Questions and Answers about Lifeways Group

Underpaid (salary was £17500 PA) each month I was lucky to come out with min wage. Lack of support from head office, as a team leader I had no training to support me in my role and I had almost no support from management.

Treat others how you want to be respect listen and respect

We would recommend that you first spend some time visiting our website www.lifeways.co.uk and visit the several case studies and videos about being a support worker so that you have a familiarity of what being a support worker is like. From here you can also find out more about our business as a whole. On the day of the interview, it is important that you remember to bring all the documentation that we have asked you to bring with you. Our aim is to keep interviews quite informal but make sure that you arrive in a timely manner and look presentable as first impressions count for a lot. Above all, try to relax and be yourself and don't be afraid to ask questions.

Long... 37.5 contract but only given three 12 hour shifts, then told to make up my hours I had to do one extra shift a week of 12 hours. I was not allowed to only work the extra hours to make up my contracted hours, I had to work a full extra shift.

The interview process is divided into a written exercise and then a round of some competency based questions and scenarios.

Something with food stains down the front , thats about the amount of respect they deserve .

Full restructure, he needs to remove all regional and area managers and start fresh with a new leading management team. Service/Scheme Managers should also have to have a minimum of a level 4. Very few in Newcastle were qualified for the position. They also need to offer incentives for staff to want to stay long term. I worked in a service in Newcastle that had a whole new staff due to turnover atleast once a year.

Really poor , not worth the time of day . I would never like to encounter such poor management again in my life .

They just go through the motions and are so desperate for bums on seats they do not care . Employ anybody and treat them abysmally .

DBS, took about 2 months for mine to come back