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Introducing our Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC)

Take an inside look at our brand new Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) based at our company premises. The ARC monitors CCTV, fire and intruder alarm systems 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For details of vacancies within our ARC, and all roles within Churches Fire & Security, head on over to our jobs page to search our current vacancies.

Streamlined On-Boarding and a Warm Welcome to Churches

As a rapidly expanding business, we regularly recruit new members of staff to join our team both from inside the Fire and Security industry and from elsewhere. In recent months, we have invested heavily in our onboarding and induction process to give new starters the very best experience when they join us, so we caught up with Jo from our HR team to find out exactly what our new starters can expect. ​ Jo explained that every new starter can now expect to be passed through a consistent induction whereby they will be introduced to all of the main departments within the business over a two day period. Each manager will introduce themselves, explaining a little about how their department fits into the wider business and offering a warm Churches welcome – whatever team you join. Our HR team will keep in contact with our new starters over that initial period to ensure that they settle in to their new roles, and that any questions are resolved promptly. ​ We are confident that our new redesigned, consistent induction process will equip our new team members for a long and successful career with Churches. If you are seeking a new career challenge, a role with the UK’s only fully integrated Fire & Security provider could be the opportunity you have been searching for. Head on over to our Vacancies page to explore our current opportunities.​

First Intake of Academy Trainees Set for Success

​As our first intake of Academy Trainees are set to graduate at the end of the month, we caught up with our Training Support Manager Safir Hussein for the lowdown on the last three months, and to find out what makes securing a place on our Churches Academy such a great opportunity for anyone considering a career as a Fire & Security Alarm Technician. ​ Safir told us that the Academy was launched to help address a need for Technicians to service our customer’s intruder and fire safety systems to industry leading standards. In an industry with a notable skills shortage, the Academy provides an opportunity to provide the right people with the necessary skills to be a competent Technician, and to learn the Churches way – how things should be done. The Churches Academy presents a route for candidates from outside of the Fire & Security industry to join and train and enter a sector with higher than average remuneration and potential. ​ We asked Safir the secret to his 100% success rate with new trainees..“I think the fact that the Academy course is so well structured really helps our groups to learn at their own pace. There’s a unique balance between classroom style theory and practical experience with a mentor, so we’re able to offer constant support to pick up any areas where some more help might be needed. Churches have really invested in the Academy – it’s an opportunity to learn skills from experienced Technicians, but not only that – we give detailed training on British Standards, and how to service equipment to the highest standards in line with these so it’s great for our customers as well! ​ We hear that your first group of Trainees are about to graduate – what does that mean for the individuals, and for the business? “It’s fantastic for the team – they’ve been paid in full for their training but as you’d expect, there is a financial advantage for them once they pass out of the Academy which is great news for all of them and well deserved because they’ve all put so much effort in to building their knowledge – I’m bursting with pride about how well all of the guys have done, and I’m excited to watch them build their careers with us. For the business, and most importantly for our customers this is great news, because this cements our ability to exceed customer expectations in the future. ​ So what’s next…?Well, the support doesn’t stop for these guys – we’ll be mentoring them and supporting their development in the coming months and I’m excited to say that we’re starting work on our next intake already!

Cleaning up our Oceans – One Hire at a Time

Here at Churches Fire and Security we take our impact on the environment extremely seriously and are proud to be working with Ocean Clean Up charity Seven Clean Seas via our recruitment partners, who extract ONE KILO of plastic waste from the sea for every new employee that joins Churches Fire.
This is the equivalent to around 40 single use plastic water bottles for every new member of our team. The charity works to tackle plastic waste at many of the main entry points across the world, helping to preserve marine life and water quality for future generations.

HR Director Laura Hardy commented “As an ethical business it is incredibly important to us at Churches Fire that we do all we can to positively impact the environment and the world we live in. This partnership enables us to make a tangible, measurable impact and so far we are on course to remove the equivalent of nearly 7,000 single use bottles from the sea in 2023, purely as a result of our recruitment activity. Not only is this obviously a great thing to be associated with, it’s also unique in our industry and certainly gives a flavour of our values here at CFS”.

