Forum Central HR Survey

This survey was developed following discussions at a member meeting. A group of Forum Central members would like to build a better informed picture of staffing in Leeds organisations. The aim is to help us to understand any developing common issues and then consider how we might address them. It also supports the confidence to speak out if needed when this is done together. Local commissioners are now starting to say they want to better understand any developing pressures.
We encourage you to take part.

The results from this survey will feed into a newly created Third Sector Risk Register coordinated by Third Sector Leeds and be analysed and used as evidence for HR related purposes to discuss with local commissioners, decision makers and support organisations/networks in the city. All this will be on an anonymous basis and organisations will not be identified.

Please answer the following questions based just on employees and services based in Leeds.

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* 1. I confirm that I am aware that Aspire CBS is administering this survey on behalf of Volition/Forum Central and that Aspire CBS will provide analysis of the survey responses to Volition/Forum Central.

Yes

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* 2. I agree that the data collected in this survey will be shared with Volition in order to support member records

Yes

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* 3. Which of the following communities is the main focus of the work you do?

Learning Disabilities and Autism

Mental health and well-being

Older people

Physical and/or Sensory Impairment

Other (please specify)

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* 4. How many employees do you have? (headcount for Leeds)

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* 5. How many vacant posts do you currently have? (just Leeds please)

1 - 2

3 - 6

7 - 10

11 - 20

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How many employees have left your organisation in the last 12 months?
(just Leeds please)

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* 7. How many new staff have you employed in the last 12 months?
(just Leeds please)

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* 8. Is your organisation an accredited Real Living Wage employer?

Yes

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* 9. How many of your employees are paid less than the 20/21 Real Living Wage (£9.50ph)?
(just Leeds please)

1 - 5

6 - 10

11 - 20

21 - 50

51 - 100

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What percentage (to the nearest 10%) of your organisation's income comes from the funders below.
(just Leeds services please)

The total of all 3 responses should be 100:

LCC

NHS

Other funders

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* 11. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services?
(please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)

HR Issues

We are not experiencing any increased HR issue

We are finding recruiting staff with the right skills and experience more difficult

Recruitment of staff is taking longer than usual with multiple recruitment cycles needed

We are finding it more difficult to retain staff

We have lost staff to work in different sectors due to pay levels/burnout

Our ongoing recruitment is now resulting in a net loss of staff month on month

We are finding it increasingly difficult to pay competitive salaries at multiple levels across the organisation

We are not making year on year progress in meeting the Leeds commitment to pay at least the Real Living Wage to staff

We pay the Real Living Wage but will find it difficult to maintain this as costs rise

We have already taken multiple steps to improve the recruitment and retention of staff outside the pay levels we are able to offer

Other (please specify)

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* 12. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services?
(please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)

Impact/Barriers

We do not anticipate significant increased barriers or changes in impact to our service delivery

The staff that have left us take with them valuable knowledge and experience which is now more difficult to replace

The staff we are recruiting do not have the full skills and experience we require so our knowledge and skills base is taking considerably longer to re-establish

The complexity of our work is increasing in turn causing significant additional strain on delivery and staff coordination capacity

Our vaccination rate is below the national figure of 85% in residential care

We anticipate the introduction of vaccination regulations in the wider sector would significantly affect our staff retention

We are having to use agency staff to meet our service delivery requirements

We want to do more to improve diversity across our organisation but the resource to action this is hard to secure

Staff mental well-being is being adversely impacted

We have at least one contract/grant which does not support the increases in pay we now anticipate we will need to make to respond to developing recruitment issues

We cannot move our staff to salaried posts from zero hours contracts due to the associated costs

The timing of our annual review with commissioners (and associated annual budget setting delays) will cause us payroll difficulties when the national living wage increases to £9.50ph in April 2022

We are finding it increasingly difficult to win new contracts and tenders as we are not able to pay Real Living Wage for current staff

Additional direct/indirect costs will proportionally develop for us if service delivery is reduced/economised e.g. staff travel time, COVID safety processes or part time role numbers increase

Other (please specify)

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* 13. If you are happy to be contacted about further HR related information in the future then please leave your contact details below. This is entirely optional and will not form part of any report. You may withdraw your contact details or opt-out of such communications at any time.
Any contact details provided will be passed to Volition/Forum Central when the survey ends and will not be retained by Aspire CBS.

Your name (optional)

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* 1. I confirm that I am aware that Aspire CBS is administering this survey on behalf of Volition/Forum Central and that Aspire CBS will provide analysis of the survey responses to Volition/Forum Central.

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* 2. I agree that the data collected in this survey will be shared with Volition in order to support member records

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* 3. Which of the following communities is the main focus of the work you do?

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* 4. How many employees do you have? (headcount for Leeds)

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* 5. How many vacant posts do you currently have? (just Leeds please)

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* 6. How many employees have left your organisation in the last 12 months?
(just Leeds please)

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* 7. How many new staff have you employed in the last 12 months?
(just Leeds please)

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* 8. Is your organisation an accredited Real Living Wage employer?

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* 9. How many of your employees are paid less than the 20/21 Real Living Wage (£9.50ph)?
(just Leeds please)

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* 10. What percentage (to the nearest 10%) of your organisation's income comes from the funders below.
(just Leeds services please)

The total of all 3 responses should be 100:

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* 11. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services?
(please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)

HR Issues

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* 12. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services?
(please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)

Impact/Barriers

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* 14. Your email address (optional)

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* 15. Your organisation (optional)

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* 1. I confirm that I am aware that Aspire CBS is administering this survey on behalf of Volition/Forum Central and that Aspire CBS will provide analysis of the survey responses to Volition/Forum Central.

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* 2. I agree that the data collected in this survey will be shared with Volition in order to support member records

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* 3. Which of the following communities is the main focus of the work you do?

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* 4. How many employees do you have? (headcount for Leeds)

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* 5. How many vacant posts do you currently have? (just Leeds please)

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* 6. How many employees have left your organisation in the last 12 months?(just Leeds please)

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* 7. How many new staff have you employed in the last 12 months?(just Leeds please)

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* 8. Is your organisation an accredited Real Living Wage employer?

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* 9. How many of your employees are paid less than the 20/21 Real Living Wage (£9.50ph)? (just Leeds please)

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* 10. What percentage (to the nearest 10%) of your organisation's income comes from the funders below.(just Leeds services please)The total of all 3 responses should be 100:

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* 11. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services? (please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)HR Issues

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* 12. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services? (please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)Impact/Barriers

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* 14. Your email address (optional)

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* 15. Your organisation (optional)

* 6. How many employees have left your organisation in the last 12 months?
(just Leeds please)

* 7. How many new staff have you employed in the last 12 months?
(just Leeds please)

* 9. How many of your employees are paid less than the 20/21 Real Living Wage (£9.50ph)?
(just Leeds please)

* 10. What percentage (to the nearest 10%) of your organisation's income comes from the funders below.
(just Leeds services please)

The total of all 3 responses should be 100:

* 11. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services?
(please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)

HR Issues

* 12. What are the current issues for your organisation in relation to recruitment, retention, pay and their impact in your Leeds services?
(please select as many categories as apply to your organisation)

Impact/Barriers