Disability Inclusion in the Workplace 2022
Online Conference 1 December 2022, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Learning Outcomes
- Examine the key elements of the National Disability Strategy and consider to what extent it improves support for disabled people in the workplace
- Reflect on the actions that the government should take to improve the working lives of disabled people as laid out in the Disability Employment Charter
- Identify key recommendations for improvement based on a survey of disabled workers’ experience at work
- Explore guidelines on how to encourage, support and retain disabled applicants
- Share good practice and explore barriers faced by people with disabilities across the public sector
- Find out how to realise the benefits of employing disabled people through being a Disability Confident Employer
- Support staff and managers in discussing, agreeing and recording reasonable adjustments
- Compare the experiences of staff who have a disability and those who do not through the NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard