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<p>Employers that have signed up to the Disability Confident (DC) scheme are provided
with the knowledge, skills and free resources they need to attract, recruit, retain
and develop disabled people in the workplace. The scheme is designed as a learning
journey with all employers starting at Level 1 and encouraged to progress through
the scheme to Levels 2 and 3. No employer is too small or new to start the journey
and even the most experienced employer will still find new techniques and best practice
that can help better support their employees. For example, employers signing up to
the scheme are committing to ‘Ensure their recruitment process is inclusive and accessible’
and ‘Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health
condition, enabling them to stay in work’.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the pandemic,
we have ensured that employers have received timely and appropriate support through
the delivery of a series of practical national webinars, covering a range of employer
hot topics, ranging from: New Ways of Working, Access to Work, Mental Health and Wellbeing,
Virtual Hiring and Autism and Neurodiversity. We have also delivered a number of employer
events, focusing on the support available to employees. In addition, all Disability
Confident employers receive regular Disability Confident newsletters and other communications
to support them and their employees. There are currently over 20,000 employers signed
up to the Disability Confident scheme, covering over 11million employees.</p>
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