There are a wide range of benefits available to you as a Trafford College Group employee. This section contains useful information about those key benefits and how to use them.
Pension scheme: All new employees will automatically be enrolled into a workplace pension scheme. Teaching staff will automatically join the Teachers Pension Scheme. Business Support/Management staff will join the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
You can always opt out of your relevant pension scheme. If you wish to opt out of the pension scheme you will need to obtain an opt out form from the relevant pension provider’s website.
All new employees will automatically be enrolled into a workplace pension scheme. Teaching staff will automatically join the Teachers Pension Scheme. Business Support/Management staff will join the Greater Manchester Pension Fund.
You can always opt out of your relevant pension scheme. If you wish to opt out of the pension scheme you will need to obtain an opt out form from the relevant pension provider’s website.
Trafford College is offering our employees a 10% discount to kids planet/Kids Allowed. We also offer Totum card and CSSC membership discounts. There are more benefits to come in the future, so stand by for more details.
To join the scheme or to find out more please visit their website
Trafford College has teamed up with Simplyhealth to offer you the opportunity to join their Simply Cash Plan. Take advantage of discounted rates and extra benefits with your monthly subscriptions being paid directly from your salary. In summary the Simply Cash Plan offers:
For further information on the scheme and details of how to join please visit https://www.simplyhealth.co.uk/
This government scheme provides excellent tax savings on a wide range of bikes and equipment with monthly payments taken directly from your salary.
Altrincham and Stretford’s Cafe Retreat opens during term time and caters for every taste and dietary requirement, with a wide range of hot and cold food served daily. With Cafe Retreat you will also find that we proudly serve Starbucks.
Aspire Restaurant, Altrincham, is an award-winning restaurant. Both the kitchens and front of house service are run by current college students, providing a real working environment for hospitality students and fine dining at an affordable price for staff and the public of Trafford.
Based at the Altrincham campus, Enhance Salon & Spa is a hair, beauty, spa and holistic salon run by staff and students, offering a range of reasonably priced treatments for staff and the public. For further information and to make a booking please visit Enhance Salon & Spa.
Retreat is a Stockport-based commercial hair and beauty salon available with one very attractive difference; prices are around half the cost of those on the high street.
With an assortment of great tasting food such as pastries, sandwiches, and salads all made with high-quality, simple ingredients our Costa comes complete with a full line of espresso drinks, frappuccino blended beverages and famous tea varieties.
As an employee of Trafford College you have free access to the services and benefits offered by Health Assured, an independent health and wellbeing provider. This includes the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – https://www.healthassured.org/
Your EAP offers you immediate access to 24-hour telephone counselling and wellbeing services, which are completely confidential and only statistical information relating to the usage of the service is passed to the college. All Health Assured consultants providing the service are bound by strict ethical codes of conduct and confidentiality. If you wish, you may remain anonymous when using the service.
Health Assured’s experienced and qualified telephone counsellors provide around the clock support to help you with a wide range of personal and work-related problems in areas such as stress, relationship difficulties, bereavement, anxiety, family worries, alcohol/drug abuse, employment, financial concerns or issues resulting from working with young people and adults at risk.
The legal and financial information element of your EAP offers you extremely valuable access to information provided by fully qualified legal professionals. Health Assured’s team is available to provide you with practical and easy-to-understand information and guidance about issues concerning the law. Information is available on all personal matters such as domestic problems, personal injury claims, motor related disputes, property worries and consumer rights.
Similarly, if you need information to help you with financial issues such as debt management, investments, benefits or pensions, Health Assured’s teams of qualified legal consultants and counsellors can offer you all the information and guidance you need.
Health Assured has a medical team available via phone should you need advice or information on issues such as: general health & fitness, weight loss, smoking cessation, childhood illnesses, vaccination advice, childcare provision, advice regarding home care, access to nursing homes, interpretation of medical diagnoses, direction to specialist medical centres, preparation for surgery, choosing a specialist, patient rights, changing your GP and disputes with healthcare professionals.
Download the Health Assured Health e-Hub app for confidential advice, support, health & wellbeing information. It’s support right in the palm of your hand!
To access the Health Assured services at any time day or night, simply dial 0800 716 017, tell Health Assured who you work for and how they can help you, and you’ll be transferred to the correct professional. You can remain anonymous if you wish and what you discuss with Health Assured is confidential, unless they think there’s a serious risk of harm to you or anyone else.