They enable us to deliver our great homes and great services.
We have a strong investment in training and development and offer a number of great employee benefits. You can read about them here.
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer which means we commit to paying a real living wage based on living costs rather than the standard minimum wage.
Coastline secured a first for Cornwall and for the housing sector with the introduction of a Living Pension for colleagues. This means that Coastline will contribute a minimum of £1,480 per year into each colleague’s pension pot, regardless of what they put in. If they put in nothing, we will still put in £1,480. If they put in more than that, we will match it, up to a maximum of 8.3% of their salary.
As part of the government's auto enrolment legislation, all new employees who meet the eligibility criteria will be enrolled into the Defined Contribution Social Housing Pension Scheme administered through TPT Retirement Solutions (formerly The Pensions Trust).
Employees will be auto enrolled with a 5% starting contribution and can increase their contributions at any time. Coastline will contribute 5%, however if employees increase their contributions, Coastline will match contributions up to a maximum of 8.3%.
Coastline Housing employees start with 33 days holiday per year (including bank holidays), increasing to 38 days with length of service.
We also offer a holiday trading scheme where, subject to approval, colleagues can buy and sell leave to fit their individual needs across the course of a year.
Healthcare cashback scheme
After one month of employment colleagues are enrolled into a BHSF cashback scheme. This allows employees to claim for some costs relating to dental treatment, eye treatment, a full health screen, physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropody, podiatry, chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy and diagnostic consultation, ear wax removal and tests and scans.
This service also offers the opportunity to arrange a GP appointment via telephone or video call, with appointments available at a range of times across the day and evening, 365 days a year. Dependants can be added to this service at no extra cost.
Employee Assistance phone line
This is available 24/7, 365 days a year. It offers instant access to telephone counselling when you need it and advisors can also give advice on a wide range of financial and legal issues. Additionally, colleagues can access up to six face to face or telephone sessions with a counsellor.
Health checks
We offer free health checks at our office site at periods across the year and also offer free flu vaccinations once a year.
We provide fantastic training opportunities, often sponsoring employees to achieve professional qualifications relating to their job role. In addition, there are opportunities to shadow other colleagues to gain an insight into other roles within the group.
We provide sponsorship of up to two subscriptions to professional institutes annually.
For employees with at least one year’s service, we provide enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
Colleagues at Coastline are eligible for the Blue Light Card scheme, which they can use to obtain discounts and free entry at a number of participating retailers and venues.
We also subscribe to the Smart Spending app where employees can access even more discounts at retailers and also earn cashback for purchases.
We offer salary sacrifice schemes for colleagues who wish to purchase bikes under the Cycle to Work programme, and also for those who would like to purchase an electric car.
Coastline works with Charles Cameron, who can provide one to one independent mortgage advice to colleagues and we also work with credit union partners should colleagues wish to access ethical savings and loan opportunities.