Are feedback forms robust enough? We have had feedback from staff events which have included training. Personal development objectives are identified as a team. Red: 0 Some work needs to be done through appraisal. My training needs Training and development Amber: 1 identified in my objectives. weren’t opportunities are taken up 3.3 Green Green: 10 Pleased that staff as a whole and staff as a characteristic are no and positively evaluated by Purple: 2 different. all staff Information on training opportunities is included in the staff bulletin. Do we only promote it in a way that might discriminate against any groups with protected characteristics? know what staff are doing. Don’t ‘all’ Some people might have difficulty in travelling to training. This presumably refers to external and internal abuse, harassment and bullying. Telephone calls can be abusive. Can give people warnings but cannot stop them from calling. Hostility from people about funding requests. Difficult to address as quite subjective. What are the perceptions it’s of bullying? When at work, staff are Red: 1 Might be quite useful to test out processes. free from abuse, Amber: 6 Just because there is no formal case work, mean it doesn’t doesn’t 3.4 Amber harassment, bullying and Green: 6 happen. violence from any source Purple: 0 29% of people in the survey said they have experienced it. Can never rule it out. Cannot always predict types of harassment and abuse, especially in the community so not possible to protect against every eventuality. Always a personal always guarantee what we feel is thing. Can’t bullying. have the formal number of cases to interrogate. Don’t Have seen it in a variety of formats. the flexible working policy was open to everyone. Flexible working options Red: 0 Didn’t realise Flexible working applies within certain 3.5 are available to all staff Green Amber: 1 boundaries. Couldn’t say someone could start work at 3am. consistent with the needs Green: 8
3.3 Training and development opportunities are taken up and positively evaluated by all staff Green Red: 0 Amber: 1 Green: 10 Purple: 2 Are feedback forms robust enough? We have had feedback from staff events which have included training. Personal development objectives are identified as a team. Some work needs to be done through appraisal. My training needs weren’t identified in my objectives. Pleased that staff as a whole and staff as a characteristic are no different. Information on training opportunities is included in the staff bulletin. Do we only promote it in a way that might discriminate against any groups with protected characteristics? Don’t know what ‘all’ staff are doing. Some people might have difficulty in travelling to training. 3.4 When at work, staff are free from abuse, harassment, bullying and violence from any source Amber Red: 1 Amber: 6 Green: 6 Purple: 0 This presumably refers to external and internal abuse, harassment and bullying. Telephone calls can be abusive. Can give people warnings but cannot stop them from calling. Hostility from people about funding requests. Difficult to address as it’s quite subjective. What are the perceptions of bullying? Might be quite useful to test out processes. Just because there is no formal case work, doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen. 29% of people in the survey said they have experienced it. Can never rule it out. Cannot always predict types of harassment and abuse, especially in the community so not possible to protect against every eventuality. Always a personal thing. Can’t always guarantee what we feel is bullying. Don’t have the formal number of cases to interrogate. Have seen it in a variety of formats. 3.5 Flexible working options are available to all staff consistent with the needs Green Red: 0 Amber: 1 Green: 8 Didn’t realise the flexible working policy was open to everyone. Flexible working applies within certain boundaries. Couldn’t say someone could start work at 3am.
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