Workers with a disability Workshop

1
Workers with a disability Workshop

• Orla McCann / Laura McCartney
• Access Manager / Vocational Projects Manager
• Disability Action

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An introduction to Disability Action

• Pioneering charity working with and for people
  with disabilities
• Seeks to ensure that people with disabilities
  achieve equal rights as citizens
• Provides services to improve the quality of life
  for the 300,000 people with disabilities in
  Northern Ireland

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Disability Action Services

• Access
• Information Policy
• Focus Consultancy
• Training Support
• Employment Support

• Mobility Centre
• Transport Services
• Community Development
• Diversity Works
• IMTAC

4
Employment and Training

• Employment Support
• Training Support
• Work Preparation Programme
• Supporting Works
• Career Advancement Programme

5
Access

• Technical advice and information
• Good practice/minimum standards
• Access audits/plan appraisals
• Professionally qualified team
• Geographically represented

6
Disability Statistics

• 1 in 5 adults in Northern Ireland has a
  disability
• 1 in 4 families here are affected by disability
• A person with a disability is 3 times more likely
  to be unemployed
• 70 of people acquire their disability during
  working life

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Disadvantage

• 35 of people with disabilities are in employment
  compared to 77 of people without disabilities.
• Over twice the proportion of disabled persons
  have no qualifications as non disabled persons.

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Workshop

• Employability policies and procedures
• Practical Issues balancing the reasonable
  adjustment duty with health and safety