Workforce Monitoring

• Our Commitment
  The Trust is committed to ensuring it has complete and meaningful workforce data which is used to identify trends and activity in order to promote equality in the workplace.
• What have we done so far?
  The Trust has an ongoing programme of work to ensure that all staff personnel records are accurate and up to date and recognise that some employees choose the option "I do not wish to disclose" with regards to the protected characteristics.
• What will we do in the future?
  The Trust has an ongoing commitment to provide high quality information on the Trust’s workforce profile. A validation exercise to cleanse current data will be undertaken during 2012.

Equality Impact Assessment Training
Equality Impact Assessment Awareness must carried out by all staff responsible for policies, strategies, business cases, new work programmes and organisational change programmes and is tailored to meet individual need, for example

• 1:1 sessions
• Departmental Sessions
• Refreshers
• Apprentices/NVQ Training
• Committee Meetings
• Trust Board
• Governors

For further information please contact the Equality & Diversity Leads on 437610/437251.

Equality and Diversity Training
Equality and Diversity is included at Trust induction for all staff (including medical and dental staff)

• Linking into organisational values
• Own self awareness regarding equality and diversity
• Support mechanisms
• Recognising attitudes and behaviours that undermine Equality and Diversity and processes to challenge them

Valuing People Level 2 training is mandatory for all non medical staff on an annual basis

As induction plus:

• Basic Legislation, what are we responsible for individually and as an organisation
• Best practice, case studies, implementing strategies within own area
• Policies and procedures that support and where to find them
• Exploring where perceptions and attitudes come from in ourselves and others and how to challenge them
• Equalities Act 2010 and Public Sector General/Specific Duties

Tailored Valuing People training is available on request, for example

• 1:1 sessions
• Departmental sessions
• Off site sessions
• Refreshers
• Apprentices/NVQ training
• Perceptorship training
• Clinical Educators
• Human Resources
• Trust Board
• Governors

F1 Doctors Induction
As per Valuing People Induction plus

• Linking to national initiatives, Being Open, Project Search site.
• Understanding the relevance of Equality and Diversity as a practitioner and how they should expect to be treated as an individual within the organisation

F2 Doctors Valuing People Awareness
As per Valuing People Level 2 plus reflection on their experiences as an F1 doctor

Specialised training for managers to meet the needs of vulnerable staff groups, for example

• Learning Disabilities
• Homeless
• Long term unemployed
• Long term health issues
• Disabilities
• Ethnic minorities
• Gender re-assignment

Bespoke induction training for specific staff groups

• Learning Disabilities
• Homeless
• Long term unemployed

Plus other training provided incorporates Equality and Diversity elements, for example

• Recruitment and Selection
• Good HR practice
• Manual Handling
• Absence Management
• Breaking Bad News
• Appraisal
• Interpersonal Skills
• Perceptorship programmes
• Healthcare Assistant programmes
• Apprenticeship programmes

Equality Impact Assessments have been carried out on all new and existing training programmes to ensure Equality and Diversity is integrated

For more information on Equality and Diversity training please contact the Equality and Diversity lead (Workforce) on 437610.