Benefits and support

Blue Light Card

Discount service for the emergency services, NHS, social care sector and armed forces, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street. For two years access for £4.99 for over 15,000 discounts!

Discount for Carers

Available for all care workers across social care, sign up for FREE! Discount for carers have a huge range of discounts, money-saving deals and vouchers!

Care Workers Charity

To support the financial, professional and mental wellbeing of social care workers by making grants, signposting to resources and providing access to services.

Wheels2Work South West

Loan of a moped to support people getting to work. Find out if you’re eligible.

Access to work

Get support in work if you have a disability or health condition. Support with adaptions, getting to and from work. Check your eligibility with the Access to work scheme.

Care and Health Worker Parking Permit

A new Care and Health Worker Parking Permit has been launched, and it allows professionals visiting people at home to park on single and double yellow lines in certain circumstances.

Government’s Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Care providers can subscribe to the government’s Salary Sacrifice scheme, which is cost neutral for the employer and would save the employee and employer money. (Lease hire companies can advise).

A Salary Sacrifice scheme could deliver employee benefit.Both the company and its employees will make significant financial savings by adopting Salary Sacrifice, and it will also make a substantial contribution to your wider Corporate, Social and Environmental responsibilities. By ‘sacrificing’ part of their salary and getting a company car in return, some employees will be able to reduce their overall tax bill. For employers, it’s a cost-neutral way of lowering National Insurance Contributions and reducing carbon footprint, as well as attracting and retaining staff.

NHS Car Lease Discount Scheme

Care Workers are eligible to access the NHS Car Lease Discount Scheme. Of course, there are multiple companies who provide lease car arrangements and this will be a personal choice. Devon County Council does not endorse any particular scheme or lease hire company. We are merely signposting to options you may wish to consider.

With the NHS discount scheme, staff could potentially get a 50% reduction in the arrangement fee discount. (A worked example and a ‘city car’ estimated a cost of approximately £137 per month, and could be potentially less).

Urgent support

Information on how to access urgent support for yourself or others.

Physical wellbeing

Information on how promote and access support for your physical health.

Financial wellbeing

Links and resources for support for financial wellbeing.

COVID-19 wellbeing

Information about support offered through Covid-19.

NHS & Care Volunteer Responders

Providers can access wellbeing support for their service users through the NHS & Care Volunteer Responders programme. The Check-In and Chat service provides telephone support to a diverse range of people in need of a friendly call and some encouragement to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Emotional wellbeing

Information on wellbeing and resources.

Early Years & Childcare Service

Struggling to find suitable childcare? Complete short online form and a staff member from the Early Years & Childcare Service team will contact you to offer support.

Childcare Choices

Government help with childcare costs for parents. Whether you have toddlers or teens, you could get support. Find out more!