Recruitment and Retention in the Post-16 Learning and Skills Sector

Q23a) How many vacancies for staff working with offender learners,either in prisons or from probation services are proving hard-to-fill?WRITE IN EXACT FIGURECATI CHECK: MUST BE LESS OR EQUAL TO ANSWER AT Q21IF RESPONDENT IS UNSURE, PROMPT FOR APPROXIMATE NUMBER OR BESTESTIMATE IF STILL DON’T KNOW, ASK THE FOLLOWING (and code first which applies):Is it:• None• 1 - 5• 6 -10• 11 -15• 16 - 20• 21 - 25• More than 25• Don’t know24) What are the main causes of these hard-to-fill vacancies? CODE ASMANY AS APPLYa) Too much competition from other employersb) Not enough people interested in doing this type of jobc) Poor terms and conditions (e.g. pay) offered for postd) Low number of applicants with the required skills (*)e) Low number of applicants with the required attitude, motivation orpersonalityf) Low number of applicants generallyg) Lack of work experience the organisation demands (*)h) Lack of qualifications the organisation demands (*)i) Poor career progression / lack of prospectsj) Job entails shift work/unsociable hoursk) Seasonal workl) Remote location/poor public transportm) Other (WRITE IN)n) No particular reasono) Don’t knowASK IF CODES g-h AT Q24, OTHER GO TO Q2725) Are you finding these vacancies hard-to-fill because….READOUTa) Applicants have not been of sufficient qualityb) There have been few or no applicantsc) Or for both of these reasonsd) DO NOT READ OUT: Neither of these reasonse) Don’t know