Empowering Learning Reviews Summary

Agency Support and Staff Interaction

Pros:

• "Since being with Empowering Learning they have provided me with regular work."
• "I have worked with Claudia/London office since I joined and she has been very responsive and supportive."
• "My experience with him has been a very positive one."
• "The staff there are professional, polite and are very active when doing their jobs."
• "Charlotte at the London office was available to help and answer any queries I may have had throughout my time with this agency."
• "My first interaction ever was with Xavier and then Marzieh both were fantastic and I decided to go ahead with this agency."
• "Staff at Empowering Learning are respectful and demonstrated a commendable level of professionalism, attentiveness, and expertise."

Cons:

• "As much as I've wanted to like this company, communication has been awful."
• "I wasn't paid on time, I was being contacted out of hours and was given false promises."
• "I've been trying to get a reference for over a month and there has been radio silence."

Work Opportunities and Placements

Pros:

• "Empowering Learning found me a role super fast and supported me throughout as this was a brand new field for me."
• "I now have a job offer and will start on Monday."
• "I felt welcome and valued. They are very flexible and provide great supply work."
• "The online timesheets have made my life easier and the administration has been first class."
• "An absolutely great service from Empower learning. Very flexible yet also very reliable."
• "They found me work for when I needed it, especially around my child health care commitments."

Cons:

• "I wasn't able to find consistent work and sometimes they wouldn't book me for time so it leaves me jobless."
• "Only issue is I was comforting working with SEND individual and but they didn’t explain that because it was at the end of year, it can be limited."

Professional Development and Support

Pros:

• "I appreciate and thank Empowering Education for the ongoing training and guidance on how to be effective and confident before going to the actual workplace or schools."
• "I have received the necessary training needed to carry out my role."
• "They offered me position after position to try all sorts of different schools and to try many different roles available."

Cons:

• No specific cons mentioned related to professional development and support.

Agency Responsiveness and Communication

Pros:

• "They always answered my questions and found a placement where I am working in a long-term position and where I love to work."
• "They are very flexible and work to find what's best for you and the school."
• "They are always there to answer and queries and always helpful."

Cons:

• "Empowering learning ended up not being as good as I first thought. They negotiated with the school I was working at, without including me in these negotiations."
• "I have had a lot of issues with payments which still haven’t been sorted."