WORKFORCE SURVEY – THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF OPEN-ENDED RESPONSES

Members considered the paper which sought to provide the Committee with results from the thematic analysis of open-ended responses from Police Scotland’s refreshed 2024 workforce survey.  In addition to the submitted report the following was discussed.  

• The Committee heard that planning is now underway for the next Staff Survey and this will be done alongside the effort being made to ensure the workforce see and feel improvement following the  actions taken since last year’s survey.
• Noting the next survey will be taking place soon, Members are keen to understand if the interventions taken will be reflected in the voice of the workforce.
• An area of interest for the committee is how the Policing Together activity is addressing the challenges encountered by the workforce.  The ACC Policing Together explained that the survey results have been mapped across into the PT action plan and this will feed into the ways in which people see and feel improvements.
• The ACC explained that it was important to make sure the work to respond to the staff voice is visible and to make sure that best practice is shared between Divisions. 
• The Committee is encouraged by the work to make people feel more empowered.
• In response to a question about any known gaps having been identified from the free text, the Acting Director of Strategy & Performance confirmed there were no gaps but lessons have been learned about removing some repetition in the questions.
• DCC Speirs updated the Committee that common themes are being understood now and disaggregated data will support improvement at local level.  It was explained that flexibility of support and approaches at a local level are important because of the variety of different needs and priorities depending on business areas.

Members noted the report.