Fair Start Scotland employability service - year 4: online survey results

Findings from a series of three short online surveys with participants of Fair Start Scotland (FSS) employability service. Surveys focused on experiences of in-work support, of re-joining FSS and on support for parents. The report covers year 4 (April 2021 to March 2022) of FSS.


Footnotes

1. The majority of Covid-19 related restrictions were lifted with the end of April 2022 in Scotland.

2. Best Start, Bright Futures Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-2026: Annex 5

3. Best Start, Bright Futures Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-2026: Annex 5

4. Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary, May 2022

5. Scotland's Devolved Employment Services: statistical summary. November 2022

6. Please note that for Survey 1, survey participants were asked if there was anything that the service could have done better to support them to stay in-work

7. Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 1: implementation and early delivery review; Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 2: overview of year one; Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 3: year two – overview; Fair Start Scotland evaluation report 4: year 3 overview.

8. Please note that survey participants were able to select more than one reason for not taking up offer of in-work support

9. Please note that seven survey participants selected both "No" and "Hard to say / Don't know" in response to the question "Have you noticed any changes or differences to how the Fair Start Scotland service is being delivered since you re-joined?". These responses were recoded into "Hard to say / Don't know".

10. Please note that in Survey 1 this questions was not included, and instead survey participants were asked what the service could have done better to supper them once they started on a job (See section: 3.4).

Contact

Email: EmployabilityResearch@gov.scot

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