Course on supporting staff with disabilities
14 Nov 2017
If you are managing a member of staff with a disability or would like to know more about support for staff with disabilities, register for this session
The aim of the session is for you to:
- Have a solid understanding of disability equality and what it means in terms of managing and recruiting disabled staff
- Be confident to interact with disabled employees and support them
- Identify and address equality issues affecting disabled staff and support them effectively
- Be able to understand the issues that disabled people encounter and the range of needs of disabled employees
- Understand the Equality Act and your obligations as an employer
- Appreciate the real benefit that supporting and employing disabled staff people can have on your workplace
- Have gained knowledge of the type of support available for the disabled staff
- Understand what reasonable adjustments can be made in the workplace to maximise the potential of disabled employees
- Be confident about managing disabled colleagues
- Know where to go for more detailed help or advice
The session is offered by Disability Advisory and Support Services on various dates and lasts approximately two and a half hours.
To book a place please go to:
- Supporting Staff with Disabilities (login required)