5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Annual ... - Monitor

Jobcentre Plus has awarded the symbol to the Trust and ensure that as a
Trust we meet the following five commitments:
To interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a
job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities
To discuss with disabled employees, at any time but at least once a year,
what both parties can do to make sure disabled employees can develop
and use their abilities
To make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they
stay in employment
To take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level
of disability awareness needed to make these commitments work
To review these commitments each year and assess what has been
achieved, plan ways to improve on them and let employees and Jobcentre
Plus know about progress and future plans.
During the year staff from the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion unit,
Occupational Health and Human Resources departments have worked
together with managers and disabled staff to make reasonable adjustments to
their roles and working environment, which has enabled them wherever
possible to remain in employment with the Trust.
Disability Access and Facilities
Our Estates Department has undertaken a £50,000 programme of work aimed
at improving access and facilities at Trust premises. This includes new
accessible toilets, electric door-opening devices, refurbishing lift carriages,
fitting anti-ligature emergency pull cords in disabled toilets, surface marking
and improved signage for Blue Badge car parking spaces.
Our Disability Access and Facilities Minimum Standards Guidelines have
been applied in all refurbishment schemes. Representatives from local
disability access groups worked with the Trust to review priorities identified in
the access audits and to review our guidelines document.
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