Our employees

Our employees are key to the success of the Avenues Group. We employ over 1,400 people across London, East Anglia, the South East and Shropshire. Employees cover a range of roles, from being part of one of over 50 service teams working with people with complex needs, to working in our central services, supporting the work we do. Our motivated employee teams deliver quality services, with each person playing a valued part.

Best trained and retained employees

We aim to have the best trained and retained employees in the sector. Families and carers are welcome to attend Avenues specialist training sessions which are City and Guilds accredited. We offer Autism Awareness Training, Dementia Training, De-escalation and Diffusion techniques and NSPCC Child Protection Awareness Programme. If you are interested in our training please call 0203 535 0500.

Local employees with local knowledge

Every person we support has the opportunity to live a healthy and active lifestyle and be part of their local community.  We actively recruit local people with local knowledge, so they can share this knowledge with the people they are supporting.

Employee Profiles

  • Ben Simons - “I joined Avenues when it was a company called Kelsey Care way back in 1995. I joined as a Support Worker and soon progressed a to more senior Support Worker position within five years." read more

  • Colline Armour - "I joined Avenues as a Support Worker and was very quickly promoted to a Senior Support Worker. In 2007 I was promoted again to my current role as a Deputy House Manager." read more

  • Graeme Anderson - “I joined Optua in June 2009 after being offered a job on reception on the very day I finished 6th Form! It was during my role on reception that a role came up in Leisure and I was keen to get on board with them." read more

  • Nicola O'Callaghan - “I joined Avenues because I had heard great things about the company; it has all the values I believe are required in a Support Worker. It shouts out success and because I have a lot to give and want to develop my skills, I felt strongly there wasn’t a better company to work for other than Avenues." read more

Testimonials

Avenues really believes in what it does, how they support people and the training we get to provide that support.
With some truly wonderful people I feel so at ease and am so glad I am a part of a brilliant company!