COMMUNITY CARE EMAIL RESEARCH, OCTOBER 2003 FIGURES (no
breakdown included).
What factors influenced you to stay? | Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Job satisfaction | 1971 | 91% |
Good relationship with colleagues | 1953 | 90% |
Good relationship with manager | 1929 | 89% |
Good pay and conditions | 1926 | 89% |
Interesting/Challenging work | 1825 | 84% |
Adequate resources | 1608 | 74% |
Training opportunities | 1591 | 73% |
Flexible working hours | 1506 | 69% |
Potential for promotion/career development | 1428 | 66% |
Current personal situation(unrelated to work) | 1421 | 65% |
Location of job | 1384 | 64% |
Job security | 1188 | 55% |
Hours of work | 1128 | 52% |
Stable organisation and structures | 1119 | 52% |
Degree of responsibility | 1105 | 51% |
Reputation of the employer | 680 | 31% |
Unable to find another suitable job | 407 | 19% |
Perks/fringe benefits | 392 | 18% |
Support & Supervision from seniors | 32 | 1% |
Being Valued/Respected | 24 | 1% |
Belief in work | 16 | 1% |
Sensible workload | 15 | 1% |
Family friendly Company | 9 | 0% |
Age | 7 | 0% |
Others | 7 | 0% |
Cost of housing/relocating | 6 | 0% |
Equal opportunities | 5 | 0% |
Inertia | 5 | 0% |
Pension | 4 | 0% |
Fear of change | 4 | 0% |
Lack of alternatives | 4 | 0% |
Holiday entitlement | 3 | 0% |
Lack of time | 2 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 2172 |
What factors influenced you to leave? | Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Poor relationship with manager | 1909 | 90% |
Poor pay and conditions | 1860 | 88% |
Too high workload | 1731 | 82% |
Poor relationship with colleagues | 1672 | 79% |
Inadequate resources | 1614 | 76% |
Poor senior support and advice | 1594 | 75% |
Poor potential for promotion / career development | 1494 | 71% |
Poor training opportunities | 1408 | 67% |
Personal circumstances (unrelated to work) | 1386 | 66% |
Uninteresting work | 1292 | 61% |
Inflexible working hours | 1282 | 61% |
Too much paperwork | 1260 | 60% |
Unstable organisation & structures | 1124 | 53% |
Excessive overtime | 1118 | 53% |
Poor job security | 1013 | 48% |
Too many ‘new initiatives’ from the Government | 873 | 41% |
Relocation of job | 834 | 39% |
Low degree of responsibility | 783 | 37% |
Poor reputation of the employer | 665 | 31% |
Poor public perception of the job | 618 | 29% |
Poor perks/fringe benefits | 413 | 20% |
Undervalued/Lack of respect | 36 | 2% |
Bullying/Discrimination | 18 | 1% |
Others | 16 | 1% |
Change in working patterns | 14 | 1% |
Stress | 13 | 1% |
Health reasons/Burn out | 7 | 0% |
To try something new/New challenge | 4 | 0% |
Lack of family friendly working | 2 | 0% |
Location – costs/travelling time | 2 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 2115 |
Who would you prefer to work for? | Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Local Authority | 1157 | 56% |
Voluntary Organisation | 906 | 44% |
For myself (i.e. self-employed) | 588 | 28% |
In a completely different field (i.e. NOT social care) | 473 | 23% |
Academic institution | 466 | 22% |
In further training/education | 435 | 21% |
Primary Care Trust | 420 | 20% |
Central Government | 412 | 20% |
NHS Trust | 410 | 20% |
In the same job, but more senior | 407 | 20% |
Private Sector Organisation | 378 | 18% |
Health Authority | 370 | 18% |
Would work for other, but am happy where I am | 247 | 12% |
NONE – AM HAPPY WHERE I AM | 242 | 12% |
Housing Association | 229 | 11% |
Others | 18 | 1% |
Same job but better conditions | 9 | 0% |
Joint role/Multi organisations | 6 | 0% |
Abroad | 4 | 0% |
Would retire | 3 | 0% |
Same job but in a different location | 2 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 2082 |
Are you currently looking to move jobs? | Number of responses | Percentage of total |
I am actively looking for a new job/to change jobs at the moment |
378 | 18% |
I am not actively looking, but I do keep an eye on the jobs market |
1323 | 64% |
I am not actively looking nor keeping an eye on the jobs market |
382 | 18% |
Total number of respondents: 2083 |
Which factors in your current post explain why you’re looking? (everyone, including those who say they’re not) |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Too high workload | 482 | 29% |
Poor potential for promotion / career development | 468 | 28% |
Too much paperwork | 447 | 27% |
Inadequate resources | 446 | 27% |
Poor senior support and advice | 372 | 22% |
Poor pay and conditions | 352 | 21% |
Too many ‘new initiatives’ from the Government | 345 | 21% |
