Benefits & Rewards

At Real Life Options we treat our people with the same respect, care and consideration that we show to the people we support. Not only do we provide competitive rates of pay, a great place to work and great job satisfaction, our additional benefits include:

Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job
Access to training bursaries
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
An employer contributory pension scheme
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
Life cover
A financial wellbeing scheme
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Recognition Initiatives
The chance to make a real difference in people’s lives

Down Syndrome Awareness Week – Julia and Tom’s Story

20th-26th March marks Down Syndrome Awareness Week, a week where people come together to advocate for the rights, inclusion and wellbeing of people with Down Syndrome. This week, Real Life Options join organisations around the world in talking about, and raising awareness of Down Syndrome. To kick start the week we spoke to Julia, our Head of Operations (South England) whose…

My Voice – My Home : How Person Centred Is My Support?

Real Life Options would like to invite the people we support and their support workers to complete the latest My Voice Survey. This survey focuses on questions about your home and your support. We believe that everyone should have a real choice and a real voice and this survey forms part of our ongoing commitment to person centred support. We…

Swadlincote Supported Living Scheme Goes Live

Much needed specialised supported living development officially launched for adults with disabilities in Swadlincote. Residents have been welcomed into a new specialised supported living development in Swadlincote, Derbyshire in an official opening ceremony. The development comprises eighteen apartments at the site on Coppice Side in Swadlincote that benefit from an array of technical solutions and large open spaces to enable…

My Voice – Supporting People 2022 Survey Results and Comparison

We are delighted to share the results of our latest My Voice survey How We Support People 2022. The survey revisits questions taken from a survey of the same name launched over 18 months ago, to see how the thoughts, feelings and experiences of the people we support, and their families and guardians had changed over time. It is the…

Jake’s Rewarding Volunteering Job

We were delighted to recently speak to Jake from Scotland about his rewarding volunteering job, working in a local charity shop for an impressive three and a half years, and counting! At Real Life Options, we believe everyone should feel valued and have a sense of belonging within their community, so, when Jake and his support worker, Evelyn noticed the…