Disability Confident Leader
Disability Confident is creating a movement of change, encouraging employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit, retain and develop people with disabilities.
Coventry City Council is committed to removing barriers, increasing understanding and ensuring that disabled people have equitable opportunities to fulfil their potential.
The Council is a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3).
Disability Confident Level 3 means we:
- commit to recruiting and retaining disabled people and ensuring this is reflected in job adverts at all levels/grades
- provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
- ensure other opportunities that might lead to employment, such as apprenticeships, are available to disabled people
- use our Disability Confident badge in job adverts to ensure applicants know we are an inclusive employer
- offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
- proactively offer and make reasonable adjustments
- encourage suppliers and partner firms to be Disability Confident
- ensure employees have appropriate disability equality awareness training.
- provide an environment that is inclusive and accessible for staff, clients and customers
- support employees to manage their disabilities or health conditions
- value and listen to feedback from disabled staff
- record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace