Clean Slate Training & Employment

Who we are

We want to see a world where people can provide for themselves and their family, where society addresses everyone’s needs and where it does not cost more to be poor. It should provide fair opportunity for all so anyone willing and able can access employment.

Our job is to do everything possible to enable people to improve their financial wellbeing. Everyone needs to be able to manage their money well, find work and access every facility to help them do so, including online services.

Our culture and values

Clean Slate is an exciting and innovative social enterprise working towards a world where everyone can provide for themselves and their families, where society addresses everyone's needs and where it doesn't it costs more to be poor.

​We believe in fair opportunity for all so that anyone who is ready and able can get work. We enable people to improve their financial wellbeing, supporting them to access the support they need to manage their money well and find work. Clean Slate, in partnership with Quids in! magazine, is overhauling the rulebook on helping low-income households become better off.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Our equal opportunities commitment and aims

• The principle of Equal Opportunities is closely aligned to Clean Slate’s mission to combat poverty and social exclusion. We will not only institute and advocate the principles of Equal Opportunities but also ensure our recruitment and other staff processes do not exclude individuals of any background. Beyond the legal requirement to protect individuals from discrimination, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce with lived experience of various types of disadvantage, such as histories of homelessness, offending or living in poverty. It is a core part of our vision that there should be a level playing field in the labour market and that ‘anyone willing and able to do a day’s work should have the opportunity to do so’. As an employment project working with vulnerable people, we go further than respecting the rights of protected groups to equal opportunities.
• We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment, and are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Those who work for us, and anyone applying for a job with us, will receive fair and equal treatment.
• We ensure, where possible, full access for everyone applying for a vacancy. Decisions about transfers and internal promotions are made, so far as possible, using only objective criteria.
• We will never victimise anyone who makes a legitimate complaint to us about harassment or discrimination, or who supports a colleague in their complaint.
• This policy is underpinned by the following commitments and aims:
  • A working environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination, including victimisation and harassment;
  • A workplace capable of allowing everyone to achieve their greatest potential, and where individuals are willing to give their best;
  • A Company-wide understanding of the message promoted by this policy;
  • A commitment to ensuring all staff understand their rights and responsibilities under this policy — if you are not sure what we consider acceptable and unacceptable, you should check with your manager;
  • A policy of ensuring employment opportunities are open to all qualified candidates, so that we recruit from the largest possible pool of available talent and recruit the best-qualified staff;
  • A commitment to recruiting based on ability to do the job that also reflects the multicultural composition of our local community;
  • A commitment to amending this policy if we think it has become outdated, or circumstances suggest to us that it needs updating;
  • A commitment to protecting staff, wherever possible, from being victimised or treated less fairly if they make or support a complaint in good faith under this policy.