UNIT 11 interview schedule

Interview schedule

Throughout this interview I am going to be asking about many different things involving your job, Sector, Role, Daily duties, Shifts, and many other different things all relating to the job you do. I will then move on to ask about pay and pensions, any of the questions you feel are private you don’t have to answer.

1. Which sector of employment does your job fall under?

The statutory sector - is also known as the public sector which includes organisations set up by acts of parliament, controlled and funded by the government; these services are compulsory.

Yes

The independent sector – operated independently of national or local government organisations in which service provisions must comply with legislation and government guidelines services are known as private, profit making providers.

Yes

The voluntary sector – Services and jobs which come under here are private but they are not ran to make a profit from, known as non-profit organisations

Yes

2. Explain in your own words what daily duties your job requires you to do (What do you do)?

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3. What is a typical working shift for your job?

Early shifts – from (7.15am to 3.15pm)

Late shifts - from (1.15pm to 9.15pm)

Night shifts – from (9pm to 7.30am)

Other; if other please state below:

Start _______ Finish________

4. Are your contracted hours full-time (up to 40 hours per week) or part-time (up to 20 hours per week)?

Full-time Part-time

Please state how many hours you think you work per week

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5. Does your job involve you doing any overtime and if yes how much?

Yes ______________Hours

No I don’t do any overtime

6. Does your job involve flexitime and do you think the hours you work are flexible? If so how

7. Does your job involve taking part in any training? what opportunities does this give you?

Yes __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Does your job involve achieving a promotion, if so do you think you will achieve this within your job?

Yes No

9. What kind of promotions does your job allow you to progress to? _____________________________________________________________________
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10. Within your job do you communicate with other health professionals?

Yes No

Social workers Physiotherapists

Nurses ...

This is a preview of the whole essay

8. Does your job involve achieving a promotion, if so do you think you will achieve this within your job?

Yes No

10. Within your job do you communicate with other health professionals?

Yes No

Social workers Physiotherapists

Nurses Paramedic

Care assistants Audiologist and hearing therapists
General practitioners Health visitors

Other care workers Pharmacists

Other_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

11. What qualifications do you need to have to do the job you do? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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12. Within the future, do you plan on changing your job role to something else? If so to what?

Yes

to________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest) how much job satisfaction do you receive?

(Lowest) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Highest)

14. What are the main things you like and dislike about your job? Please list in the spaces below

Like______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Dislike________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

15. How much responsibility does your job involve? Please tick the box below

Very high High Average A little None

16. Due to having the amount of responsibility, do you think this causes you stress and if so how?

17. What are some of the responsibilities you have within your job?

18. What other part of your job could cause you stress?

19. How long have you been working in this job?

Less than 1 year 5-7 years

1-3 years 7-10 years

3-5 years

If more how long________________________________

20. Have you always wanted to be in the job you’re in now?

Yes

No I

I wanted to do … ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

21. In all jobs, there is certain legislation put in place which an employee and employee is required to follow, how do you as an employee put these acts into practice?

Race religions Act 1967 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Sex Discrimination Act
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Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981

22. Are there any other legislation you are required to follow as part of your job?

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23. Do you feel your job is based on client outcome? How?

Yes No

24. Do you feel you experience any positive client outcomes within your job? (E.g. seeing a client gets well again) If so, please list any in the space below

Positive outcomes _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The following questions may come across as more personal, if you don’t feel comfortable with them please feel free to leave them blank

25. Many jobs are rated through public approval (liked by the public), do you feel the job you do is valued by the public and why do you feel this?

Yes No

Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

26. How high do you feel your job is approved on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest)

(Lowest) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (Highest)

27. Would you say the amount of holidays you are entitled to per year are reasonable and to what standard?

Very reasonable

Reasonable

Average

Poor

Very poor

28. How many days holiday altogether are you entitled to per year?

______________________ Days per year

29. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being the least reasonable and 5 being the highest) do you think the amount of holidays you get per year are reasonable?

(Least) 1 2 3 4 5 (Most)

30. Are you involved in a state pension?

Yes No Don’t know what this is

31. Do you pay into your own private pension, or been given the opportunity to do so?

If so please can you tell me how much?

Yes I pay £_______ per __________

32. Roughly what is your net pay overall each month?

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33. Do you feel that you are paid enough for the job you do, if no why?

Yes

No _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

34. Relating to the job sector, this can determine whether your job is safer than others e.g. a job in the statutory sector is safer than those in the private as there is a bigger demand for those in those in the statutory. How secure do you feel your job is? And why do you think this?

Highly secure Secure Fairly safe Fairly unsafe High risk of loosing job

35. Do you think your job is managed well by your management team? Why?

Very poor

Poor

Average

High

Very high

36. On a scale of 1 to 5(1 being poor and 5 being high) would you say you are treat as equally as other care workers by the management?

(Poor) 1 2 3 4 5 (High)

37. Does you job involve a lot of choice, having the right to make decisions without consulting your manager first?

Yes No

If yes could you list some of the choices you are able to make?

38. If a situation becomes distressing how much social support do you receive?

A great deal A fair amount Average Fairly poor None

39. Does your job involve being observed at any time? E.g. Carrying out assessments

Yes No

40. Does this affect your psychological security in anyway? Are there any other factors within your job that cause your psychological security to lack?

40. Working with other health practitioners man increase the level of social contact within your job? How far do you agree with this statement?

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Don’t know

41. When carrying out your daily duties does this help to improve your stimulation and occupation levels? How?

Yes

How?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for completing my questionnaire interview