Employment survey: An inclusive research project

Employment Survey from the Frontline.

Oct 10, 2016

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Lisa and Stephen did a survey with their support team and colleagues
They found out people’s experience in paid work
They also found out how people get on in unpaid work
They provided the results in the survey below

Work is one of the most important parts of life for many people. In Eolas, we are always discussing our jobs and experiences of the world of work. We decided to research these issues in more detail.

With the support of the staff we decided to find out about where, when and for how long people were working.

The survey was divided into three different parts:

Designing the questionnaires and deciding what questions to ask
Interviewing all the service users in Eolas
Analysis of the data

Some of the questions we asked were:

How many hours they worked?
How long they were working in their jobs?
If they wanted more or less work.

We also wanted to find out about the unpaid work experience and voluntary work.

The longest part was when we had to fill in every questionnaire, as they were 42 clients. We took the time to adapt the questions when it was necessary and to organise our times according to each client timetable.

Finally, we had to analyse the data. We got support from the staff to do the statistics by using graphics. It showed very clearly all the results.

The results of the survey were very interesting. Some of the things we found out were that the majority of the people are looking for more hours of work, but the most of them already have a job. Some people also wanted to explore more the Voluntary area of work.

The data is presented in a very accessible and visual way which makes the findings easy to follow. We showed our findings to Jerry Buckley, manager at Connect Employment. He was very impressed and delighted with the work. He asked if we could do the research in other SHS units for his staff to see. We also hope to make a PowerPoint presentation about our findings and present it to Connect Staff.

To conclude, we think the best way to work on people’s needs is to get to know what they are first. We think there’s nobody better to speak for us than ourselves.

EOLAS JOB SURVEY

We decided that the results of this Survey could be useful for everyone in the organization to know so we are preparing an article for the Sunbeam Times.

RESULTS

CLIENT ID	WORK: YES/NO	HOW MANY HOURS	MORE WORK REQUIRED: YES /NO	LESS WORK REQUIRED	CHANGE OF JOB REQUIRED
1	No	–	Yes	No	No
2	Yes	2:30 hs	Yes	No	No
3	Yes	2 hs	No	No	No
4	No	None	Yes	No	No
5	Yes	2 hs	No	No	No
6	Yes	2 hs	Yes	Yes	Yes. In a Hair dresser
7	yes	4 hs	No	No	Yes. Working with kids or old people
8	No	–	No	No	None
9	Yes	2 hs	Yes	No	No
10	Yes	2 hs	Yes	No	No
11	Yes	3 hs	Yes	Yes	No
12	No	–	Yes	Yes	Shop
13	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	Shop
14	Yes	1:45 hs	Yes	No	Yes. Car Wash
15	Yes	2 hs	Yes	No	No
16	Yes	2 hs	Yes	No	Yes. In a Shop
17	No	–	No	No	Yes. A cleaning job
18	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	Yes. Office paper work
19	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	Yes. More Hair Dresser
20	Yes	9 hs	Yes	No	Yes. One shift more in my work
21	Yes	16 hs	Yes	No	no more pay
22	Yes	4 hs	No	No	No
23	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	No
24	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	Yes. The guards
25	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	Yes. Care taking
26	Yes	9 hs	No	No	Yes. In a Flower shop
27	No	–	Yes	No	More work in Tesco
28	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	More work in Hair Dresser
29	Yes	2:30 hs	Yes	No	Yes. Centra
30	Yes	12:30 hs	Yes	No	No more pay
31	No	–	Yes	No	Yes. In a Shop Clothes
32	Yes	5 hs	Yes	No	More pay job in Tesco
33	No	–	Yes	No	Yes. In an Office job
34	Yes	8 hs	No	No	No
35	Yes	2 hs	Yes	No	No
36	Yes	9 hs	No	No	No
37	Yes	3 hs	Yes	No	Yes
38	Yes	1 hs	Yes	No	No
39	No	–	Yes	No	Yes
40	No	–	Yes	No	Yes. In Child Care
41	Yes	19 hs	No	No	No
42	Yes	1 hs	No	No	No
43	Yes	–	No	No	No