Signature Senior Lifestyle is to give staff up to 10 days of extra paid leave a year as part of the care home provider’s ‘Wake Up To Better Benefits’ campaign.
From 1 January 2022, frontline colleagues on hourly rates contracts will be entitled to a minimum of 25 days of paid leave per year, up from the current 20 days as standard in the care home sector.
In recognition of their dedication and expertise, team members who have been at Signature Senior Lifestyle for five years or more will receive an extra day’s leave per year of up to ten years – giving the provider’s longer-serving team members a total of 30 days.
The £1.2m investment by the luxury care home provider has been announced as part of a new campaign to highlight the industry-leading benefits on offer to their team members and to demonstrate that care is a valued and rewarding career.
310 of Signature’s frontline colleagues are due to benefit from the full 10 days’ additional leave per year, marking a step-change in the way team members are rewarded for their service in the care sector.
A further 2,017 team members across Signature’s 36 care homes will also see a boost in their annual paid leave by at least five days as soon as the new scheme is introduced in January.
The enhanced annual leave offer adds to the rewards available for Signature’s team members across their care homes such as comprehensive training programmes - including for carers who wish to qualify as nurses - free meals at work, vouchers for high-street and online shops and ‘refer a friend’ cash bonuses.
“At Signature Senior Lifestyle, we’re committed to being the provider of choice for individuals to develop rewarding and long-term careers in the sector. This uplift in paid leave is the latest example of this commitment in action, and one we hope will set a positive precedent for the wider sector to follow,” said chief operating officer Kay Cox.
“With 20 new care homes recently joining the Signature family, we’re thrilled to start this new chapter with this exciting announcement. Looking ahead, we’re excited to champion this and our other industry-leading benefits through our ‘Wake Up To Better Benefits’ campaign over the coming months,” she added.
