LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING

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Impact Assessment Methodology

• Jubar Miah - Equality and Diversity Officer

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OVERALL AIM

• To give a brief overview of the Equality and
  Diversity Impact Assessment Methodology adopted
  by Leeds College Of Building.

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3 Step Process
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Pre Step Where did we start?
Equality Diversity Policy
ED Annual Report
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Committee Structure
Learning Points Involve all staff at all levels
in the organisation Include ED Impact
Assessments as an agenda item on meetings
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Step 1 Planning

• 88 Policies/ Procedures/ Frameworks
• 28 (31) are HR
• Policy writer has responsibility for carrying out
  impact assessments on their policy
• Review of the policy framework for the College
  was asked for by SMT

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Information bases

• Human Resources
• Conversion rates from application to interview
  and then to appointment
• Current Staff Profile
• Learning and Development
• Disciplinary and Grievance
• Positive action work
• Consultation with Unions and Staff Forum
• Staff Satisfaction Surveys
• Staff Association
• Job Evaluation
• Staff support services

• CIS Manager
• 3 Year trend analysis to show participation,
  retention achievement and progression by
  ethnicity, gender, disability, age and learning
  difficulty
• Student focus groups reports
• Disciplinary and grievance
• Consultation with learners
• Counselling services
• LPOC
• EPOC
• Positive action work

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Step 2 Screening and scheduling policies

• 3 year impact assessment programme
• Prioritised policies which have a high relevance
  to various equality groups
• Agreed the schedule and informed the policy
  writers
• ED Officer Involved throughout the process

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Staff Development

• All policy writers and senior managers will
  receive impact assessment training
• To consider a buddy system
• Evaluate and review the training in April 2008
• Impact assessment group will meet regularly to
  address areas of concern and share good practice

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Hear we go!

• What if it opens a big can of worms?
• What if we miss something that could cause an
  adverse differential impact?
• What if we find that we dont have enough time to
  carry out the work?