Community Care Jobs: Our Audience

RBI Jobs Sites – User Profile Survey 2012: Community Care Jobs

User Profile Survey 2012
The Latest research from our online audience


Audience Profiling

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58% of respondents are actively looking for a job

I am a jobseeker, actively
looking for a job
58%

I am a browser. I look at
jobs, but I'm not actively 42% Potential job seekers
applying

I am an employer / recruiter
looking for candidates Excluded from subsequent analysis

Q. Which of the following best describes your job seeking status?

Base: all respondents (419)

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Over half are currently in permanent roles, while 17% are unemployed

Permanent - working full time (30+ hrs per
week)
50%

Unemployed 17%

Temporary / Contractor 11% 59% are in
permanent roles

Permanent- working part time (less than
30 hrs per week)
9%

Student / Recent graduate 9%

Retired 1%

Other 2%

Q. What is your current working status?


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Almost half work for Local Authorities

Local Authority 44%

Private sector organisation 16%

Voluntary organisation 10%

Health authority/NHS/PCT Trust 5%

Local Education Authority 2%

Housing association 2%

Justice system (probation, youth
justice, police, CAFCASS 2%

Central government 1%

Other 16%

Q. Which of the following best describes the organisation you are employed by?


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Service/project/area team office is the most common establishment type
Service/project/area team office 30%
Organisation headquarters 12%
Residential unit 8%
Supported housing 6%
Sure start / Children's centres / Family support 5%
Hospital 5%
University / college 3%
Day care centre 2%
Health centre 2%
School (inc extended school) 2%
Connexions / Youth work 1%
Educational social work development 1%
Youth justice unit 1%
Hospice 0%
Training department 0%
Other 20%

Q. Which of the following best describes the establishment that you work at?


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Respondents most commonly work with Adults

Adults 43%

Children and families 40%

Both 10%

Neither/not applicable 7%

Q. Which of the following client groups do you primarily work with?


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Mental health is the most common area respondents work in
Mental health 40%
Young people 11-25 36%
Learning difficulties 36%
Older people 29%
Physical disabilities 28%
Children 5-10 26%
Families/parenting 25%
Drug related/Substance abuse… 22%
Early years 0-4 21%
Physical health 21%
Alcohol related problems 21%
Fostering/Adoption 16%
Sensory impaired 16%
Homeless 16%
Young offenders/Anti-social behaviour 15%
Special educational needs 13%
Terminal illness 11%
The unemployed 10%
Youth work 9%
School attendance/behaviour 9%
Schedule one offenders 7%
Asylum seekers 7%
HIV/AIDS 6%
No direct client contact 5%
Other 11%

Q. Which of the following areas do you work in?


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Around a quarter of respondents are social workers

Director/Deputy Director/Assistant Director 2%

Area/District/Regional Manager 3%

Head of department/Home/Centre/Unit or Agency 5%

Project/Programme/Team Manager or Leader 9%

Other Manager 7%

Senior practitioner 10%

Practitioner 7%

Senior social worker 5%

Social worker/Key worker/Outreach worker 25%

Youth work/Personal adviser/YOT practitioner 3%

Occupational therapist 1%

Other 25%

Q. Which of the following best describes your current job function?


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30% have been working in social care for 20 years or more

Less than 1 year 4%

15 years on average
1 year - less than 3 years 8%

3 years - less than 6 years 14%





30 years or more 9%

Q. How many years have you been working in the social care sector?


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50% have been in their current role for less than 3 years

Less than 1 year 19%

1 year - less than 3 years 31%



5 years on average



30 years or more 0%

Q. And how many years have you been in your current role?


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The average salary amongst respondents is just over £28k
Under £10,000 7%

£10,000 - £14,999 8%

£15,000 - £19,999 6% Mean average = £28,127
2010 average = £28K
£20,000 - £24,999 8%

