Working for Us
Disability Confident is a national scheme to support employers make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the workplace. Lugwardine Primary Academy is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to employing, supporting and promoting people with disabilities in the workplace.
Being recognised as a Disability Confident Employer, this means that we are committed to the following to support us in recruiting and retaining people with disabilities in our employment:
Recruitment:
- We actively look to attract and recruit disabled people,
- We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process,
- We offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy,
- We are flexible when assessing people so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job,
- We proactively offer and make reasonable adjustments as required,
- We encourage our suppliers and partner firms to be Disability Confident,
- We ensure our employees have appropriate disability equality awareness.
Retention:
- We promote a culture of being Disability Confident,
- We support employees to manage their disabilities,
- We ensure there are no barriers to the development and progression of disabled staff,
- We ensure managers are aware of how they can support staff who are sick or absent from work,
- We value and listen to feedback from disabled staff.
