Our Commitment to Equality & Diversity
Homes For Northumberland is keen to ensure that its workforce is representative of the local community. We believe in equal opportunity for all. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage the development of our staff, who can then deliver an excellent service to our customers. We want our staff to contribute to the local community and make a difference to peoples’ lives.
We want you to give you the opportunity, whatever your background, to develop your career whilst improving the lives of our customers and the communities in which we work.
Positive about Disabled People
Homes For Northumberland has been awarded the Positive about Disabled People symbol in recognition of its commitment to the following guidelines:
- To interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider on ability
- To ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss, at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees what we can do to make sure employees can develop and use their abilities
- To make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment
- To take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make our commitments work
- Each year, to review the commitments and what has been achieved, to plan ways to improve on them and let the Employment Service know about progress and future plans.
As part of this commitment, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria (ie. all the ‘Essential’ criteria within the Person Specification) will be offered an interview.