Third Sector People Partner
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Increase your Impact!

THRIVE specialises in looking after the people of not for profit organisations - charities and CICs. Guiding and supporting your teams, managers, leaders and volunteers.
Expert advice to helping you build compliant, resilient and sustainable workplaces.

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We Have Helped

sarah fromThrive HR with a client needing help with a shorpshire business

Do you have .. ?

Policies, best practises and procedures in place to meet current legislation, protect you from legal action and potential employment tribunals?

A strong, sustainable culture and operational systems to support the people delivering the mission every day?

Clear processes for recruitment, performance, wellbeing, learning, development, and ways to look after your workforce that enable individuals and teams to thrive?

Practical support that recognises the emotional demands of purpose-driven work and helps prevent burnout and stress?

Systems and leadership capability that allow you to adapt, grow, and continue delivering impact in changing circumstances?

THRIVE provides the expertise to help you care for all your people, strengthening culture, and building sustainable foundations for long term impact.

How THRIVE Will Help You Grow

THRIVE will learn from you by

Listening

finding out your inspiration, vision and mission

creating a solid strategy

Formulating

identifying risks, gaps and people needs to strengthen next intentions

solve sticking points and take effective action by

Implementing

effective actions, coaching and developing people to improve performance, sustainability and success. Communicating and embedding best practise and policies.

Then

Reviewing

monitoring progress to ensure you have the ability to adapt to a constantly changing world.

You Will Benefit From

compliance health check

mission review and objective setting

management coaching

people performance and development programme

tailored workshops

advice in line with the latest legislation

Our Services

Choose from 1 of 3 services
Contact us to find out more, if you have questions, or need something different

PROTECT

Compliance Audit Contracts
Volunteer Agreements
Policy Handbook
Continuous access to advice
Expert, ethical advice for the entire employee & volunteer life cycle. Preventative people action to protect organisation integrity. Keeping up to date with the latest legislation.

STRENGTHEN

Achieve specific objectives Recruitment
Re-structure
Performance/Service Improvements
Working on a project with set objectives. Meetings, reports and reviews to determine actions.
Guiding you through structural change
eg. from CIC to charity, or major organisational transition
eg. change of leadership

PARTNERSHIP

Planned projects
Management coaching
Workshops
Continuous access to advice
Meetings, reviews & reports
A fully integrated, long term partnership operating as your dedicated internal people function and trusted strategic adviser.
Guiding through growth and change. Providing support to your teams and leaders to strengthen sustainability and growth.

Service Information

"Sarah is very understanding and helpful, and when I have questions and don't know what to do, she takes the time to work with me to find a solution. Because I am still learning English, Sarah is very patient in explaining things to me when communicating."

Hera

Affinity Homecare

"I can highly recommend Sarah as your go to HR specialist. On top of being personable, she is very trustworthy, and also straight talking when it comes to HR matters."

Charlotte

MD Hartston

"I very much appreciated Sarah's expertise, with her knowledgeable on all aspects of HR, she also provides accurate information at all times."

Veronique

Sirane

"Sarah is a passionate volunteer Enterprise Advisor who is always keen to support the school with strategic insight and operational support, whereby she has helped increase employer engagement through the use of her vast business network, and has also assisted with careers events, such as Mock Interviews."

Camille

Enterprise Coordinator, Shropshire Council

FAQs

Questions people have about our services

What types of organisations do you work with?

THRIVE works with:

- Newly formed organisations, employing people for the first time, needing contracts, handbooks and employment policies

- CICs and Charities that need a review of their processes and procedures, or help with a specific area, identified via their vision and mission

- Organisations going through rapid growth and change, to guide them with people strategy, identify risks and best practises to support change

With PROTECT, how many hours of advice will I have access to every month?

You will have access to up to 3 hours of advice every month. If you find that you need more than this on a regular basis you can switch to either the Strengthen or Partnership service, or be charged separately for additional hours.

What areas of employment are included?

THRIVE can provide advice for the entire employee lifecycle - from recruitment to dismissal. You will benefit from guidance that aims to protect your organisation, with current employment law and best practise, to reach a best outcome. So, whether you need to resolve conflict, handle a long term absence, grievance or disciplinary, THRIVE can guide you.

What types of employment advice do you include?

THRIVE can help you with legislation that applies to all areas of employment - including contracts, policies, recruitment, all types of absence, performance management, pay, grievance, disciplinary, dismissal and redundancy.

How do I determine which service is best for me?

If you need access to a few hours of employment advice and best practise a month then PROTECT is for you.

You may decide that you want to focus on a specific objective, structural gap or work through a transformation and need more intense people strategy and implementation to achieve these, then STRENGTHEN is for you.

If you are going through a period of rapid change, facing a variety of organisational and people challenges, and need access to continuous guidance, support and action, consider PARTNERSHIP.

THRIVE can partner with you to support your mission with solid organisational strategy and implementation of effective people action to reinforce this transformation and transition.

How else can the STRENGTHEN service help me?

If you have you identified that you need to improve a specific area of your business, which involves focus on
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- recruitment,
- management coaching,
- a performance programme,
- extending learning and development,
- changing culture,
- employee and volunteer engagement.

The STRENGTHEN service can navigate and implement action in these areas.

How does the PARTNERSHIP service help to sustain growth and development?

If you find that you are struggling to keep up with growth and transformation, are unsure of people strategy to support change, and have little time for people management and engagement, the PARTNERSHIP service provides continuous support via strategy formation, review and monitoring, people management plans and action to free up your time for organisation development and growth.

It includes

- Access to latest employment insights and information
- Best practise guidance
- Strategy formulation
- Bi-monthly on site or virtual meetings
- Management coaching
- Operational improvements
- Communication & culture focus

What is the charge for a 1:1 Discovery Meeting?

The Discovery Meeting, is a 1 hr, first meeting with you and is provided free of charge to determine the needs, priorities and best course of action, and service suitable for you.