voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
voluntary organisations, social enterprises and volunteering
Lunchtime Learning - Disability Confident and the Role of the Disability Employment Advisor
Created: 21/01/2025FVA lunchtime learning sessions are aimed at raising the skills and capacities of local service providers interested in improving or enhancing their provision in Fife.
Disability Confident is a UK Government scheme to encourage employers to think differently about disability and take action to improve how they recruit and retain disabled people as employees. The scheme was developed by employers and disabled people’s representatives to make it rigorous but easily accessible, particularly for smaller businesses.
Those with a disability who want to find work or sustain employment have access to support available from JobCentre Plus in the form of their local Disability Employment Adviser.
At this session, Susanne McGrath and Michell Milne from the Department for Work and Pensions will help us understand: