2 Ticks disability award scheme

The London Borough of Richmond is committed to employing disabled people and has been awarded the Two Ticks Disability Symbol by Jobcentre Plus. Under this scheme the Council is taking action on five commitments to support the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees.

One of our commitments is to guarantee to interview anyone with a disability provided their application meets the minimum requirements of the job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities. To apply under this scheme please make sure you complete the question asking if you have a disability in the Equal opportunities Monitoring section of our application form. Please also let us know if we need to make any adjustments to the application or selection process. You don’t need to tell us about the nature of your disability.

The other commitments are:

• To ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss, at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees what can be done to make sure they can develop and use their abilities
• To make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment
• To take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make these commitments work
• Each year to review the five commitments and what has been achieved, plan ways to improve on them and let employees and Jobcentre Plus know about progress and future plans.

The London Borough of Richmond is covered by the Disability Discrimination Act in the same way as other employers. The actions that we’re taking as part of the Two Ticks scheme are in addition to our legal obligations and are part of the Council’s aims to promote equality for disabled people in the Borough.