Health and work support pilot: interim evaluation report
Overview of the implementation and early delivery phase of the Health and Work Support pilot, during the period June 2018 and March 2019.
Appendix 2 – Details of Fieldwork
Interviews
Rocket Science undertook a total of 20 semi-structured interviews from the 18th of February to the 1st of April 2019.
| Role | Organisation |
|---|---|
| National Project Lead | Scottish Government |
| Dundee Team Local Lead | NHS Tayside |
| Fife Team Local Lead | NHS Tayside |
| Salus General Manager | Salus (NHS Lanarkshire) |
| Head of Health & Work Services (Health Working Lives) | NHS Health Scotland (Healthy Working Lives) |
| Deputy Director for Employability | Scottish Government |
| Head of Policy for Employability | Scottish Government |
| Head of Strategy Unit | Scottish Government |
| Health Improvement Policy Lead | Scottish Government |
| Improvement Lead | Scottish Government |
| Strategy Unit Statistician | Scottish Government |
| Senior Jobcentre Lead (Dundee) | DWP (Local) |
| Senior Operations Lead (Jobcentres) - Fife | DWP (Local) |
| NHS Tayside – Healthy Working Lives Local Delivery Lead | NHS Tayside |
| Work & Health Unit Delivery Lead | DWP (UK Government) |
| Dundee City Employability Lead | Dundee City Council |
| Salus Call Handling Lead | Salus (NHS Lanarkshire) |
| AHP Lead | NHS Fife |
| Fife Voluntary Action Lead | Fife Voluntary Action (3rd Sector) |
| NHS Tayside – Health and Safety Advisor, Workplace team | NHS Tayside |
| Statistician | Scottish Government |
Surveys
Rocket Science designed an online survey for frontline staff involved in the pilot. There is a separate survey for HWL, Salus, and case management staff. The survey ran from the 13th February to the 1st March. A summary of responses is provided below (as of the 21st February). The response levels are considered representative as more than 90% of relevant staff members took part in the surveys.
| Survey | No. of responses |
|---|---|
| HWL | 5 |
| Salus | 4 |
| Case Management | 20 |
Focus Groups
Focus Groups were set up with front line delivery staff through March 2019. Below is a summary of these Focus Groups. Findings from the Focus Groups were analysed thematically.
| Focus Group | For whom | Date / Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundee Case Management Staff | 12th March; 14:00 |
| 2 | HWL Staff (Glasgow) | 13th March; 10:00 |
| 3 | Dundee Case Management Staff | 14th March; 14:00 |
| 4 | Fife Case Management Staff (Glenrothes) | 18th March; 11:30 |
| 5 | Salus Staff (Hamilton) | 19th March; 14:00 |
Client Focus Groups/Interviews
Ten clients were involved in providing feedback on their experience with the pilot either through telephone interviews, face to face interviews or in focus group settings. Clients were selected using stratified random sampling.
Interviews and focus groups were semi-structured and information gained was analysed thematically.
Details can be found below.
| Work Status | Dundee | Fife | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employed (SME) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Employed (Large Organisation) | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Unemployed | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 7 | 3 | 10 |
How to access background or source data
The data collected for this social research publication:
☐ are available in more detail through Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics
☐ are available via an alternative route
☒ may be made available on request, subject to consideration of legal and ethical factors. Please contact Arfan.Iqbal@gov.scot for further information.
☐ cannot be made available by Scottish Government for further analysis as Scottish Government is not the data controller.
Contact
Email: socialresearch@gov.scot
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