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NEW ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme


We are re-launching our ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme, this means ANY candidate you refer through this system will earn you £200 in vouchers! We are actively looking for positive, hardworking individuals to join our team. We’d like you to help by referring a friend, relative, neighbour or person you know,…

Exceptional Staff Awards

Exceptional Staff Awards


During the Coronavirus outbreak, Creative Support wanted to develop a recognition award that recognises the exceptional work our staff are doing in these unique and challenging times. All of our managers have shared stories of good news and those of staff going over and above. The Exceptional Staff Awards have…

Emotional Wellbeing Support for Service Users

Emotional Wellbeing Support for Service Users


Creative Support is setting up a temporary telephone Emotional Wellbeing Support service in response to some of the additional difficulties service users may be experiencing during the current world health crisis. The service will be appointment based (not a crisis line) and is run by two part-time, fully qualified counsellors.…

The Creative Academy Induction


The One Day Induction for new Creative Support employees All new Creative Support employees need to complete the Creative Academy Induction on their first day at their service. There are three main components to the Creative Academy Induction: An introduction to your service, led by your manager A one-hour induction…

Do your service users enjoy writing? We want to publish their work!

Do your service users enjoy writing? We want to publish their work!


Creative Support are publishing a collection of service user writing, whether you write poetry, short stories, letters or something else, we want to hear from you! Writing is a great way to express yourself and talk about your thoughts, feelings and experiences. Each writer included in the collection will be…

iTrent – poster now available to display at your service

iTrent – poster now available to display at your service


iTrent is a web-based self-service portal. In 2019 Creative Support launched iTrent for all staff to provide you with all the employee information you may need: Your payslip with details about your pay P60 - which explains about your tax and national insurance Training you have completed Information to assist…

Investors in People Accreditation 2020

Investors in People Accreditation 2020


Throughout March and April this year, we will be working towards our Silver reaccreditation with Investors in People (IIP). IIP is a standard for people management, offering accreditation to organisations that adhere to the high IIP standards. The IIP standard sets out the criteria for high performance through people. It…

December 2019 Achieve Q Winners

December 2019 Achieve Q Winners


Congratulations to all of our amazing winners, it is people such as yourselves who have helped us become a leading provider of person centred care across the UK. The Achieve Q Awards aim to acknowledge services and individuals for the excellent care and best practice that they provide. Everyone can…

Festival of Expression 2020 – make 2020 the year to try something new! 

Festival of Expression 2020 – make 2020 the year to try something new! 


Our ‘Be Involved’ guide 2020 is a ‘Festival of Expression’. We will continue to support you to be an active part of the Creative Support community and we would especially like you to have a go at something new! Whether it’s learning a new skill, visiting a new place or…

iTrent System Downtime


Please be aware that due to essential maintenance to prepare the payroll system for the new tax year, iTrent will be unavailable on Friday 31st January. Deadlines We will need to process the weekly payrolls early in order to accommodate the downtime, so we must receive all timesheets in the…

Get up to £500 of funding to develop a gardening project at your service! Applications now open

Get up to £500 of funding to develop a gardening project at your service! Applications now open


Following the success of our Be Involved initiatives like Green Goals and the Sunflower competition, we are delighted to introduce the Gardening Grants 2020. The Gardening Grants aims to improve staff and service user wellbeing by getting services across the country involved in gardening activities. We’re encouraging applications from services…