Managing disability issues
Working with colleagues who have disabilities should be viewed positively and can generate positive business benefits.
Understanding individuals and their relationships with others is crucial for the development of a successful business. Minty & Friend have ideas of how you can achieve this.
How we can help
- Training courses
Helping you to better understand disability and diversity, and how it relates to you and your colleagues.Example issues are: appropriate language, providing appropriate assistance, the law, Models of disability, avoiding stereotyping. - Personal development course
To assist disabled employees to progress personally and professionally. Intense, but rewarding it can be significant in improving morale, efficiency and inter-staff relationships. - Mentoring programme
To assist employees with disabilities realise their full potential and help improve understanding amongst their colleagues. - Themed debates
Highly interactive course set around issues specific to disability and diversity and your organisation. - Start-to-finish Case Management Service
From referral to satisfactory conclusion of implementing workplace adjustments to ensure the needs of the individual and the organisation are managed and best met. - Disability Advice line
Offering additional support for issues relating to disability, employment and customer service as well as during implementation of workplace adjustments. - Reviews of existing disability and diversity policy and practice
Across your entire organisation, identifying gaps and recommending improvements. - Mystery shoppers
To assess different elements of the customer journey and workplace, for example: applying for a job, using services provided via website, telephone and written contact, customer service. - Financial assistance for workplace adjustments
Through Access to Work, a government funded scheme; guidance and support will be given.
