Employment conditions

Employment type

Across the specialist and primary prevention workforces, over half of respondents indicated that they were employed on a full-time basis (ongoing or fixed term, 58% and 51% respectively - see Table 6); though primary prevention workers were less likely to hold ongoing full-time roles.

Hours and days worked

The majority of the specialist workforce indicated that they were generally paid to undertake their work during normal business hours (see Figure 1). Around one-in-five reported that they were frequently (‘often’ or ‘very often’) paid to undertake their work after hours on weekdays (19%), while 11% were frequently paid to work on weekends. A relatively smaller proportion of the primary prevention workforce reported frequently being paid to undertake their work after hours on weekdays (13%), whilst 7% reported doing so on weekends.

Figure 1: How often are you paid to work outside of normal business hours, if at all? Base: Specialists and primary prevention

Unpaid work

Respondents were also asked to provide comment about any unpaid work that they undertook.

• Overall, fewer than one-in-three specialists indicated that they frequently worked additional unpaid hours (17% often and 14% very often / always), though a further 26% reported that they sometimes did so.
• Similarly, one-third of the primary prevention workforce reported that they often worked additional unpaid hours (21% often and 13% very often / always), whilst a further 30% noted that they sometimes did so.