Staff Disability Network
The Disability Network is for staff with a disability or long-term health condition and their allies who work for GMMH. The group provides a platform for disabled colleagues to share work related experiences and influence future policy/practice. We want Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust to be a great place to work for neurodivergent people, free from shame or stigma. Our neurodivergent staff network was recently established to promote acceptance and understanding of neurodivergence in the workplace, and is a place for colleagues to connect, share experiences and support each other.
Our aims are:
- To Provide a regular forum for discussing disability related issues at work.
- To Provide networking opportunities/meeting other people with lived experience of disability
- To offer support, advice, and information to all staff members
- To gain feedback from disabled staff, which is then fed back into appropriate GMMH forums
- To disseminate disability related information to all staff across GMMH
- To Educate and promote good practice regarding disability, across the GMMH footprint.
- To help make GMMH a great place to work.
Staff Disability Membership
Membership is open to all GMMH staff with disabilities or long-term health condition and their allies. More information about the network and how to gain membership can be found via the intranet.
What is Access to Work?
Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition or disability.
The support you get will depend on your needs. Through Access to Work, you can apply for:
- a grant to help pay for practical support with your work
- advice about managing your mental health at work
- money to pay for communication support at job interviews
Access to Work could give you a grant to help pay for things like:
- BSL interpreters, lip speakers or note takers
- adaptations to your vehicle so you can get to work
- taxi fares to work or a support worker if you cannot use public transport
- a support worker or job coach to help you in your workplace
What is the Disability Passport?
The Disability Passport aims to enable discussions around removing any barriers and maximising the potential of each employee in the workplace, enabling us to identify reasonable adjustments needed and document them so that if the line manager or job role changes in the future, the information is readily available. It therefore supports the continuity of any arrangements that are required for the employee in the workplace, as required by the Equalities Act 2010.
Any employee with long-term health conditions or a disability can complete this Passport, should they believe it is affecting them or may be affecting their work at present or could do at some point in the future.
As peoples health can change over time, the passport should be reviewed at regular intervals to ensure employees are still receiving the support they need. This can go with a person when they change roles and can be reviewed in the new post.
What does membership look like?
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