Early Years Careers-Survey for Key Stage 4 and 5 students

Overview

This survey is to help Sefton Council understand the views of young people in regards to careers working with young children. It will help inform the Recruitment and Retention Action Plan. Recruitment and Retention is one of the biggest threats to the Local Authorities statutory responsibility to ensure sufficient Early Years childcare. It is essential therefore that we consult on opportunities and barriers of careers within the sector.  

Why your views matter

Your views are important to us as they will help us decide how to understand the views of young people about persuing a career working with young children including opportunities and potential barriers.   

Responses will support the Early Years team develop their strategy around recruitment and retention in the Early Years Sector. Findings will also be shared with senior leaders in Sefton Council and the Liverpool City Region Recruitment and Retention group as part of our research. Identifiable information will not be shared. 

We estimate that this survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. We have asked participants for their postcode. This is so that we can identify any geographical patterns. We have also asked for the name of your school so that we can identify the offer regarding courses relating to child development. 

If you would like help completing this survey or would like a copy of the survey in a different language or format, please contact kimberley.evans@sefton.gov.uk 

Please note that at the end of this survey, before submitting your results, you will be asked if you want to provide an email address so that you can receive a PDF copy of your response.  This is completely optional.  The email address is only used to send the email to you via the online consultation system provided by Delib as the data processor.  The email address will not be stored with the responses and Sefton Council will not have access to it.  You may be asked for your email address as part of the survey and if so, there will be a Privacy Notice explaining why we are asking for this and you can choose whether to provide your email address or not on this basis. 

What happens next

We will use the information provided to report to senior leaders, to share with Liverpool City Region Recruitment and Retention focus group and to inform action plans.