Ashley has been working with us for almost 6 years in the Learning and Development team. He loves sharing his knowledge, skills and experience with his colleagues. It brings him great joy to see the people he's trained and coached use their skills to help our customers.
On his days off he can often be found at the beach, next to the river or up on the moors – ideally wherever there is water.
We asked Ashley to share what it is like to work at Taking Care.
Describe what you do at Taking Care?
As an Operational Trainer, I am part of the team responsible for training new starters in our Emergency Resolution Centres, Sales, and Customer Services teams to be able to carry out their day-to-day job. Along with face-to-face induction training, we also deliver refresher training, and I also make bespoke digital learning content accessible on demand 24/7 for our emergency resolution teams.
One of the perks of being a trainer is that no two days are the same. I could be delivering to a new induction group, working on a digital learning piece, or doing some refresher sessions.
Ashley, Operational Trainer
How does your job benefit the customers?
I have trained and coached many people who interact with our customers, and sometimes, I even speak directly with them to stay up to date with what I coach. Whether our customers are calling to talk about their personal alarm with the resolution team who are available 24/7 or speaking with our telesales team, the person on the Taking Care end of the line has most likely been trained by me at some point.
What do you find most rewarding about your job?
I find it really rewarding when I go home knowing that I’ve had a part in helping our customers who need us and our service by ensuring our operational teams have all the information they need to best do their jobs.
We are all one team working together to achieve the same goal. No matter what department we work in, we are all here because we want to help our customers.
Describe Taking Care in one word.
Caring – Not only do we care for our customers who need our help. The company also cares for its employees by investing in us.
Do you remember your first day at Taking Care?
When I started working at Taking Care, there was little over 80 people who worked here. We were a small company helping just over 50,000 monitoring customers. In that time, we have grown so much and we have nearly 300 employees and we've supported over ¼ million people and their families with personal alarms. It’s been great to see the business grow and go from strength to strength to be where it is now.
Working at Taking Care
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