SPLITZ Support Service
Equality Report 2014-2015 Louise Wilson FCMI Company Secretary June 2015
Splitz Support Service
At Splitz we take our responsibility to people very seriously. This applies equally to our team as well as to our beneficiaries. This year we invested GBP50,000 in developing our people. All of our team are given the opportunity to achieve a broad range of nationally recognised qualifications. Excellence in how we manage both paid staff and volunteers is demonstrated by our commitment to retaining Investing in Volunteers and Investors in People accreditation.
Contents Summary 2014-15 The Team by County by Service Type by Job Role 5 Year Trend
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Recruitment Retention 5 Year Summary Trend Analysis Staff Targets
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Beneficiaries by Service Type by County
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Equality Monitoring Report 2014-2015
SUMMARY 2014-15 • 120 paid staff and 39 volunteers • £32,000 spent on training • 9,000 referrals to 22 services in 4 counties Introduction
Staff
The purpose of this report is to examine whether our HR policies and procedures are delivering equality of opportunity in fulfilment of our duties under various equality and discrimination legislation.
There has been a higher turnover (30%) than normal this year. This is expected given the number of changes to funding streams and services.
This report sets out the results of monitoring between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015. Age and age group is determined at the end of the reporting period. We have sub-divided the report to reflect data for each of the counties we work in, each of the service types we deliver (eg outreach, perpetrator programmes) and by role within the organisation (eg manager, team leader).
We took on a new service in Devon this year and transferred in 29 people. Our other services remained steady with minimal change in staffing levels. We have many more volunteers than ever before with 8 new volunteers in Gloucestershire and 2 more volunteers on our Young People’s Support Service in Wiltshire.
Beneficiaries The range of data collected on our management systems allows us to provide useful demographic information on our beneficiaries. This year we analysed our data to identify gaps in our services. Our services are delivered in rural shire counties with high concentrations of white British residents, each with a main town or city with a more diverse population. We have used our analysis to map our beneficiaries against the expected diversity for each county.
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Work pattern
Disability
Disability 4%
Gender
Ethnicity
Age group
THE TEAM
Splitz Support Service
Age group: the staff age range has expanded: only 53% of employees are between 30-49 years (2014: 60%) Disability: 4% of staff had declared a disability (2014: 8%) Ethnicity: 4% of staff were of BME origin (2014: 5%) Gender: 13% of staff were male (2014: 16%) Work pattern: part-time staff account for 75% of the work force (2014: 75%)
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Work pattern
Disability Gender
Ethnicity
Age group
by COUNTY
Age group: 41% of staff in Wiltshire are over 50 years of age (mainly core staff) Disability: more data required for Devon Ethnicity: Devon has no BME employees Gender: only 5% of the team in Gloucestershire are male (DVPP facilitators) Work pattern: 18% of staff in Wiltshire are full-time compared to 29% in Devon and 38% in Gloucestershire
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Work pattern
Disability Gender
Ethnicity
Age group
by SERVICE TYPE
Domestic abuse: almost all female, with about 25% working full-time DVPP: good mix of male and female staff Children and Young People (CYP): good mix of male and female staff Mentoring: predominantly female team Housing: all female team Core: Mostly female with some full-time staff and generally over 40yo
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Work pattern
Disability Gender
Ethnicity
Age group
by JOB ROLE
Managers: senior managers and service managers are mostly over 5yo Team Leaders: all female and over 40yo Support workers: mostly female with a wide age range Volunteers: almost all female Core: other core staff including admin; mostly female and work full-time
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Work pattern
Disability Gender
Ethnicity
Age group
5 YEAR TREND
Splitz Support Service
Age group: there is a broad representation of all age groups Disability: the number of employees who have declared a disablity remains constant, but low Ethnicity: the ethnic mix is increasingly white Gender: there has been a major increase in the % of female employees, which reflects the roles Work pattern: part-time employees make up 75% of the posts
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Equality Monitoring Report 2014-2015
RECRUITMENT
Disability Gender
Ethnicity
Age group
• 26 vacancies: including 6 new posts • 115 applicants: 57 people interviewed • 29 people transferred under TUPE
Age group: a fair mix of ages was represented throughout the recruitment process
Ethnicity: 9% of ideclared applicants were BME, 4% of those appointed were BME. (target: 10%)
Disability: 5% of identified applicants declared a disability, 8% of those appointed had a disability. (target: 15%)
Gender: 48% of declared applicants were female, 56% of those appointed were female. (target: 75%)
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RETENTION
Splitz Support Service
• Overall retention 77% (target: 80%) • Overall turnover 30% (target: 20%)
Retention is measured as: number of staff with more than 1 yr service / total number of staff 1 year ago Retention Retention Retention Retention
of of of of
paid staff: 80% sessional posts: 0% * volunteer posts: 73% trustees: 75%
Overall retention: 77% (target: 80%) Overall retention is marginally lower than our target. This is not unexpected given the changes to funding that have impacted on our services. We closed one project this year and 2 others were being wound down and closed at the end of the financial year. Turnover is measured as: number of posts vacated / average number of posts during the year Turnover Turnover Turnover Turnover
of of of of
paid staff: 29% sessional posts: 200% * volunteers: 36% trustees: 26%
Overall turnover: 30% (target: 20%) Overall turnover is considerably higher than our target. The reasons people left were: 18 resigned 2 were dismissed 2 were made redundant 1 died * we have now converted all sessional posts to employed posts
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Disability Gender
Disability: the % of people being appointed with a disability has reduced from a high of 18% to 8%. However, the average for the past 5 years is 13% (target: 11%). Ethnicity: the % of BME appointees has reduced from a high of 27% to 4%. Average for the past 5 years is 14% (target: 9%). Gender: the % of male appointees has reduced from a high of 45% to 44%. Average for the past 5 years is 31% (target: 25%).
