The Council is attracting around 6% of applicants from BME groups which is more than double the 2001 working age ethnic population of Rotherham (2.8%). The number of employees from BME groups in the workforce has seen an increase which means that the Council now exceeds the 2001 working age population of Rotherham.
Only around 1% of applicants for jobs indicated that they had a disability on their applications. Those that did were proportionately more likely to make it to the interview stage although be less successful in being appointed. An analysis of new starters, however, shows four times as many employees having a disability were actually appointed than declared upon application.
BME applicants were proportionately less likely to make it to the interview stage or be appointed than non BME applicants. However the number of BME actually appointed is three times the number who did declare their ethnicity at the recruitment stage. It is wrong therefore to assume that BME candidates have a lower chance of success.
The Council attracts a large number of 16 – 24 year olds applying for jobs, 21% of all applicants, being just as likely to get through to the interview stage and as successful as other groups.
A number of projects aimed at increasing the number of young people working for the Council are ongoing. For example offering work placements and increasing the number of apprenticeships.
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