Response 3618771
Response to request for information
Reference
3618771
Response date
21 January 2025
Request
- How many days of paid and/or unpaid leave per year can staff who are carers take?
- When were the last changes made to the hours/days registered carers can take and what change was made?
- Is your organisation a Carer Confident employer?
- How many staff members are registered carers in your organisation?
- How many days of paid and/or unpaid carer’s leave were taken on average per registered carer in 2023 and 2024?
- Was an Equality Impact Assessment completed for the policy?
- Was the policy reviewed alongside related policies, such as flexible working arrangements?
- Do managers receive training on the nature of being a carer and how best to support staff’s individual needs?
- If there is training, is it mandatory?
- Is there a Carers Network in the organisation? If there is, does it have a senior sponsor and what is their role within the organisation?
- Please provide a copy of your carers leave policy as a PDF and email/direct me to the policy. If there is not a stand-alone document, please provide the policies that contain and reference this, such as special leave or time off for dependants and a copy/link.
- Was the carer’s leave policy, or the policies that contain and reference this, co-produced with staff?
Response
- How many days of paid and/or unpaid leave per year can staff who are carers take?
Our Carer's Leave policy states that carers can take a weeks leave unpaid every 12 months.
All employees can take paid leave in line with our Dependants policy. Number of days is not stipulated - reasonable amount of time off in the circumstances. No limit on the number of times as employee can be absent from work under this right has been set.
- When were the last changes made to the hours/days registered carers can take and what change was made?
The Carer's Leave Policy was implemented in April 2024 to enable up to 1 week unpaid leave for Carers
The paid dependants leave has been in place for many years for all employees and has not changed, as the number of hours/days has never been fixed.
- Is your organisation a Carer Confident employer?
Yes
- How many staff members are registered carers in your organisation?
16 staff have come forward as identifying themselves as unpaid carers.
- How many days of paid and/or unpaid carer’s leave were taken on average per registered carer in 2023 and 2024?
Unpaid carers leave.
2023 - none
2024 - 5 days
Paid dependants leave - Details not known as dependant leave taken does not show if this is due to being an unpaid carer or other situation.
- Was an Equality Impact Assessment completed for the policy?
Yes
- Was the policy reviewed alongside related policies, such as flexible working arrangements?
Yes
- Do managers receive training on the nature of being a carer and how best to support staff’s individual needs?
A training session was delivered to our managers by Nottinghamshire Carers Association.
- If there is training, is it mandatory?
The training was delivered at our Leadership Forum which is a mandatory attendance for managers
- Is there a Carers Network in the organisation? If there is, does it have a senior sponsor and what is their role within the organisation?
We have Carers Champions in place one of which is a Head of Service. Deputy Chief Executive is the senior sponsor
- Please provide a copy of your carers leave policy as a PDF and email/direct me to the policy. If there is not a stand-alone document, please provide the policies that contain and reference this, such as special leave or time off for dependants and a copy/link.
- Was the carer’s leave policy, or the policies that contain and reference this, co-produced with staff?
This was a new policy. New policies are shared with our Employee Liaison Group and shared with Unions