Gender Pay Gap

At Clece Care Services, we uphold a resolute commitment to fostering equal opportunities within our diverse team, transcending age, gender, race, or background.

We dedicate our services to promoting wellbeing for our teams. This is highlighted to our pledges through our Social Value Quality Mark and commitment as a real Living Wage employer.

In alignment with this commitment, we are pleased to share our latest gender pay report, reflecting our continuous dedication to equality. This summary report is based on a comprehensive analysis of all payments made to Clece Care Services employees, reported April 2024.

In each of the pay quartiles across the eligible companies which are detailed below, women make up between:

Lower Pay Quartile: 81.4% to 96%

Lower Middle Pay Quartile: 73.4% to 96.6%

Upper Middle Pay Quartile: 74.0% to 93.0%

Upper Pay Quartile: 63.05 to 89.3%

Industry Bias

The Care Services industry is predominantly staffed by women. Two key drivers for this are:

The majority of applicants are women, whether it is searching for this kind of role and/or for a part time role that offers greater flexibility.
The other main factor is driven by our service users (55% male, 45% female), who predominantly prefer to have female carers. In some areas we continue to find it difficult to place capable male staff with our service users.

Upper Quartile variance:

For the Upper quartiles, we see a slightly decreased percentage of roles filled by female staff. This is where these roles are office based, and the staff may have come from other industries, such as for roles in Finance, Recruitment, Quality Control, Business Development and Senior Operations.

All our group companies actively promote and develop staff from within, many of the staff in the Middle quartiles having worked as Carers previously. It is only after internal candidates are considered for placements that the vacancies are opened to external applicants.

Rates of pay:

Rates of pay are defined by the role and not the employee. There is no differentiation between genders when we recruit for a role, the established hourly pay rate or salary is offered to the successful candidate regardless of gender.

The bulk of our services are provided to Local Authorities and to the NHS, this results in the situation where our rates of pay for Carers are determined by our customers. With built in reviews within our payroll processes we ensure that the National Minimum Wage requirements are met at all times.

Pay Gap Across Gender and Departments

We acknowledge a minor gender pay gap at Clece Care Services. This discrepancy largely stems from a higher proportion of men in fewer administrative roles, set against our predominantly female workforce, alongside the preference of part-time hours for many colleagues. Additionally, the preference of part-time contracts for numerous female employees in the field, in comparison to our predominately office-based men team members, impacts these figures. Having a predominantly female workforce means that even small fluctuations in the male workforce can have a significant impact upon our Gender Pay Gap.

It is our strict policy to maintain equal pay for male and female employees across all departments and levels within the organisation. We ensure fairness and transparency in compensation, regardless of gender.

Our Companies

Ailsa Care

Falkirk Business Hub, 45 Vicar Street, Falkirk, FK1 1LL

Ailsa Response

32 Cheapside Street, Glasgow, G3 8BH

All Care

Unit 18, Hedge End Business Centre, Botley Road, Southampton, S030 2AU

Bespoke Care

Silverstamp House, Club Mill Road, Sheffield, S6 2FH

Call-In Homecare

Floor 4, Sugar Bond, 2 Anderson Pl, Edinburgh EH6 5NP

Carewatch

Redlands Business Centre, 3-5 Tapton House Road, Sheffield, S10 5BY

CK Consumables

31 Metro Centre, Kangley Bridge Road, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BW

CK Facilities Management

22 Metro Business Centre, Kangley Bridge Road, London, SE26 5BW

CRT Care Services

Unit 8, Beresford Way, Dunston, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9FG

Dale Care

Lumley House, Whitfield Court, St. Johns Road, Meadowfield, Co. Durham DH7 8XL

Diamond Quality Care Services

169 Greenham Business Park, Newbury, Berkshire, RG19 6HN

Hartwig Care

5 Ella Mews, Hampstead, London, NW3 2NH

Homecarers Care Services

Floor 3, Office, Liverpool Innovation Park, 9 Rathbone Rd, Edge Ln, Fairfield, Liverpool L7 9NN

Ideal Complex Care

Floor 1, 2 Magellan Terrace, Gatwick Road, Crawley, RH10 9PJ

Lauriem Complete Care

Cobdown House London Road, Ditton Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6DQ

MerseyCare Julie Ann

Suite 1, Building, Liverpool Innovation Park Bayliss, 2 Edge Ln, Liverpool L7 9NJ

MyLife Homecare Edinburgh

Floor 3, Sugar Bond, 2 Anderson Place, Edinburgh, EH6 5NP

MyLife Homecare Kent

Suite 1B, Orchard House, Orchard St, Canterbury CT2 8AJ

Perfect Care

10-12 High Street, Spennymoor, County Durham DL16 6DB

Saxon Care

Saxon Court, 21 Gladstone Rd, Chippenham, SN15 3BW

Universal Care Services

Unit 1, Carr House, Hawley Road, Hinckley, LE10 0PR

Our Values

Respect

Promoting respect and dignity through our services.

Transparency

Transparency and legal compliance in the management of our services.

Empower

Improving daily through teamwork, professionalism and motivation.

Safety

Ensuring the Health and Safety of our staff and service users.

Efficiency

Encouraging respect for and the preservation of the environment.

Environment

Contributing to provision of an efficient but high quality service.

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