Equality & Diversity

A unique range of E&D training programmes which enable staff and management to understand, own and commit to E&D, and fully integrate it into their organisations.

Our E&D audits, provide clients with a comprehensive report on organisational strengths and weakness.

We can support the implementation of systems and processes to ensure legal compliance and organisational targets.

Our trainers and consultants have substantial experience of E&D and it's implementation across many organisations in the Health & Social Care, Public, Voluntary and Private sectors.

Equality Act 2010 And Cultivating Best Equality Practice In Staff

This programme provides managers and staff with knowledge, skills and ability to ensure Equality and Diversity become custom and practice in the workplace. It will help organisations meet the legal requirements of the Equality Act 2010.

Outcomes

• Understand the ubiquitous nature of equality issues
• Understand organisational liabilities for its employees
• Identify issues of equality in the workplace
• Developing practical approaches to equality
• How to engage with discrimination in the workplace
• Developing and sustaining best equality practice
• Meeting the legal requirements of the Equality Framework
• Linking Equality to other policies and procedures

This programme is for managers and staff of organisations providing any public service in the public and private sectors

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Practical Approaches To Race Equality

Racism remains of significant concern to many organisations. Race discrimination can cost the organisation a lot of time, money and reputational damage. This programme enables participants to prevent, and deal with, situations arising from race discrimination.

Outcomes

• Understand what racism is and its impact on all of us
• Examine how we develop prejudices and stereotypes
• Understand the impact of direct and indirect discrimination
• Working in the context of the Equality Act 2010
• Proactively engaging with race equality issues
• Identify management and staff responsibilities
• Preventing allegations of racism destabilising relationships 
• Developing non-prejudicial custom and practice

This course is suitable for managers and staff in public & private sector organisations who provide public services

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Disciplinary, Dismissal & Grievance Procedures

This programme equips managers and HR professionals with tools and knowledge to ensure best practice in managing grievances and disciplinary issues.

Outcomes

• Understand the legal requirements around grievance and disciplinary
• Identify the do’s and don’ts of grievance and disciplinary
• Informal ways of dealing with issues
• Understand the importance of recording and evidence gathering
• Creating an open environment for airing problems or issues
• Ensuring support systems are in place for staff and managers
• Informing all employees of their legal rights
• Learning from our successes and failures

This course is suitable for HR personnel and managers in public and private sector organisations

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Disability Equality Training

This programme equips participants with understanding of delivering services to people with disabilities. It is based on the social model of disability and links to the requirements of the ‘General Duty’ and ‘Specific Duty’ of the Equality Act 2010.

Outcomes

• Understand what we mean by Disability Equality
• Defining disability in the context of the Disability Discrimination Act
• Working within the context of the ‘social model of disability’
• Building on current good practice
• How our practice can meet the requirements of the ‘General Duty’
• How disability equality impact assessments can demonstrate good practice
• Building disability excellence in day to day practice

This programme is for managers and staff of organisations providing a public service either in the public or private sectors

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Practical Approach To Diversity In The Workplace

This programme provides participants with the opportunity to build a solid foundation for developing practical solutions and strategies when engaging with diversity in the workplace.

Outcomes

• Exploring the meaning of diversity and understanding our own prejudices
• What are the areas of discrimination covered by legislation
• Defining discrimination in all its forms
• Understand how easily prejudice can turn into discrimination.
• Creating a climate of good relations and practice
• What to do if we suspect discrimination is occurring
• Developing practical approaches to diversity managment
• Identifying what support and systems we have in place to assist us in challenging discrimination

This programme is for managers and staff of organisations providing a public service in either the public or private sectors

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Introduction To Cultural Awareness

This programme provides a working understanding of different faiths and cultures in the UK. Participants develop a level of confidence and competence to engage in a meaningful and creative way with diverse communities.

Outcomes

• Understand and define what culture means to delegates
• Exploring norms, values and beliefs of different religions and cultures
• Establish and clarify the needs of customers in service delivery
• Identify how to provide appropriate and sensitive services
• Plan the provision of service through existing resources
• Action planning for the workplace
  

This programme is for managers and staff of organisations providing a public service either in the public or private sectors

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Tackling Harassment And Bullying

This programme enables participants to define and identify harassment and bullying, and manage it effectively both for individuals and organisations.

Outcomes

• Examine the impact of harassment & bullying on employees and service users
• Explore individual current management practice on harassment
• Clarify the issues around harassment and bullying
• Define Harassment and Bullying
• Collect evidence sensitively
• Support the victim
• Manage conflict effectively
• Develop strategies to enable managers to reach positive resolution

This programme is for managers and staff of organisations providing a public service in either the public or private sectors

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Conducting Equality Impact Assessments (EIA’s) And Analysis

This programme enables participants to conduct an equality assessment and analysis, and demonstrate best practice in policy, procedure and practice.

Outcomes

• What Equality/Diversity mean
• Meet the legislative requirements
• How it benefits organisational goals
• Understand equality impact assessments
• The six stage Equality Analysis process
• Understand the reasons for conducting assessments
• Who should be carrying out these assessments?
• How to conduct an assessment
  

This programme is for HR professionals, strategic managers, policy developers and those responsible for conducting EIA's

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Integrating Diversity Into Social Care Practice

This programme equips participants with an understanding of the importance of valuing difference in social care practice, and identifies all the relevant legislation, reports and standards that ensure best equality practice.

Outcomes

This programme is for managers and staff of organisations providing a public service in either the public or private sector

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