Helena Partnerships
More about Helena Partnerships
Helena Partnerships is a housing association based in St Helens,
Merseyside. It was formerly known as Helena Housing, an
organisation that was set up in 2002 following a stock transfer of
13,000 homes from St Helens Council.
In the first seven years of Helena’s life, they have achieved a
lot and really found their feet as a company. They have delivered
on the promises made when they started – beginning with a massive
programme of refurbishment to all their homes.
Because Helena Partnerships are committed to being ‘more than
just a landlord,’ they have also invested strongly in their
communities. They have funded dozens of exciting community-based
projects and initiatives, 270 at the last count, promoting healthy
living, tackling anti-social behaviour, and created many jobs and
training opportunities.
Their aim has been to provide a better experience for their
customers, improve services and value for money – and make a real
difference in their neighbourhoods.
Helena Partnerships is more than just a housing company. They’re
about providing high quality homes for thousands of people, but
they’re also about creating places where people choose to live,
work and enjoy themselves.
Working for us
Helena Partnerships want to provide jobs that are rewarding,
challenging and enjoyable, and to give their people the opportunity
to do their jobs to the best of their ability. That’s why Helena
Partnerships want to make sure they provide all their employees
with the right jobs, the right learning and development
opportunities, the right working environments and the right tools
and equipment.
They have worked very hard to create a positive culture where
people understand the aims of the company and their own role in
achieving those aims. They have an innovative approach to their
partnership with the trade unions, their internal communications
and learning and development. Helena has called this approach ‘Team
Helena’ because they are committed to learning, developing and
succeeding together.
Helena Partnerships was delighted to have achieved Investors in
People Recruitment and Selection model recognition in June 2009.
The award recognised that senior leaders place high value on
recruiting people with the right attitude and behaviour, in
addition to skills and qualifications. The assessor also commended
the organisation for its transparent, open-door approach to
recruitment and selection, and noted that its website is valued and
its managers are well trained.
Living the Helena Partnerships brand
Developing the Helena Partnerships brand to reflect their
energy, commitment and people focus, people who do business with
them have told them that these are the things they have grown to
expect from Helena people. In their first six years, Helena has
built a very strong reputation based on passion and positive
attitude. They believe that by building on these strengths, they
can secure the future success of Helena Partnerships. To help them,
Helena Partnerships have developed a series of behaviours they want
to use to build an inspirational team:
To be passionate about what you do
We are all different, and have different ways of showing
passion. The key thing is for you to be enthusiastic and have some
fun!
Have a real people focus
Helena Partnership’s business is all about people; their homes,
their neighbourhoods and their communities. Whatever job you do,
you need to put people at the centre of what you do.
Have a can do attitude
It’s important to show Helena Partnerships' customers and
partners that “we believe that we can”. If we are to deliver great
results, we need to have a can do attitude.
Act with integrity
We all have different beliefs and values. Helena Partnership
expects your behaviour to be consistent with their company values.
This means being honest, trustworthy and keeping our promises.
It’s that simple. If everyone across ‘Team Helena’ has the right
attitude, and behaves according to these four key behaviours, we
can treat each other with respect, build a great team and, most
importantly, make a great place to work.
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