Written and recorded by Paul Roy, Law Hound
Hello. Welcome to the session. My name is Paul. I'm from a law hound on my background is in finance and managing people. This session is aimed at looking at the government's disability confidence game, how it works and why your business should consider being part of it. What is disability confidence? The background? The government reports that here nearly six million people of working age in the UK who are disabled or have a health condition there has historically bean a large gap between the numbers of disabled people employed compared with non disabled people. The government is committed to having that disability employment gap and encourage employers to play a crucial role under ensuring that the DWP has a vital role to play in supporting people with disability along the term health conditions into or back into work, equality, disability confident, which is the scheme started by the government in 2014 designed to help businesses become more confident about employing disabled people. The background starts with the equality at 2010 Clearly defines a disability is someone with a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial on long term effect on the ability to do normal daily activities. The court E act imposes obligations on employers to ensure that you avoid discriminating against disabled applicants, and employees are able to make reasonable adjustments. But often businesses are unsure how to access supports orphans. To achieve this. A key factor of the campaign is that allows all employees certain knowledge that they unsure about employing disabled workers. But then, as campaign supporter Kate Hedley of the Click only say's that it provides them with the tools, confidence and supports have a go and get engaged aims. The scheme, which currently has the backing of government funding, examines the reality of employment for people with a disability. UN. Provides employees with information to challenge attitude towards disability, raise confidence in recruitment to engage and encourage employees to become more confidence so they employ and retain disabled people. Unde break down barriers which disabled people have found when seeking employments, and to increase understanding of disability on the benefits of employing or retaining disabled people. Andi. Increase the number of employees taking action to be disability confident, remove barriers to disable people and those with long term health conditions to help disabled people's have the opportunity to fulfill their potential and realize their aspirations. Disability confident levels. The scheme has three levels. You start on level one and I supported until you moved to level two before ultimately becoming Level three, you must complete each level before moving on to the next level. One disability Confident Committed the scheme described. This level is being a great way of letting everyone know that you're serious about equal opportunities for disabled people. About level one to be recognized as disability. Confident, committed, you need to agree to disability confident commitments and identify at least one action that you will carry out to make a difference for disabled people. The commitments thes are ensuring that your recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Disability confidence is that you should, for example, and sure against discrimination, make a job adverts accessible. Communicating on promoting vacancies. Disability confidence says that you should, for example, get advice and support from JOBCENTRE Plus Work Programme Providers, Recruiters Fund or your local disabled people's user led organisations. DPU ellos review currents recruitment processes offering an interview to disable people if they meet the minimum criteria for the job description which you set, anticipates and provide reasonable adjustments as required. Disability confidence says that you should ensure disabled workers aren't seriously disadvantaged when applying for and doing their jobs. You should also understand the concept of reasonable adjustments so that you can appreciate that some adjustments will involve minimum work. Support any existing employees who requires a disability or long term health condition, which will enable them to stay and work. Taking action. You must identify at least one of the activities, which include work experience, work trials, paid employments, apprenticeships, job shadowing, training ships, internships, student placements, sector based work, academy placements, achieving level one. The next step is signing up to a level one of the scheme. You could sign up online at Disability Confidence dr WP dot gov dot UK The full website addresses on screen and also in your notes. Once you've signed up, you'll receive a disability confident reference number. A certificate in recognition of your achievements, a bunch feel website and other materials for 12 months. A self assessment to help you continue a journey to becoming a disability confidence employer Level two. Disability confidence Employer Following on from level one, you could choose to progress the level two a disability confidence employer by self assessing your organization around two themes which are getting the right people for your business keeping and developing your people. For each of the two themes you'll need to agree to take all the action sets out in the court. Actions list on at least one from the activity list. Theme. One. Getting the Right People feel Business core actions To be a disability confidence employer, you will need to take all of the following actions actively looking to a truck and recruit disabled people. Disability confidences. To achieve this, your business could, for example, make a commitment to employ and retain disabled people. And then, sure, this is reflected in job adverts at all levels or connects with local under appropriate national disability organisations. Toe access networks of disabled people who want to work providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Disability confidence they used to achieve this Your business could, for example, identify and address any barriers that may prevent or deter disabled people from applying for jobs, including where you advertise the words you use and how people can apply. Get your recruitment process tested by disabled people under FERS, a barrier either remove its or provide an alternative way to apply. Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Be flexible when assessing people. So disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job productively. Offer. Make reasonable adjustments as required. Encouraging your suppliers and partner firms to be disability confidence. Ensuring employees have appropriate disability equality awareness Disability Confident. Describes this training as exploring the concepts of people being disabled by society's barriers and attitudes, highlighting the role society has in the removal of those barriers and in changing of attitudes. Theme. One. Getting the right people for your business activity. To be a disability confidence employer, you'll need to commit a least one action from the list below. Providing work experience for disabled people providing work trials either informally or by agreement with Jobson Surplus. Providing paid employments permanent or fixed term, providing apprenticeships for new or current employees providing paid internships or supported internships or both. Advertising vacant season or the opportunities through organizations immediate aimed particularly at disabled people engaging with jobcentre plus work choice providers or local disabled people's user led organisations DPU ellos, its access supports when required. Providing an environment that is inclusive and accessible for stuff. Clients and customers. Offering other innovative and effective approaches to encourage disabled people to apply for opportunities and supporting them when they do. Theme. Two. Keeping and Developing your people Court actions To be a disability confident employer you'll need to take all of the following actions. Promotes a culture of being disability confidence so that employees feels safe to disclose any disability or long term health condition. Feeling confident they will, with support it is necessary. Support employees to manage their disabilities or health conditions. Disability Confidence A's. To achieve this, your business could, for example, encourage and pleased to be more open and to discuss access and support needs. Provide support for existing employees who become disabled or experience health problems and showing their no barriers to the development and progression of disabled stuff. Disability confidences. To achieve this, your business could, for example, and cause disabled stuff to be ambitious and seek progression in the workplace monitor whether formally or informally progression rates for disabled stuff and ensuring their in line with the general progression rights. And surely managers are aware of how they can support stuff who are sick or absent from work. Disability confidence says To achieve this, your business could, for example, having a clear process for managing absence and making sure all stuff know about this process. Making sure all support plan is in place when a stuffed member has recovered enough to return to work valuing and listening to feedback from disabled stuff. Reviewing the Disability Confidence Employer Self assessment regularly to continually improve theme to keeping in developing your people activities. To be a disability confidence employer, you will need to commit to at least one action from the list below. Provide mentoring, coaching, bloodying and other support Networks for staff include disability awareness, equality training in your induction process, guide stuff to information and advice on mental health conditions. Provide occupational health services if required internally or externally. Access to work may be able to offer advice and contribute to the cost of this Identify in shackle practices. Provide human resource managers with specific disability confident training. This could include any recruitment agencies acting on behalf of the organization. Once you've completed an online self assessments at Disability Confidence doc. WP dot gov dot UK forward slash self assessments The link. His on screen. Under your notes, you'll be registered as a disability confident employees for two years and receive a certificate in recognition of your achievement, a bunch for your website and other materials for two years. Information on how to become a disability Confident leader Level three. Disability Confident leader To reach level three, you will need to have your self assessment validated from outside your business. Show what you have done as a disability confident leader. Self assessment validation validation will depend on how many people you employ, but disability confidence suggests the following may be relevant. Or the disability confident leaders disabled and please customers or people in the local community. Local diversity and inclusion groups, local disability organisations or network groups. Recognised accreditation organizations show what you have done as a disability confident leader. Disability Confidence says What you can do will depend on the size and nature of your organization, but could include encouraging other employees in your supply chain using social media to promote unshackle practice on disability. Confident such Islington Twitter, Facebook Blog's on business news Less is networking with other employees in your industry through business clubs local networks, business events and so on. Being a mentor, coach, body or providing peer support to others. Engaging with other local employees to show good practice. Celebrating success, for example. Being nominated for the winner of a recognised award. Being nominated on door. Winning local, regional and national awards for employments of disabled people. Sponsoring or hosting disability confident inspired events. Achieving level three. Becoming a disability confident leader To become a disability confident leader, you'll need to complete an online form. The late will be in your notes and on screen. That's disability confidence DOTS and w d p dot gov dot UK forward slash disability Hyphen leader forward slash where you will confirm they have had your self assessment validated on by whom? Your validate agrees with your evidence and assessments on that you're delivering against all of the court actions as a disability confidence employer. Once you're recognizes a disability confident leader, you'll be sent our certificates in recognition of your achievements. A budge for your websites and other materials for three years. Why should employees become disability confidence? Disability Confidence says that being part of the scheme helps businesses draw from the widest possible pool of talent secure and retain high quality stuff who was skilled, loyal and hardworking. Save time and money on cost of recruitment and training by reducing stuff turnover. Keep valuable skills and experience. Reduce the levels and costs of sickness. Absence improve employee morale and commitments by demonstrating that they treat all employees fairly. That now concludes this Data Lord training session. Thank you for joining May.
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