NO PARTICULAR REASON – JUST INTERESTED IN KEEPING INFORMED | 301 | 18% |
Personal circumstances (unrelated to work) | 290 | 17% |
Unstable organisation & structures | 254 | 15% |
Interested in keeping informed | 228 | 14% |
Poor training opportunities | 221 | 13% |
Poor relationship with manager | 172 | 10% |
Excessive overtime | 140 | 8% |
Low degree of responsibility | 135 | 8% |
Poor public perception of the job | 130 | 8% |
Uninteresting work | 125 | 8% |
Poor perks/fringe benefits | 108 | 6% |
Poor job security | 98 | 6% |
Inflexible working hours | 97 | 6% |
Poor reputation of the employer | 96 | 6% |
Job is going to be relocated | 84 | 5% |
Poor relationship with colleagues | 53 | 3% |
To try something new/New challenge | 43 | 3% |
Change in working patterns | 27 | 2% |
For career advancement/Promotion | 23 | 1% |
Location – costs/travelling time | 22 | 1% |
Chance to specialise/Move into another field | 22 | 1% |
Temporary contract | 20 | 1% |
Am a student | 20 | 1% |
Undervalued/Lack of respect | 18 | 1% |
Gain Experience | 15 | 1% |
Others | 11 | 1% |
Bullying/Discrimination | 10 | 1% |
Stress | 9 | 1% |
Relocate/move | 9 | 1% |
Health reasons/Burn out | 8 | 0% |
Loss of funding/privatisation | 4 | 0% |
Too little work | 4 | 0% |
Age | 2 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 1665 |
Which factors in your current post explain why you’re looking? (only those who said they were looking) |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Poor potential for promotion / career development | 156 | 44% |
Poor senior support and advice | 127 | 36% |
Too high workload | 118 | 33% |
Inadequate resources | 115 | 32% |
Too much paperwork | 109 | 31% |
Poor pay and conditions | 100 | 28% |
Too many ‘new initiatives’ from the Government | 81 | 23% |
Poor training opportunities | 78 | 22% |
Unstable organisation & structures | 78 | 22% |
Personal circumstances (unrelated to work) | 71 | 20% |
Poor relationship with manager | 71 | 20% |
Low degree of responsibility | 56 | 16% |
Uninteresting work | 53 | 15% |
Excessive overtime | 44 | 12% |
Poor reputation of the employer | 42 | 12% |
Poor public perception of the job | 40 | 11% |
Inflexible working hours | 30 | 8% |
Poor job security | 30 | 8% |
Poor relationship with colleagues | 28 | 8% |
Poor perks/fringe benefits | 27 | 8% |
Job is going to be relocated | 26 | 7% |
To try something new/New challenge | 20 | 6% |
Change in working patterns | 11 | 3% |
Interested in keeping informed | 10 | 3% |
Am a student | 9 | 3% |
Temporary contract | 8 | 2% |
For career advancement/Promotion | 8 | 2% |
Bullying/Discrimination | 7 | 2% |
Undervalued/Lack of respect | 7 | 2% |
Chance to specialise/Move into another field | 7 | 2% |
Location – costs/travelling time | 6 | 2% |
Others | 6 | 2% |
Stress | 5 | 1% |
Relocate/move | 5 | 1% |
Health reasons/Burn out | 4 | 1% |
Gain Experience | 2 | 1% |
NO PARTICULAR REASON – JUST INTERESTED IN KEEPING INFORMED | 2 | 1% |
Loss of funding/privatisation | 1 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 356 |
Which factors in your current post explain why you’re looking? (only those who are not actively looking but keeping an eye on the market) |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Too high workload | 346 | 28% |
Inadequate resources | 318 | 26% |
Too much paperwork | 317 | 26% |
Poor potential for promotion / career development | 297 | 24% |
NO PARTICULAR REASON – JUST INTERESTED IN KEEPING INFORMED | 289 | 23% |
Too many ‘new initiatives’ from the Government | 251 | 20% |
Poor pay and conditions | 236 | 19% |
Poor senior support and advice | 231 | 19% |
Interested in keeping informed | 210 | 17% |
Personal circumstances (unrelated to work) | 208 | 17% |
Unstable organisation & structures | 164 | 13% |
Poor training opportunities | 135 | 11% |
Poor relationship with manager | 96 | 8% |
Excessive overtime | 92 | 7% |
Poor public perception of the job | 84 | 7% |
Poor perks/fringe benefits | 77 | 6% |
Low degree of responsibility | 68 | 5% |
Poor job security | 67 | 5% |
Uninteresting work | 66 | 5% |
Inflexible working hours | 59 | 5% |
Job is going to be relocated | 56 | 5% |
Poor reputation of the employer | 52 | 4% |
Poor relationship with colleagues | 21 | 2% |
To try something new/New challenge | 21 | 2% |
For career advancement/Promotion | 15 | 1% |
Change in working patterns | 14 | 1% |
Location – costs/travelling time | 14 | 1% |
Temporary contract | 12 | 1% |
Chance to specialise/Move into another field | 12 | 1% |
Gain Experience | 11 | 1% |
Undervalued/Lack of respect | 10 | 1% |
