Indicator 1
Percentage of directly employed staff from a minority ethnic background within each pay band, compared with the percentage of White staff
| Ethnicity |
% within pay band: less than £40,000 |
% within pay band: £40,000 to £79,999 |
% within pay band: £80,000 and over |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 62% | 62% | 89% |
| Mixed or multiple ethnicities | 3% | 5% | 0% |
| Asian or Asian British | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| Black, African, Caribbean or Black British | 18% | 11% | 0% |
| Other ethnicity | 0% | 1% | 0% |
| Ethnicity not known | 4% | 9% | 0% |
What does the data tell us?
- we need to continue to work to reduce the level of ‘not known’ ethnicity responses to employee data to provide a more accurate levels of information with attention to where percentage of unknowns is higher e.g. children’s senior practitioners and first line management
- our workforce is diversifying from last year, but we still need to increase ethnic diversity at middle and senior manager levels
What we have achieved?
- We are steadily increasing our percentage of employees that we hold EDI data for. Workforce D&I dashboard has been developed to provide a more dynamic view of our workforce profile
- supporting ethnic minority career progression including Ignite & I Will Accelerate positive action programmes when advertised. Talent development resources such as Coaching Culture, the West Midlands Coaching and Mentoring Pool & the Learning Hub
- diversity based mentoring and shadowing opportunities
What we are working towards?
- we need to continue to encourage staff to complete their protected characteristics data
- we need to continue to support and monitor uptake from adults and children’s colleagues of any available positive action programmes
- ongoing actions to support ethnic minority career development and progression, making use of internal applications, secondment and acting up approaches for vacancies
- create and track opportunities for staff to shadow and learn through exposure to more senior level conversations and meetings e.g. project teams and steering groups in adults and children’s services
- development of a ‘Working for You’ Council campaign, to include producing videos on a day in life of social worker, ensuring diversity in representation
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