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Disability Resource Centre
Employer Academy Workshop
Recruiting and Retaining Disabled People
Rob Mayhew
Partnership Manager
Central Bedfordshire
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Why Recruit Disabled People
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Access to Work
Disability Confident
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Why Recruit Disabled People?
Research shows that:
Widen your potential pool of people to recruit from
Loyalty and Commitment
Retain experience and knowledge
Part of Corporate Social Responsibility
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What can you do to encourage applications from Disabled People ?
Different Formats and Fonts
Do you need an application form
Consider the criteria
Be inclusive
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Retaining
Job Design
Alternative Jobs
Retraining
Involve other people
Access to Work
Work Choice
Occupational Psychologist
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5 Commitments to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job
vacancy and consider them on their abilities
to ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees what can be done to make sure they can develop and use their abilities
to take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make these commitments work
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to make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment.
to take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make these commitments work
to review each year the five commitments and what has been achieved, to plan ways to improve on them and to let employees and Jobcentre Plus know about progress and future plans
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Access to Work
communication support for interviews
travel within work
special aids and equipment
support worker, including interpreters
travel to work
miscellaneous
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Disability Confident
Government Campaign to encourage employers and change thinking about employing disabled people
Running for the last 12 months, all MPs contacted
District considering how to promote Disability Confident locally
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Useful Contacts
Equality & Human Rights CommissionBusiness Disability ForumBaseDisability Action AllianceMental Health FoundationDo It ProfilerHidden Impairment GroupDisability Resource Centre
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QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
