The Policy
Objectives
- To provide equal opportunities for disabled persons in recruitment, promotion and training:
- To ensure that all staff are aware of the Council's policy on the employment of disabled persons;
- To ensure that where possible disabled persons are provided with equipment and facilities to enable them to carry out their duties
- To provide a safe working environment for disabled staff;
- To ensure that the special needs of disabled staff, arising directly or indirectly because of their work, are met.
Recruitment
- Every Council vacancy will be open to suitably qualified disabled persons subject to safety considerations;
- All vacancies will be notified to the local Disability Employment Advisor and the principal voluntary organisations connected with people with disabilities, and will contain a statement that suitably qualified persons will be considered.
Duties and working conditions
The duties and responsibilities of disabled employees will be reviewed periodically in the light of any changes in their condition.
Training
Disabled employees will be given full and fair consideration for inclusion in training programmes.
Rehabilitation
If a disabled employee is unable to continue carrying out existing duties every effort will be made to find suitable alternative employment within the Council's service with re-training being provided if necessary. (This would automatically apply to other Council employees who become disabled.)
(The services of the Disability Employment Adviser will be sought to help help disabled employees)
Contact us
If you have any queries about these policies, please contact us. Details of how to contact each Personnel Unit are given on the Personnel Contacts page.
