Disability Confident Employer
We are committed to improving employment opportunities and
career development for disabled people, and in recognition of this
Bedford Borough Council has been certified as a Level 2 Disability
Confident Employer.
As a Disability Confident Employer we have
committed to undertake the following core actions:-
- Actively looking to attract
and retain disabled people
- Providing a fully inclusive
and accessible recruitment process
- Offering an interview to
disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a job
- Flexibility when assessing
people so disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to
demonstrate that they can do the job
- Proactively offering and
making reasonable adjustments as required
- Encouraging our suppliers
and partner firms to be Disability Confident
- Ensuring employees have
appropriate disability equality awareness
- Promoting a culture of being
disability confident
- Supporting employees to
manage their disabilities or health conditions
- Ensuring managers are aware
of how they can support staff who are sick or absent from work
- Valuing and listening to
feedback from disabled people
We guarantee an interview to anyone with a disability whose
application meets the minimum criteria for the post, and consider
them on ability.
Definition of disability
You are disabled under the
Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical
or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’
adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day
activities
This means that, in general:
- you must have an impairment that is either physical or
mental
- the impairment must have adverse effects that are
substantial
- substantial adverse effects must be long-term for example it
takes much longer than it usually would to complete a daily task
like getting dressed
- long-term substantial adverse effects must be effects on normal
day-to-day activities such as a breathing condition that develops
as a result of a lung infection
If you consider that you have a disability as defined above,
please ensure you complete the appropriate section of the
application form. You will be guaranteed an interview if you meet
the criteria for the post.
Click here for more information
Please note: A false declaration of disability to obtain an
interview will invalidate any contract of employment.
