Employer Survey: Supporting Unpaid Carers in the Workplace

We Care You Care is a communication and campaigns platform designed to raise awareness of unpaid care and direct South Tees carers and professionals to the range of local support and provision. We are passionate about creating carer friendly communities to reduce adverse impacts caring roles can have on individuals.

We are conducting this survey to understand how employers currently support unpaid carers in the workplace and what measures they are willing to consider to better accommodate working carers. Your responses will help shape future policies and resources to support both employers and employees. The survey should take no more than 5 minutes to complete.

Company Information

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* 1. Company name (optional)

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* 2. Number of employees

Awareness and Identification

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* 3. Are you aware of any employees in your organisation who are unpaid carers?

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* 4. Does your organisation have a formal process for employees to identify themselves as unpaid carers? i.e Carers Passport/ Embedded in Supervision/ Appraisals

Current Support for Working Carers

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* 5. What types of support does your organisation currently offer to employees who are unpaid carers? (Select all that apply)

Specific carer policies and procedures

Flexible working

Carers leave

Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP's)

Carer Passport

Carer networks and peer support groups

Workplace champion

Other (please specify)

Willingness to Improve Support

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* 6. Would your organisation consider implementing or enhancing support for unpaid carers?

Yes

Maybe

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* 7. What additional support would your organisation be open to considering?

Barriers to Support

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* 8. What are the biggest challenges to providing more support to unpaid carers in your workforce? (Select all that apply)

Time

Finances

Knowledge and information

Resources

Don't know

Other (please specify)

Additional Feedback

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* 9. Do you have any suggestions or comments on how workplaces can better support unpaid carers?

Working Together to Become Carer Friendly

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* 10. If you would like to speak with a member of our team about how your organisation can implement simple changes to become more carer friendly, please leave your name, email address and telephone number below.

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Thank you for your time and input. Your responses will contribute to developing better resources for employers and working carers across the South Tees.