions, values champions and all colleagues. Regular staff feedback surveys enhance these arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offer flexible and family friendly working practices for all workers from day one of their employment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a strong focus on wellbeing to support a safe and healthy working environment and provide a range of flexible working arrangements to support colleagues to flourish at work and away from it. Our wellbeing information supports staff to be well, happy and financially confident and our policies support the same &ndash; we have enhanced sick pay, family leave pay, life insurance, free counselling through the Employee Assistance Programme, flu vaccinations, cycle to work scheme and other benefits in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investment in workforce development<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>We support individual development and provide a range of learning opportunities to support organisational success and personal growth. 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