Message to Staff – 9th January  

Due to the overnight snow, and a fallen tree near the entrance of the main campus, Portland College and hubs will be closed to Day Service, Pollyteach and staff today. Our residential services remain open for residents already on site. We will remove the fallen tree as soon as possible and will review the weather situation over the weekend.

For further updates, you will be notified by text, email and a notice will be posted on the Portland College Facebook page. Please note – if you have chosen to opt out of communications from us you may not receive an alert. In this instance, you can contact your line manager or department contact for information and guidance.

If your site or service closure is confirmed, you will usually be paid for the absence. We do expect that where you are able to you should work from home during this time. This may include carrying out your role as normal, catching up with online training or other work that can be completed from home, this should be agreed with your line manager. 

If you are unable to travel to work as a result of adverse weather conditions such as floods, snow and ice and the site or service remains open, you should follow the normal absence reporting procedures and inform your line manager as soon as possible. You may choose to take holiday, TOIL, unpaid leave or in agreement with your line manager to work the hours back. 

For any questions or clarification around your own role, please speak to your line manager.