gbec april 2011. funded by employers to assist them to build their disability confidence 110...
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GBECApril 2011
Funded by employers to assist them to build their ‘disability confidence’
110 members, public and private sector
Provide services that support our members goals
Make it easy for members to achieve
Organisation needs to know how change would be of benefit
Who will be rewarded?
It must be easier to bring about change than stay as things are
Behaviours
Attitudes
Systems
Knowledge
Equal Opportunities Policy and Procedures
Staff Training and Disability Awareness
The Working Environment
Recruitment commitment
Career Development
Retention, Retraining and Redeployment
Training and Work Experience
People with disability in the wider community
Involvement of People with disability
Monitoring Performance
Barrier free front door
Project lead strategies that minimise disadvantage
The recruitment system, recruitment team and line managers know how to determine how an individual with disability can meet (or not) the requirements of a job)
There is nothing in the work environment that prevents people with disability from achieving full productivity
Reasonable Adjustments/accommodations are made
Job matching – enabling self selection Seamless Reasonable Adjustments Barrier free induction processes Development of clear work-plans and regular
feedback Flexible Work practices Management confidence and commitment
Successful managers of people with disability:
Focus on the skills and attributes of the person Listen without judgement Facilitate open discussion Are flexible thinkers Approachable Responsive
‘only the best will do’
Developing flexible workplaces is one example of reasonable adjustment that can benefit all employees:◦Flexible start and finish times◦Flexible rostering ◦Flexible leave arrangements◦Part-time work◦Rostered days off or time off in lieu◦Regular or occasional working from home◦ Job-sharing◦Nine day fortnights/ compressed working weeks
After making adjustments – set work plans and review times.
Provide positive feedback early and often
Focus on quality prior to work-rate
Use gap analysis to identify areas of additional training and/or support.
Communicate
Understand
Explore
Solve
Your role as a manager requires you to manage resources and complex issues
Being a great manager means also being ableto manage human complexity