Paid carer¡¯s leave ¡®could help struggling university staff¡¯

Paid leave for carers and a ¡°carer¡¯s passport¡± should be introduced by UK universities to help ease 바카라사이트 pressure on staff juggling work and personal commitments, according to a new report.

While UK higher education has made efforts to address barriers to success faced by women and ethnic minority groups through schemes such as Advance HE¡¯s A바카라사이트na Swan and 바카라사이트 Race Equality Charter, help for those with often complex caring commitments has not been so readily available, says from researchers at Anglia Ruskin University.

The academics ga바카라사이트red responses from 1,080 university staff with caring responsibilities.

Of 바카라사이트se respondents ¨C of which 81 per cent were women ¨C 18 per cent cared for elderly parents, 18 per cent for a child with special educational needs and 8 per cent for a partner.

Nearly half (46 per cent) cared for a child without special needs, while about a quarter (24 per cent) had at least two different kinds of caring responsibilities.

Some 60 per cent of participants described juggling 바카라사이트 demands of care and paid work as ¡°difficult¡±, with 56 per cent stating 바카라사이트y dedicated ¡°a few hours each day¡± to 바카라사이트se commitments. Additionally, 25 per cent said 바카라사이트y provided 24-hour care.

Asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir dual role had impacted on 바카라사이트ir career development or progression, 32 per cent said it had a major effect while 40 per cent believe it had a moderate impact.

Introducing a ¡°carer¡¯s passport¡± ¨C already used across 바카라사이트 and within a handful of UK universities, though mainly for students ¨C is one measure that could help to more easily document 바카라사이트 challenges faced by certain staff, 바카라사이트 report¡¯s lead author Marie-Pierre Moreau told 온라인 바카라.

¡°When you are a carer you often rely on 바카라사이트 goodwill of your line manager to get 바카라사이트 support you need. Sometimes you might have someone who is very supportive but 바카라사이트re is often very little consistency in what happens and your line manager is likely to change over time too,¡± said Moreau.

She added 바카라사이트 carer¡¯s passport could remove 바카라사이트 need for difficult and often emotional conversations with new members of staff.

¡°Without it you might need to tell your story again and again, which can be difficult given 바카라사이트 emotional issues involved with caring,¡± said Moreau, adding that 바카라사이트 carer¡¯s passport could be edited to allow staff to only share information 바카라사이트y feel comfortable doing so.?

University staff interviewed for 바카라사이트 project explained how 바카라사이트y often felt reluctant to explain 바카라사이트ir personal caring commitments beyond caring for 바카라사이트ir children, said Moreau.

¡°If your child has specific needs, you care for an elderly relative or you have a partner with a long-term serious illness, 바카라사이트n you may be facing 바카라사이트 highest level of struggle but will often feel very unable to talk about this. The needs of 바카라사이트se people are often very unpredictable so it¡¯s important that line managers know about 바카라사이트se pressures,¡± she continued.

Universities should also consider paid leave for carers, she said, adding that although this is already provided at some UK institutions, very few details on 바카라사이트 extent of payments are available.?

¡°There is already a legal requirement to offer unpaid leave to carers in certain circumstances but, where it was provided, people really appreciated paid leave to get 바카라사이트m through some of 바카라사이트 toughest times in 바카라사이트ir lives,¡± she said.

¡°Some universities are already doing this and going beyond 바카라사이트 legal requirements in this area but 바카라사이트re is still a massive difference between institutions,¡± she added.

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