Diversity and equality
Wandsworth Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This means:
• that the Council is committed to ensuring that every employee is treated fairly: in day to day work, promotion and training.
• that every job applicant is given an equal chance when they are considered for jobs.
• that the Council aims for its workforce to reflect the composition of the local community.
• that the Council aims to end discrimination in respect of different racial groups, women, sexual orientation, religion, belief or age and people with disabilities in its workplaces.
What action is being taken?
The Council is already doing a number of things to make equal opportunity a reality.
They include:
• monitoring the way jobs are being advertised and filled by examining procedures
• regularly to make sure that people are selected, promoted and treated on their
• individual merits and abilities.
• standardising recruitment procedures across all departments.
• introducing and running training courses in skills and personal development to improve opportunities and to help managers and employees to gain skills and knowledge to be able to effectively meet the needs of the community.
• running courses for managers and staff on cultural awareness, equality and diversity.
• developing a programme of action with regard to the Disability and Race Equality Schemes and the Equality Standard. It is known as the Corporate Equality Plan.
• carrying an equal opportunities declaration on all job advertisements.
• offering job share, term-time employment and flexible hours of working where appropriate.
• making the Council’s workplaces more accessible for people with disabilities.
• encouragement wording on all posts graded PO5 and above.
• reviewing existing policies and procedures to meet with new legislation.
• using the ‘two ticks’ disability symbol on all job adverts (both paper media and website) which means:-
- interviewing all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria and considering them on their abilities;
- making every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment;
- putting mechanisms in place to discuss with employees with a disability how to develop and use their abilities;
- making disability awareness training available to all employees;
- reviewing commitments annually to progress future plans.
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