Health and wellbeing

The Human Resources team provides support and assistance to all Newham College staff. The College is committed to ensuring the mental, and physical well-being and health of all staff. The team is available to confidentially discuss any issues that may be impacting your work or performance including work, personal and home issues.

The College has a variety of policies, services and terms and conditions of employment for staff that help maintain and support our employees. These include:

• Generous annual leave
• Competitive maternity leave scheme
• Paternity leave – Ten days leave on full pay is available to an employee to enable them to be present at the birth of their child and/or meet family responsibilities after the birth. Shared parental leave is also available when the mother of the child chooses to return to work before the end of her maternity leave period. A qualifying service period applies to paternity leave and shared parental leave.
• Adoption leave – Employees are entitled to adoption leave when adopting children if they are to be the primary carer. The qualifying service period is the same as the College's maternity leave scheme. If both partners work at the College, only one will be entitled to adoption leave
• Parental leave – Parental leave is available to assist parents and guardians with childcare concerns or to assist with the management of care of ill or disabled children.
• Leave to care for sick dependents – This scheme applies to staff who need to care for sick dependents. The scheme applies to all employees regardless of the length of service or hours worked. In cases of long-term and terminal illness, where the employee is considered the sole supporter, extensions of leave may be granted at the discretion of the College.

Please contact Human Resources if you require further information on any of these schemes.