Am a student | 10 | 1% |
Stress | 4 | 0% |
Relocate/move | 4 | 0% |
Others | 4 | 0% |
Bullying/Discrimination | 3 | 0% |
Health reasons/Burn out | 3 | 0% |
Loss of funding/privatisation | 3 | 0% |
Too little work | 3 | 0% |
Age | 2 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 1241 |
Has your current job exceeded, met or fallen below your expectations? |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Exceeded my expectations | 403 | 19% |
Met my expectations | 1092 | 53% |
Fallen below my expectations | 581 | 28% |
Total number of respondents: 2076 |
Which factors in your current job have fallen below your expectations? |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Inadequate resources | 264 | 47% |
Too high workload | 242 | 44% |
Poor senior support and advice | 241 | 43% |
Too much paperwork | 241 | 43% |
Poor potential for promotion / career development | 200 | 36% |
Too many ‘new initiatives’ from the Government | 178 | 32% |
Unstable organisation & structures | 154 | 28% |
Poor training opportunities | 139 | 25% |
Poor relationship with manager | 126 | 23% |
Poor pay and conditions | 122 | 22% |
Low degree of responsibility | 109 | 20% |
Uninteresting work | 101 | 18% |
Excessive overtime | 67 | 12% |
Poor reputation of the employer | 64 | 12% |
Poor public perception of the job | 61 | 11% |
Poor perks/fringe benefits | 56 | 10% |
Inflexible working hours | 49 | 9% |
Job is going to be relocated | 45 | 8% |
Poor job security | 37 | 7% |
Poor relationship with colleagues | 34 | 6% |
Change in working patterns | 28 | 5% |
Unfocussed/Too beauracratic | 24 | 4% |
Undervalued/Lack of respect | 16 | 3% |
Others | 10 | 2% |
Bullying/Discrimination | 3 | 1% |
To try something new/New challenge | 3 | 1% |
Stress | 2 | 0% |
Health reasons/Burn out | 2 | 0% |
Lack of family friendly working | 1 | 0% |
Relocate/move | 1 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 556 |
What do you expect to be doing in five years time? |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Working in a similar job in social care, but for a different employer? |
431 | 21% |
Don’t know/Can’t say | 373 | 18% |
Working in a similar job in social care, and for the same employer? |
351 | 17% |
Working in a differentr job in social care, and for the same employer? |
236 | 12% |
Retired/Not working | 201 | 10% |
Working for myself (ie self-employed) | 158 | 8% |
Working in a different job outside social care | 123 | 6% |
In further training/Education | 62 | 3% |
Different job within social care | 30 | 1% |
Different job with a different employer | 24 | 1% |
More senior post | 14 | 1% |
Working part time/semi retired | 10 | 0% |
More senior post with the same employer | 7 | 0% |
Working abroad | 7 | 0% |
Other | 7 | 0% |
More senior post with a different employer | 4 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 2038 |
What best describes the organisation you work for now? |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Local Authority | 1331 | 66% |
Voluntary Organisation | 320 | 16% |
NHS Trust | 74 | 4% |
Central Government | 58 | 3% |
Private Sector Organisation | 51 | 3% |
Primary Care Trust | 44 | 2% |
Housing Association | 41 | 2% |
Educational Establishment | 17 | 1% |
Charity | 11 | 1% |
Self Employed | 10 | 0% |
Other | 9 | 0% |
National Care Standards Commission | 8 | 0% |
Agency | 6 | 0% |
Non Departmental Public Body | 6 | 0% |
CAFCASS | 5 | 0% |
Joint Health & Social Care | 5 | 0% |
Other Multi disciplinary team | 5 | 0% |
Non Departmental Goverment Organisation | 4 | 0% |
Health Authority | 3 | 0% |
Connexions | 3 | 0% |
Not Employed/None | 3 | 0% |
Student | 3 | 0% |
Church | 2 | 0% |
Total number of respondents: 2019 |
HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED IN YOUR CURRENT POST? |
Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Less than 1 year | 467 | 23% |
2 years | 595 | 30% |
3~5 years | 501 | 25% |
6~10 years | 270 | 13% |
11 years or more | 173 | 9% |
Total number of respondents: 2006 |
FULL TIME / PART TIME? | Number of responses | Percentage of total |
Full time (30+ hrs per weel) | 1815 | 91% |
Part time (less than 30 hrs per week) | 181 | 9% |
Total number of respondents: 1996 |
QUALIFICATIONS? | Number of responses | Percentage of total |
I hold a professional qualification related to my work e.g. NVQ, DipSW, nursing qualification |
1703 | 86% |
I do not hold a professional qualification related to my work |
287 | 14% |
Total number of respondents: 1990 |
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