Disability: Policies and Guidance
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Line Manager Guide
This guide has been designed to support managers – that's anyone who is in charge of one person, a team or a department.
The guide makes it easier to:
- be confident about supporting disabled people
- recognise when someone might have a disability
- be aware of potential barriers faced by disabled people.
It will help managers:
- Deliver best practice on disability
- Learn how to get help for disabled team members
- Understand the law.
Read the Line Manager Guide.
The Disability Communication Guide
This guide has been produced for staff to use in their everyday working lives. With the use of humorous images, it helps smooth the process of meeting and working with people who have specific impairments and assist in developing a greater understanding of the views and preferences of disabled people.
It offers:
- Guidance on language and etiquette
- Advice on specific impairments and preferred modes of assistance
- Practical advice on how to recognise and avoid attitudes and behaviour that can create misunderstandings and barriers.
Read the Disability Communication Guide.
Jobcentre Plus:
This organisation offers a range of programmes, which provide information and advice to employers to support and adopt good employment practice in the recruitment, retention, training and career development of disabled people.
KCC's Equality and Diversity guidance:
This leaflet provides information on "meeting the needs of disabled people".
- Valuing Diversity Leaflet (Disability) - PDF document
- Valuing Diversity Leaflet (Disability) - Word document
- DCSF Disability Equality Scheme Template - Word document
Equality Scheme and Action Plan (incorporating Disability Equality Scheme):
- Draft Equality Scheme and Action Plan 2007/10
- Draft Equality Scheme 2007/10 (Summary Equality Action Plans)
Other resources:
- www.teachernet.gov.uk
Implementing the Disability Discrimination Act in schools and early years settings - a training resource for schools and local education authorities.
