Working with us
What it’s like to work here
Working with us
Why work with us?
There are lots of great reasons to join the team – our 35-year history and strong values, solid financial resources, Investors in People Gold accreditation, recent IT investment, flexible working opportunities, we’re dynamic, growing and investing in transformational change. Most importantly, knowing that you’re making a great difference to others in our local community, who without our support may otherwise be homeless.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Having an inclusive workplace and valuing people’s differences is very important to us. It creates a positive working atmosphere, helps us achieve more, make informed decisions and also better understand the customers we support. A diversity group meets regularly to discuss issues, inform our approaches and create ideas on how we can continue to raise awareness.
We are a disability-confident employer and guarantee an interview to any disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.
Please let us know if you need any adjustments made to attend an interview, and we’ll support you.
What our staff say:
Don’t just take our word for it; here’s what our employees are saying:
“It’s a good company to work for. The best job I’ve ever had.”
“I’m so thankful and fortunate to work with the people I do. Everyone gets together to make it work and be there for customers.”
“X nurtured me, and I got the job. I’ve come further than I thought I would.”
“Brilliant basic training. They put a lot of effort into it and the IT training was fabulous.”
“Flexible working, trust and support from management and a lovely team. I am very happy in my role.”
“Really happy in my role and department. Feel a valued member of the team, with great leadership working alongside a great team.”
Our values
Our group values and behaviours connect all staff and shape our culture.
Chosen by employee, they are used to demonstrate how our contributions make a difference and support us to provide positive feedback to each other, especially as part of our Living the Values Awards!
Customer focused
By focusing on our customers, we are able to provide a high quality service.
One team
As ‘one team’ we consider others, working together to achieve a common goal.
Honest
By being honest we can fix issues before they become problems.
Dynamic
We find new ways of doing things, and find solutions to existing or potential problems.
Download our values and behaviours guide:
Values-behaviours-guide
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Flexible working
Flexible working isn’t just an occasional benefit here, it’s a way of working.
Employees can build flexibility into their working week, to encourage a good work-life balance. We just encourage good communication within teams to ensure work is still delivered and customers still receive a great service.
The technology we use supports us to be able to work from most locations, with a good internet connection! Find out more about all of our employee benefits here.
Your views matter
We encourage all our colleagues to be open and share their views, suggestions and experiences of working at Selwood Housing. We have a range of channels to support this, including:
- employee forums
- weekly updates from our chief executive
- monthly employee briefings
- monthly ‘pulse’ surveys
- Investors in People questionnaires
We proudly support
Selwood Housing proudly signed the Armed Forces Covenant, pledging a firm commitment to service personnel, veterans, and their families in its communities and homes across Wiltshire, Bath & North East Somerset, and Mendip.
We’re also committed to recognising and supporting carers and we know it’s vital that the social housing sector shares this commitment, which is why we signed up to Harry’s Pledge.
Our locations
Trowbridge & Melksham
Our head office is based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire and is easily accessible from Bristol and Bath, by road or rail. We also have great access to local shops and cafe’s and only a two minute walk from Trowbridge train station.
Head office
Bryer Ash Bissiness Park
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8RT
Maintenance services
4 Avro Way
Bowerhill
Melksham
Wiltshire SN12 6TP
Activities and events
We recognise that it’s important to have some balance – and we’re a fairly lively, creative, socially-minded (and quite competitive!) bunch.
The Selwood Spirit team put on regular social events and activities to raise money for our charity of the year. These include quizzes, raffles, cake sales and a family barbecue in the summer as well as a Christmas event for staff and a Christmas party for children.
We have a ‘Selwood social’ Teams channel where employees can share their interests, hobbies, fundraising activities and photos.
We also come together once a year as a whole group, for our staff event, which includes our annual Living the Values Awards, as voted for by colleagues.
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What else can we offer you?
Find out more about our selection of teams, benefits, and apprenticeships to learn more about what it’s like to work here – whether in our office or out in the community.