£25,000 - £29,999 13%

£30,000 - £39,999 34%

£40,000 - £49,999 12%

£50,000 - £59,999 3%

£60,000 - £69,999 1%
17% earn £40k or more
£70,000 - £79,999 1%

£80,000 - £99,999 0%

£100,000 or more 0%

I'd rather not say 7%

Q. What is your approximate current annual income?


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Around 1 in 5 have a professional qualification

28%
26%

19%
16%

4% 4%
3%

Q. What is your highest qualification?


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Respondents are 46 years Almost three quarters are
old on average female

18-24

25-34 17% Male
26%

35-44 20%

Female
45-54 38% 74%

55-64 21%

65 or
1% Average age= 46 years old
over

Q. How old are you? Q. Are you …?
Base: all respondents (415) Base: all respondents (409)

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Just under half are from the South
Greater London 22%

South East 17%

Midlands 14% South= 45%

North West 12%

Yorkshire & Humberside 10%

South West 6%

East Anglia 6%

Wales 5%

Outside UK (Rest of the world) 3%

North East 3%

Outside UK (Europe) 1%

Scotland 1%

Q. Which region are you based in?


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How users rate our job site

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Around two thirds visit the site at least once a week

More than once a day 5%

Once a day 14%
65% visit the site at
least once a week
Once every 2-3 days 22%

Once a week 24%

Once every 2 weeks 10%

Once a month 15%

Less often 9%

Never 0%

Q. How often do you visit Community Care Jobs?


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Social care jobs sites are considered the most useful source for looking
for a job
Internet - Social care sector job websites (e.g. Community Care 35%
Jobs)
Internet - Social care sector specific websites (e.g.
communitycare.co.uk) 13%
Internet - General job websites (e.g. Totaljobs.com, Monster.co.uk 11%
Internet - Employer websites 11%
Recruitment consultancies 6%
Word of mouth/contacts 5%
Internet - Other 4%
National newspapers 4%
Local/Regional newspapers 4%
Job Centres 4%
Networking/events 2%
Internet - Social Media websites (e.g. LinkedIn) 1%
Other 1%
Social care sector magazines 0%
Other business magazines 0%

Q. Which ONE of the following sources is the most useful to you when looking for a job?


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Almost half of respondents think Community Care Job is the best site
overall
Community Care Jobs 49%

Jobs.guardian.co.uk 19%

Totaljobs.com 6%

Reed.co.uk 4%

Socialcare.co.uk/social-work-jobs 3%

Jobsite.co.uk 3%

Jobsgopublic.com 3%

Monster.co.uk 1%

Greatsocialcare.co.uk 1%

Allcarejobs.co.uk 1%

Britishsocialworkjobs.com 0%

Cypnow.co.uk 0%

Other 9%

Q. Which website do you think is best overall when looking for a job?


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79% of respondents rate the ease of use of the site as excellent or good

The ease of use of the site 29% 50% 16% 2%3%

The speed of the site 25% 51% 19% 2%3%

The design/appearance of the site 21% 53% 19% 3%3%

The relevance of jobs on the site 21% 45% 22% 8% 4%

The number of jobs on the site 22% 49% 21% 5% 3%

The accuracy of the search results 18% 45% 25% 8% 4%

Excellent Good Fair Poor Don't know

Q. How would you rate Community Care Jobs for each of the following factors?

Base: all respondents (various)

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81% of respondents rate the site as excellent or good overall

Excellent 23%

81% excellent
or good

Good 58%

Fair 16%

Poor 4%

Q. What is your overall opinion of Community Care Jobs?


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81% of respondents feel the new site is better than the previous version
of Community Care Jobs

Much better than the previous site 35%

81%
improved

A little better than the previous site 46%

About the same as the previous
site 18%

A little worse than the previous site 1%

A lot worse than the previous site 2%

Q. And, overall how would you rate the new Community Care Jobs site compared to the previous site?

Base: all respondents able to compare the new and previous sites (318)

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