Indicator 5
Relative likelihood of directly employed staff from a minority ethnic background accessing funded non-mandatory continuous professional development (CPD) in the last 12 months, compared to White staff
| - | Total | Adult social care | Children's social care |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of employees of White ethnicity accessing funded non-mandatory CPD | 60% | 68% | 51% |
| Percentage of employees of Black, Asian or minority ethnicity accessing funded non-mandatory CPD | 63% | 79% | 48% |
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Relative likelihood of employees of Black, Asian or minority ethnicity accessing funded non- mandatory CPD in the last 12 months, compared to employees of White ethnicity |
1.06 | 1.16 | 0.94 |
What does the data tell us?
- the relative likelihood of directly employed staff from a minority ethnic background accessing funded non-mandatory continuous professional development in the last 12 months ending 24 October 2025 across all posts compared to staff with a White ethnicity is 1.06 (1.12 in 2024)
- therefore, staff with a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background were no more or less relatively less likely to access CPD, this being consistent with previous years
- there was little difference between Adults and Children’s at 1.16 (1.12 in 2024) and 0.94 (1.16 in 2024) times less respectively
What have we achieved?
- Human Resources Management Information have now created a report that will provide demographic data for all training including ethnicity. This report can be run for any identified course and enable production of a consolidated report for all training activity
- tracking and review of the take-up of the Degree Level Social Work Apprenticeships by Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, informed promotion and targeting of opportunities where under representation evident for global majority and male staff
What we are working towards?
- to continue track experience of NQSWs as part of ASYE programme
- to continue to track and routinely review the take-up of Apprenticeships by Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff on annual basis. Using this information to inform promotion and targeting of opportunities
- to continue to track and routinely review the take up of all post qualifying social work programmes i.e. Practice Education, BIA and AMHP by Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff on annual basis. Using this information to inform promotion and targeting of opportunities
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