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Title: From compliance to culture change: disabled people working in lifelong learning The Commission for D


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From compliance to culture change disabled
people working in lifelong learningThe
Commission for Disabled Staff in Lifelong Learning
  • Sian Davies

2
Background
  • little attention focussed on disabled staff,
    unlike black staff
  • little data, visibility or encouragement
  • public sector Disability Equality Duty applies to
    staff as well as learners
  • culture and practice needs to change, career
    opportunities need attention
  • commission set up 2007, with 19 members, chaired
    by Leisha Fullick, reports 05 March.

3
Remit
  • raise profile of disabled staff
  • analyse existing data
  • investigate staff experiences
  • look at ways to improve career management
  • identify and celebrate disability diversity
  • identify impact of disabled staff on sector
  • look at staff in the wider policy context
  • make recommendations to different groups
  • provide expert support to sector.

4
Definitions
  • broad definition of disability
  • England and Wales
  • whole lifelong learning sector
  • all staff.

5
Commissions five key questions
  • barriers and success factors facing disabled
    people
  • how current legislation and policy have an impact
  • current practice on recruitment, training,
    development, deployment
  • impact of disabled staff on quality and on
    learner experience
  • management of disability in workforce now and in
    future.

6
Evidence
  • questionnaires, meetings, seminars
  • literature reviews
  • human resource and other managers
  • advocacy organisations
  • professional bodies and trade unions
  • national agencies
  • providers of training and CPD.

7
Key issues thus far
  • disclosure
  • mental health and well being
  • recruitment and deployment
  • support for staff in the workplace
  • learning and training opportunities
  • Access to Work
  • workplace and workforce issues need for culture
    change.

8
Disclosure
  • what would help more people to disclose?
  • how can managers best be prepared?
  • how can SSCs get better data?
  • what should they report on?
  • should there be surveys until reports are better?
  • what better messages could employers provide to
    all staff?

9
Mental health
  • how do we raise staff awareness of mental health
    conditions?
  • how do we improve managers responses?

10
Recruitment and deployment
  • how can Government encourage recruitment of
    disabled staff?
  • how can we share good HR practice?
  • whats the best way to ensure employers have
    effective professional development?
  • what measures could LLUK adopt?
  • how best can governors/trustees monitor processes
    to be fair and inclusive?
  • how can induction and probationary processes be
    improved?

11
Support for disabled staff in the workplace
  • making reasonable adjustments what can/do
    employers offer as services?
  • how can recruitment, induction and probationary
    periods be disability-proofed?
  • how can providers be encouraged to take on the
    joint agreement on disability-related leave?
  • how can governors monitor provision of
    cover/expectations to work?
  • how can trade unions/employer bodies share
    practice on making reasonable adjustments?

12
Learning and training opportunities
  • how can SSCs better monitor the quality of
    teaching/training offered to disabled staff?
  • how can training providers create inclusive
    learning opportunities?
  • how could funding bodies support only those
    training providers offering inclusive approaches?

13
Access to Work
  • how could DWP better address barriers staff in
    the sector experience in applying for AtW?
  • how can the AtW scheme be better promoted to all?
  • how can employers be encouraged to use AtW?
  • how can organisations ensure that all HR and line
    managers are briefed about AtW?
  • how can AtW information be made more visible in
    the workplace?

14
Workplace and workforce
  • how best to support the culture of equality and
    diversity in different organisations?
  • how best to improve the Sector Skills Agreement
    and Workforce Strategy?
  • how can we use and improve benchmarking data
    about disabled people?

15
some issues emerging blocks to culture change
  • improvements for learners but not for staff
  • reasonable adjustments can cost money
  • perception that disabled staff cost more
  • perception that disabled staff absent more
  • false assumptions about fitness to work
  • services prioritised for learners disabled staff
    not getting same level of support.

16
Contacts and future work
  • Sian Davies- s.davies_at_unison.co.uk
  • Conference on March 5th- free in London- for
    more information go to www.nicae.org.uk

17
General questions
  • Have we identified the key issues correctly?
  • Are there any other issues we should address?
  • We want more is this list right?
  • HE
  • mental health
  • new entrants
  • agency/part-time
  • less qualified
  • within UK but outside England
  • Tell us your views/experience or recommendations!
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