Appointees
Age group Ethnicity
5 YEAR SUMMARY
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Splitz Support Service
TREND ANALYSIS • 480 applicants • 171 interviewees • 74 appointments
The 5 year trend analysis has highlighted some areas where we could improve our recruitment. There is scope to improve the number of applications from people with a disability and people from a BME background. Advertising. Vacancies are advertised in a variety of ways, including local media, local websites that target the voluntary sector and specialist websites for the types of roles on offer. We will actively advertise our vacancies on multiple media platforms. We will identify and include local sites promoting opportunities for people with disability and BME sites. Disability. We include the “positive about disabled people” logo on all of our advertising copy. The number of people indicating a disability at application stage is quite low. However, over 40% of applicants provide no equality information at this stage. We will emphasise more strongly the disability commitment on the application form and on the equality monitoring form. BME. 12% of people interviewed are of BME origin. This is much higher than identified at the application stage. However, over 40% of applicants provide no equality information at this stage. The BME mix in most of the counties where we deliver services is low, sometimes less than 1% (eg North Devon, Forest of Dean, Cotswold). We will continue to monitor the number of BME applicants. Overall the age and gender mix is fairly balanced given the range of services we deliver. However, there may be scope to recruit more male volunteers, but given the roles available we may not be able to encourage many new male recruits. We are developing other volunteering roles to support the core work of the charity that may appeal more to male volunteers. We are conscious that many of the areas we work in have an exceptionally high white British popuation (97-99%), but we are also aware of the large pockets where there is a higher BME population (eg Gloucester City, Exeter City, Trowbridge), and work closely with all relevant agencies in these areas.
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STAFF TARGETS Recruitment 2015-2016 Volunteers %
Paid staff %
Overall %
80-90
75-85
75-85
BME applicants
5-15
5-15
5-15
Disabled applicants
5-15
5-15
5-15
Female applicants
Staff mix 2015-2016 Volunteers %
Paid staff %
Trustees %
Overall %
Female
< 90
75-85
40-60
75-85
BME
8-12
8-12
>4
8-12
Disabled
8-15
8-15
>4
8-15
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Splitz Support Service
BENEFICIARIES • 8,915 referrals* • 22 services • 4 counties Referrals
Counties
The figures used in this section are for referrals to our services. While it is possible to provide data on those who take up a service with us, we still have work to do for every referral and feel this gives a better indication of the amount of work undertaken by each service.
Our services were mainly delivered in:
Services
with limited support provided to a few people living across the boundaries in Dorset, Somerset and South Gloucesterhsire.
This year we operated 22 different services across 4 counties. We delivered 9 service types: • Adult domestic abuse outreach • Independent domestic violence advisers (IDVA) • Domestic abuse workshops • Domestic abuse support to children and young people • Concurrent support to parents of children/ young people • Perpetrator programmes • Women’s safety service • Housing related floating support • Mother and baby unit • Mentoring/befriending service
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Wiltshire Gloucestershire Devon Bristol
Demographics The majority of our services are for adults; however, our services for children and young people have increased considerably, and look set to increase again next year. We are able to provide a range of demographic data about the adults who use our services.
* referrals include the total number of referrals to services we operate in partnership
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Age group
Disability
Ethnicity
Gender
OVERALL
Age group: every age group is represented, with over 50% from the 20-39 age range Disability: overall disability is high (19%), but an equally high number â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;not knownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ethnicity: the BME representation (5%) is consistent with the BME population in the rural counties we work in Gender: there is a good representation of males: the representation on DV outreach services
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Disability Gender
Ethnicity
Age group
by SERVICE TYPE
Age group: every age group is represented, in each service Disability: 29% have declared a disability, but ‘not known’ remains high at 24% Ethnicity: 4% have declared their ethnicity as BME, but 18% are ‘not known’
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Gender: there is a fair representation of men on our housing and young people’s services: the DV outreach services have 6% representation by men
Age group
Disability
Ethnicity
Gender
by COUNTY
Age group: every age group is represented in each county Disability: there’s a higher proportion of people with a disability in Devon (25%) compared with average (19%) Ethnicity: there’s a slightly higher than average (4%) BME representation in Gloucestershire (5%): Gloucester city has a high BME population Gender: there’s as much greater than average number of males (16%) in Wiltshire (33%): our housing support and CYP services both have a majority of male participants
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