Haruv Institute - Annual Report 2017

APPENDIX: A SURVEY OF THE PAST DECADE

With the completion of a decade of activity, we returned to the people who took part in various training programs the Institute offered over the years, to evaluate the experience of participating in them.

THE SAMPLE POPULATION AND PROCESS The survey, done via Qualtrics (an internet-based questionnaire), was carried out during March,2018. We used the e-mail addresses of the participants in the various programs, as they appeared on the Institute’s mailing list. A total of 513 people completed the questionnaire, and they form the sample population of this survey. It is important to note that this is a convenience sample which does not claim to represent all those who participated in the Institute’s programs. The questionnaires were filled anonymously, and required only a few minutes of one’s time. The questions on the survey were formulated with the input and consultation of the institute’s staff, so as to reach a general impression of the experience of participating in the various training programs, without focusing on any one program or sector.

FINDINGS Characteristics of the Participants

The age of the participants ranged between 22 to 83, the average age being 46 (standard deviation 10.4). Most participants were Jewish (93.6%), and nearly half (48%) defined themselves as secular. The rest defined themselves as Orthodox (23.4%), Conservative (13.9%) or Ultraorthodox (14.1%). The majority of the participants (77.9%) were professionals in the fields of welfare and treatment, who work in the social services departments of local councils/municipalities or various NGOs that provide social services. Other participants came from the health services (9.6%) andthe field of education (5.7%). There were also participants from the fields of law, the police force and academicians. At the time ofdata collection, the majority (85.2%) were employed at the same place where they had been when attending the training programs. Their years of professional seniority ranged from several months to 55 years, with an average of 17.5 years (standard deviation 9.9). The participants attended a variety of training programs. Nearly half (48.1%) attended long- term training that included ten or more sessions; a third (33.9%) attended short-term training, up to three sessions. The rest (17.9%) attended training frameworks that included four to nine sessions. One-third of the respondents reported taking part in training programs that were held during the past year (34.1%), and a similar percentage reported attending programs held four or more years earlier (32.2%). The remainder attended training programs held two (18.5%) or three (15.2%) years ago. The great majority remembered the location of the training program (87.3%) and noted it, as follows: The Central Region (39.6%), such as Tel-Aviv, Ramat-Gan and B’nai Brak; Jerusalem (34.2%), at the Haruv Institute or the Hebrew University; other venues (26.2%), such as Haifa, Be’er-Sheva and Nazareth Illit. Characteristics of the Training Programs

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