Team Culture

We continually strive to create a genuine team culture and camaraderie at Afford. We want to build work relationships that are founded on mateship to drive great customer service. By providing opportunities for staff to get to know each other on a personal level, we can achieve success together

When you join our team, you will instantly get a sense that we’re about more than just a pay packet. We’re an Employer of Choice because we strive to foster a positive, enjoyable and inclusive team culture.

As a Not-for-Profit, we reinvest every surplus in providing support and services to people with disabilities, so working as a team and fostering camaraderie among work colleagues is critical to maximising outcomes for our clients.

We strive for a work environment that achieves excellence for our clients, but one that can still have humour, fun and interesting challenges. We have initiated regular Buzz Nights (34 held this year alone) that are designed to give teams the chance to discuss where the business is heading and individual performance, but also enjoy an afternoon or evening out to build camaraderie and a strong team culture between staff members - while having some fun in the process. Buzz Nights take place once a month and teams are given a budget to have a team building night out on us.

We believe in providing social opportunities for our staff to enjoy, including staff lunches, nights out, Christmas lunches, various networking opportunities for staff at organisational and service levels and more. We share personal joys of our staff such as milestone birthdays, or the arrival of a new baby. We are a community and together we stand as one team.

We have held Leadership Conferences at Bankstown and the Hunter Valley this year with many opportunities for employees to socialise and enjoy time together and learn more about each other.

Our focus on creating a team with a strong common drive has been a focus of Afford for the past 12 months, and over this year we are pleased to report that our teams have gone from strength to strength to deliver and initiate excellent services for clients. We attribute this success to our focus on our people and creating an enjoyable workplace for all. We’re an Employer of Choice because we listen and truly care.

By encouraging a strong sense of team and mateship, we can be sure that no matter what hurdles arise, our teams will work together to ensure the things that matter most to our clients, happen. Many of our staff put in that little bit extra to bring a smile to the faces of our clients. Small, charitable gestures like these are not expected, but never taken for granted. Because we know that this is what places Afford ahead of the rest as a first class disability service provider.