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Question

Re: Regarding your council's policies and practices on disability equality (as defined by the Equality Act 2010): 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?

Answer

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 – Disability Confident 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. Please find attached the relevant policies. 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 - Disability Awareness Training available to staff via the Councils Skills Hub platform, additionally the council provides recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition practical training guide which is available to all managers. Our corporate managers induction includes disability training and we have a welcome hub for new starters and existing staff includes link to all equality information available (Equality Act 2010, Strategic Equality Plan, Annual Equality reports) 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? N/A, we do not require any reporting mechanisms from our partners.