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Oasis Community Housing was set up by students in 1984 to help homeless people in Gateshead. Today, the organisation also supports people in Sunderland, South Tyneside, South London, and Peterborough.
Employees and clients at Oasis Community Housing are valued for who they are. The organisation believes in the need for staff to treat each other with the same respect they treat clients.
The aim is to address the causes of homelessness, as well as immediate needs. Oasis Community Housing serves men, women, and families facing homelessness. Taking a holistic approach to talking homelessness, the variety of support includes crisis support, domestic abuse support, and employability support.
The organisation's values of hope, worth, perseverance, life, and inclusion, are championed by managers who lead regular sessions with staff to discuss them.
The message is always that the values are not just words but a reflection of daily interactions with clients and colleagues.
Hope means clients are encouraged to dream big, with hope that things can change. Worth means believing in the inherent worth and dignity of all. Perseverance is a commitment to people and communities for the long term, with second, third and even fourth chances. Life means they work to enable "life in all its fullness" to become a reality for clients.
Oasis Community Housing's ambition is for everyone to be part of a community, to be included, belong and have what they need to reach their potential.
I am paid fairly for the work I do relative to people in similar positions in similar organisations
The organisation offers a recognition award of up to £500 to employees who make an extraordinary effort, contribution, and/or sustain an exemplary level of exceptional performance. As some of the company’s projects remain open over the Christmas break, it has introduced a payment for staff who cover Christmas Day.
I feel proud to work for this organisation
Visibility and communication is essential to the organisation. The results of the last internal pulse survey were shared with staff in January through a company-wide video call by the Chief Operating Officer. The company culture is driven by these surveys, so communicating them with staff is treated with the importance it deserves.
This organisation is keen to help people from disadvantaged backgrounds
It provides food parcels to its residents and people who use our services when and where needed. These are often gifted or donated by organisations, local churches, and groups within the local area. It has also distributed essential supplies including face masks, hand sanitiser, and hygiene products.
I am paid fairly for the work I do relative to people in similar positions in similar organisations
The organisation offers a recognition award of up to £500 to employees who make an extraordinary effort, contribution, and/or sustain an exemplary level of exceptional performance. As some of the company’s projects remain open over the Christmas break, it has introduced a payment for staff who cover Christmas Day.
I feel proud to work for this organisation
Visibility and communication is essential to the organisation. The results of the last internal pulse survey were shared with staff in January through a company-wide video call by the Chief Operating Officer. The company culture is driven by these surveys, so communicating them with staff is treated with the importance it deserves.
I am paid fairly for the work I do relative to people in similar positions in similar organisations
The organisation offers a recognition award of up to £500 to employees who make an extraordinary effort, contribution, and/or sustain an exemplary level of exceptional performance. As some of the company’s projects remain open over the Christmas break, it has introduced a payment for staff who cover Christmas Day.
It’s maybe a cliché, but any organisation is only as good as its staff. The challenging nature of our work in homelessness, and the back-drop of a highly-competitive recruitment environment mean we have to work hard to make our workplace culture our unique selling point. So knowing the pulse of our culture, what we’re doing well or not so well, has become vital to our ongoing improvement and our effectiveness.
David Smith, CEO
At least 40% of senior managers are women.
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