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WRES Metrics

Data (broken down by ethnicity) as at 31 March 2022

Metric 1

Percentage of B.A.M.E. staff in each of the council pay bands compared with the percentage of staff in the rest of the workforce.

  Adult Social Care Children's Social Care
Total 110 (80%) 28 (20%) 131 (56%) 101 (44%)
Pay Band No. (%)
White		 No. (%)
B.A.M.E.		 No. (%)
White		 No. (%)
B.A.M.E.
Under £25k 36 (84%) 7 (16%) 28 (61%) 18 (39%)
£25k to £29,999 4 (67%) 2 (33%) 7 (70%) 3 (30%)
£30k to £34,999 17 (77%) 5 (23%) 11 (41%) 17 (62%)
£35k to £39,999 22 (85%) 4 (15%) 22 (67%) 11 (33%)
£40k to £44,999 12 (60%) 8 (40%) 22 (69%) 10 (31%)
£45k to £49,999 8 (100%) 0 (0%) 18 (53%) 16 (47%)
£50k to £59,999 6 (86%) 1 (14%) 16 (41%) 23 (59%)
£60k to £69,999 2 (67%) 1 (33%) 5 (62%) 3 (38%)
£70k to £79,999 1 (88%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (100%)
£80k to £89,999 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
£90k to £99,999 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
£100k and over 2 (100%) 0 (0%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%)

Metric 2

Comparative rate of B.A.M.E. staff being appointed from shortlisting.

  • 278 applicants shortlisted - 16 from Adult Social Care and 262 from Children’s Social Care) with 111 appointed (97 of these from Children’s Social Care)
  • From Adult Social Care, from the 16 staff shortlisted, 4 were from an ethnic minority group (25%), 3 were then appointed (21%). Low numbers recruited into Adult Social Care make it difficult to draw a conclusion
  • From Children’s Social Care, from the 262 staff shortlisted, 151 were from an ethnic minority group (58%), and 55 were appointed (57%), which suggests a fair recruitment process

Metric 3

Comparative rate of B.A.M.E. staff entering the formal disciplinary process.

Due to low numbers  (less than 5) this data has been suppressed from publication.

Metric 4

Comparative rate of B.A.M.E. staff entering the fitness to practice process.

Due to low numbers (less than 5) this data has been suppressed from publication.

Metric 5

Comparative rate of B.A.M.E. staff accessing funded non-mandatory CPD as compared to white staff.

Of those accessing funded non-mandatory CPD, from Adult Social Care 18% were from an ethnic minority group and 72% white and 10% were unknown.

From Children’s Social Care 38% were from an ethnic minority group and 49% white and 13% were unknown.

Collate data for any employees whose ethnicity is unknown.

Metric 6

Percentage of B.A.M.E. staff experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse from service users, relatives or the public in last 12 months.

Due to low numbers (less than 5) this data has been suppressed from publication.

However, we will remind staff of the process to be followed to log incidents of harassment, bullying or abuse so that the figures from our HR System are more accurate. It is also important that information is available so that a follow up can be made to help resolve issues and/or take formal action where appropriate.

Metric 7

Percentage of B.A.M.E. staff experiencing harassment, bullying or abuse in the last 12 months from;

a. Colleague
b. Manager

Due to low numbers (less than 5) this data has been suppressed from publication.

However, we will remind staff of the process to be followed to log incidents of harassment, bullying or abuse so that the figures from our HR System are more accurate. It is also important that information is available so that a follow up can be made to help resolve issues and/or take formal action where appropriate.

Metric 8

Comparative rate of B.A.M.E. employees leaving the organisation during the last year.

From Adult Social Care, there were 30 leavers, 18 of these were white, 4 from B.A.M.E. and 8 with unknown ethnicity.

From Children’s Social Care, there were 66 leavers, 25 of these were white, 35 from B.A.M.E. and 6 with unknown ethnicity.

B.A.M.E. leavers from Adult  Social Care is 13% of the total leavers which compares favourably to B.A.M.E. % of the Adult Social Care workforce at 17%.

B.A.M.E. leavers from Children’s Social Care is 53% of the total leavers which compared to the Children’s Social Care workforce at 37% is high. However, 14% of the workforce have not provided their ethnicity yet, which may increase the % of the workforce that is B.A.M.E.

We are aiming to capture details of all staff’s ethnicity to ensure accuracy of data.

Metric 9

Percentage difference between organisations’ senior management membership and its overall workforce.

0% of the Adult Social Care senior management team are from B.A.M.E. are from B.A.M.E.

20% of the Children’s Social Care Senior Leadership team are from B.A.M.E.