What is the Disabled Workers Group (DWG)?
- We are a group of disabled employees from all departments at the County
Council.
How do I know if I can be a member of the DWG?
- If you think that you are disabled please come along!
- We have members with a variety of impairments including; mental health problems, learning
disabilities/difficulties, hearing impairments, visual impairment, wheel chair users, dyslexia etc.
- We also have people attending who have an interest in, or a responsibility for disability.
These include employees from HR, property, equalities etc. If you think that the work you do is related
to the disability equality agenda please come along.
How often are meetings
and when do they take place?
- Meetings take place every 2 months, usually on a Wednesday.
- They take place at County Hall and other venues in the County.
- The Council fully supports attendance of the group. Please speak to your line manager
if you wish to attend.
You can view the agendas, minutes
and papers (link to be added) from previous meetings of the group here.
Why do we have a Disabled Workers Group?
- We have a DWG to help empower disabled employees at the County Council and
to promote self-development and independence.
- We are responsible for shaping policy at the County Council relating to both employment
and service delivery. For instance the group was involved in developing the Council’s Disability
Equality Scheme
- We also work toward the Council’s objective of promoting disability equality and ending
discrimination.
- View the group’s Terms of Reference
What
else does the DWG do?
- We provide a forum for networking and an opportunity for members to discuss
any concerns/issues they may have relating to their disability. This takes place after the business
of the meeting has concluded.
- All discussions taking place in this forum remain confidential.
- Every year in December we hold our Disabled Workers Group Conference. The Conference is
being held this year on Monday 3rd December 2007 at Burleigh Court on the Loughborough University campus
site. For more information please use the contact details at the foot of this page.
What
kind of support is available at meetings?
- We type what people are saying on a big screen. This is called ‘Talk to
Type’.
- Parking
- Interpreters. For example, British Sign Language.
- Loop system for those with hearing impairments
The Group is a meeting of disabled employees and people who are responsible for
disability issues.
Celebrating Success Stories
In preparation of this year's conference we are looking for your input. What we
would like is your stories celebrating success. These will form part of a display at this years conference,
and may also be used on the new DWG page on the CIS. Stories do not necessarily need to be work related,
although some would be appreciated. We also have some
case studies of some of the authority's
existing disabled employees ( found on this website) to help get you started.
There is an opportunity to submit your stories via an online form using the link
below, or by writing to the DWG inbox
dwg@leics.gov.uk. Please submit all entries
by Friday 9th November.
We look forward to reading your stories, and to being able to present them at the
conference. Happy writing!
More Information
- Disabled Workers Group - Agendas, Minutes and Papers
(link to be added).
- Disabled Workers Group Conference (link to be added).
Contact
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Chair
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Vice Chair
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Disability Policy Officer
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Development Officer (Equality and Diversity)
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0116 305 5870 (DWG generic Tel Number)
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DWG@leics.gov.uk
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0116 265 6048
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