For more information on this fantastic charity and their pioneering work, why not head over the their website at www.sevencleanseas.com

Introducing our Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC)

Take an inside look at our brand new Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) based at our company premises. The ARC monitors CCTV, fire and intruder alarm systems 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For details of vacancies within our ARC, and all roles within Churches Fire & Security, head on over to our jobs page to search our current vacancies.

Streamlined On-Boarding and a Warm Welcome to Churches

As a rapidly expanding business, we regularly recruit new members of staff to join our team both from inside the Fire and Security industry and from elsewhere. In recent months, we have invested heavily in our onboarding and induction process to give new starters the very best experience when they join us, so we caught up with Jo from our HR team to find out exactly what our new starters can expect. ​ Jo explained that every new starter can now expect to be passed through a consistent induction whereby they will be introduced to all of the main departments within the business over a two day period. Each manager will introduce themselves, explaining a little about how their department fits into the wider business and offering a warm Churches welcome – whatever team you join. Our HR team will keep in contact with our new starters over that initial period to ensure that they settle in to their new roles, and that any questions are resolved promptly. ​ We are confident that our new redesigned, consistent induction process will equip our new team members for a long and successful career with Churches. If you are seeking a new career challenge, a role with the UK’s only fully integrated Fire & Security provider could be the opportunity you have been searching for. Head on over to our Vacancies page to explore our current opportunities.​

First Intake of Academy Trainees Set for Success

​As our first intake of Academy Trainees are set to graduate at the end of the month, we caught up with our Training Support Manager Safir Hussein for the lowdown on the last three months, and to find out what makes securing a place on our Churches Academy such a great opportunity for anyone considering a career as a Fire & Security Alarm Technician. ​ Safir told us that the Academy was launched to help address a need for Technicians to service our customer’s intruder and fire safety systems to industry leading standards. In an industry with a notable skills shortage, the Academy provides an opportunity to provide the right people with the necessary skills to be a competent Technician, and to learn the Churches way – how things should be done. The Churches Academy presents a route for candidates from outside of the Fire & Security industry to join and train and enter a sector with higher than average remuneration and potential. ​ We asked Safir the secret to his 100% success rate with new trainees..“I think the fact that the Academy course is so well structured really helps our groups to learn at their own pace. There’s a unique balance between classroom style theory and practical experience with a mentor, so we’re able to offer constant support to pick up any areas where some more help might be needed. Churches have really invested in the Academy – it’s an opportunity to learn skills from experienced Technicians, but not only that – we give detailed training on British Standards, and how to service equipment to the highest standards in line with these so it’s great for our customers as well! ​ We hear that your first group of Trainees are about to graduate – what does that mean for the individuals, and for the business? “It’s fantastic for the team – they’ve been paid in full for their training but as you’d expect, there is a financial advantage for them once they pass out of the Academy which is great news for all of them and well deserved because they’ve all put so much effort in to building their knowledge – I’m bursting with pride about how well all of the guys have done, and I’m excited to watch them build their careers with us. For the business, and most importantly for our customers this is great news, because this cements our ability to exceed customer expectations in the future. ​ So what’s next…?Well, the support doesn’t stop for these guys – we’ll be mentoring them and supporting their development in the coming months and I’m excited to say that we’re starting work on our next intake already!

Our Very Own Samaritan

​We’d love to congratulate our Customer Service Team Leader Lyndsey for completing a gruelling 26.6 mile walk to raise money for The Samaritans. She completed this wonderful achievement over the course of a month along with her dog and successfully raised an impressive £233 to support The Samaritans wonderful work with people facing mental health issues. "I chose the Samaritans having had a friend who suffered a lot during the lockdown and even though he had friends that constantly reached out to him he could never quite open up. So much so that each morning we were never quite sure what news we were going to wake up to! He did eventually talk to the Samaritans and they helped him work things through. A year later I am very happy to say he is doing much better - working again and has recently got engaged! I would like to take on another challenge - I have previously completed a charity walk for Cancer Research and Dementia, but I'm not sure what the next one will be, so watch this space!"