Telephone Tutorial: Disclosing a disability at work - more than just a tick box
Notice: This is a past event
8th July 2009, 3:00pm - 4pm
What does a disclosure of disability mean for your organisation?
Free to gold members. Please indicate your gold status when completing your on-line booking form to receive your free place.
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Understanding disclosure from both the organisational and individual viewpoint is fundamental to becoming a more disability confident organisation.
Creating the right culture where individuals feel comfortable in disclosing their disability is also key to a good working environment. It ensures that individuals can work to their full potential. It also helps put systems and processes in place for managers to make the right reasonable adjustments for staff if they disclose a disability.
This Telephone Tutorial will be led by Kerry Smith, EFD's Disability Directions Manager, with input from Rick Williams, EFD Associate and Director of Freeney Williams Ltd.
Discussion will focus on four key areas:
- Why do staff not disclose their disability?
- Why do you want to know this information?
- What do you want to do with the data?
- What approach will give the best answers?
Why attend?
This Telephone Tutorial will enable participants to:
- Develop an understanding of the issues of disclosure from the disabled person's viewpoint, including why someone does and doesn't disclose their disability.
- Understand the barriers disabled people face when considering disclosure.
- Consider the wider organisational issues on disclosure and why it may be significant to them.
Who should attend?
HR, Occupational Health, Diversity and Disability practitioners, line managers and anyone responsible for managing staff.
You will be emailed all the correct materials beforehand; all you need is access to a telephone. You will be given the opportunity to ask questions prior to and during the presentation. The presentation lasts for approximately 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes for questions and discussion. Alternative arrangements can be made for delegates with specific requirements.