FI16428
Request
1. Disability employment schemes provide essential support for disabled people to find and maintain employment. Is your council signed up to one or more disability employment schemes, such as Disability Confident?
a. Yes - Please provide details about each scheme that you are signed up to.
b. No
2. Please provide a copy of your policy and procedures in place that outline the council’s approach to the identification and implementation of reasonable adjustments for disabled employees in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
3. Does your council provide training or education for managers and employees relating to disability awareness and about the process for the implementation of reasonable adjustments for the councils’ disabled employees in accordance with the Equality Act 2010?
a. Yes - Please provide details or any documents that you provide to managers and employees.
b. No
4. Do your procurement policies require private contracts to demonstrate a commitment to promote disability equality and provide regular reports on how they are achieving this? If yes – do you also ask which disability employment schemes they have signed up to?
Response
1. Yes, we are a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, Level 1 employer, Disability Committed.
2. This is attached (see Section 11).
3. Yes, HR provide awareness training to managers in the following sessions:
- Equality and Diversity in Recruitment
- HR Manager Induction
Health and Safety will also be running a ‘Personal Risk Assessment & Reasonable Adjustments’ from December 2025.
4. No. However, our Standard Terms and Conditions for all purchases of goods/works/service states: “The Contractor shall comply with the provisions of the Equality Act 2010 or other relevant or equivalent legislation”.
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