To communicate and engage on the pledge and Action Plan across Children’s and Adult Services
Monitor the progress of our pledge commitment by publishing a progress update as part of the wider annual Workforce Diversity and Inclusion report, as per the actions set in the Workforce Diversity & Inclusion Strategy 2025-2028
To share stories and experiences of neurodivergent staff, positive and negative to raise understanding, awareness and learning across our services
To seek opportunities for specific disability surveys and culture and inclusion engagement questions in wider employee surveys to seek to further understand experiences
Establish forums and staff networks for neurodivergent staff, including opportunities to become neurodiversity champions (Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care System)
Use feedback from neurodivergent workers to help develop workplace policy and practice in Children’s and Adults' to ensure it is neuro-inclusive
To ensure that existing policies and procedures do not disadvantage neurodivergent social workers from participation in the workplace, making use of Equality Impact Assessments
To review job adverts templates and interviews, to ensure they are worded and conducted in a way that is inclusive of neurodivergent candidates, as part of the inclusive recruitment toolkit
Ensure use of reasonable adjustments in the workplace include any needs of neurodivergent workers. To provide practical examples of application and overview of what’s available, as part of ‘Personal Adjustment Passport’ training
Give due consideration to neurodiversity workers when managing capability and disciplinary processes
Ensure digital accessibility of information produced by Children’s and Adults Services, taking into digital services guidance
To ensure access to neurodiversity training for frontline staff to explore the impact of neurodiversity on individuals and consider how different communication needs and executive functioning can require workers to apply additional curiosity to their practice
Have zero tolerance of behaviours that are prejudicial towards neurodiversity and promotion of the existing process to report concerns including the ‘I have a concern’ intranet page, while new/improved reporting methods are being developed
