| Fulfilling general and specific duties – does the scheme: |
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- Reflect all the functions of the organisation, including partnerships and procurement?
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- Outline its leadership commitment?
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- Identify the lead person and / or board level sponsor?
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- Set out the starting points and relate to previous work undertaken?
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| Involving disabled people – does the scheme: |
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- Reflect how disabled people have been involved in all the key aspects of the scheme?
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- Indicate that this is more than consultation?
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- Show how the organisation has involved a wide range of disabled people / organisations?
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- Reflect a wide range of involvement, covering workplace and service delivery?
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- Detail how barriers faced by disabled people have been identified?
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- Demonstrate how involvement has set priorities for action plans and impact assessments?
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- Demonstrate a link with planning activities?
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- Identify actions to improve areas such as involvement where this has been difficult?
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- Detail any financial commitment to support involvement?
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| Gathering evidence – does the scheme: |
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- Identify the arrangements for gathering evidence on the effect of policies and practices for disabled people in respect to the general duty?
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- Cover different monitoring methods and what structures are in place to collect and analyse data for both employment and service provision?
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- Review existing methods of gathering evidence?
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- Identify what evidence is needed?
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- Identify measures to be used to identify barriers as well as successful outcomes?
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- State what action will be taken if the data presents adverse impact?
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- Show what arrangements will be put into place to address any gaps identified?
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- Indicate how information is shared with other organisations?
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| The disability action plan – does the action plan: |
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- Reflect all areas of the general duty?
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- Indicate specific targets or steps against a timetable, with specific outcomes, responsibilities and progress made?
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- Separate actions for individual identifiable departments?
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- Detail the priority areas for impact assessment, with timescales?
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- Evidence how the areas for action have been identified?
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- Tie in with the organisations priorities and business plan?
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- Identify areas which strengthen the organisations capacity to work towards disability equality? (this should include staff training, implementation of HR policies).
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- Prioritise polices and functions for impact assessment?
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| Using the information gathered – does the scheme: |
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- State how the organisation will use the information gathered on a regular basis to review the action plan?
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- Indicate how the organisation will distribute the information internally, in training and across departments etc?
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- Indicate how the organisation will use the information gathered to prepare subsequent schemes?
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- Indicate how the organisation will use the information gathered to inform impact assessments?
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- Indicate how the organisation trains staff on why the evidence is needed and how it relates to the duty?
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- Indicate how the organisation provides feedback to disability groups on collection of evidence such as in the annual report?
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| Assessing the impact (or likely impact) of policies and practices – does the scheme: |
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- Include a statement about impact assessments?
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- Detail how impact assessments will be undertaken and mainstreamed into the organisations decision making processes?
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- Detail how impact assessments will cover both adverse impact and missed opportunity to promote equality?
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- Cover how existing policies and functions will be screened to see if they are relevant for a full assessment and how a priority rating will be assigned?
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- Include how evidence will be gathered including possible sources of evidence?
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- Include details of how disabled people will be included in the impact assessment process?
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- Detail how the organisation will action any adverse impact identified?
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- Include how the organisation will agree and implement the agreed policy, with any amendments including any monitoring etc?
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- Include how the outcomes will be published?
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| Publicising the Disability Equality Scheme – does the scheme: |
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- Detail how the document will be published in a way that is accessible both internally and externally to the public?
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- Identify elements which can be published as part of other documents?
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- Detail how those involved in the scheme will be given the document so that involvement is ongoing?
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