Telephone tutorial: Supporting Line Managers on Disability

21st January 2009, 3:00pm - 4.00pm

Free to gold members. Please contact the events team directly to book your free place. Please include your name, job title, full contact details any adjustments you may require.

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The results of the 2007 EFD Standard Benchmark Survey show that less than half of participating organisations have disability specific performance indicators for line managers. However, our experience shows that if you engage your line managers on disability it benefits the whole business. 

Looking at the barriers to both good line management as well as good HR practices, this Telephone Tutorial will focus on what's getting in the way and find practical solutions for both. 

The Tutorial will explore approaches to issues such as reasonable adjustment processes, effective absence management and redeployment and how line managers and HR work together to best support disabled staff. 

Why attend?

This event enables you to:

• Ensure that managers are confident when managing disabled colleagues, including hidden impairments such as mental ill health and dyslexia.
• Support line managers who are managing staff with disabilities, using support systems and internal policies and procedures.
• Understand what HR and line managers need from each other if they are to recruit, retain and manage disabled employees effectively and fairly.
• Learn how to enable managers to become disability confident through mainstream training and development. 

Who should attend?

Line managers, HR professionals, diversity and disability practitioners.