Disability equality scheme
20 December 2006
The Commission for Social Care Inspection is committed to
ensuring that people with a disability do not experience
discrimination or harassment.
With the publication of its Disability Equality Scheme, the
Commission has detailed how it will eliminate discrimination in the
workplace and what it expects from social care providers and
councils.
Download the scheme:
The scheme details how CSCI intends to meet its duties under the
Disability Discrimination Act 2005 as an employer, a regulator and
an inspectorate.
The scheme also sets out how the Commission will promote
equality of opportunity, promote positive attitudes towards people
with disabilities, encourage participation by disabled people and
take whatever steps are necessary to ensure that disabled people’s
needs are met.
CSCI Chief Inspector Paul Snell said:
“We have appointed diversity champions in each region and are
working with disability groups on all aspects of our work to ensure
that inspections look at what is important to people and that all
our publications are easy to understand and available in different
formats.
“Whether an employee of CSCI, or someone who uses social care
services, people should be enabled to engage fully in what they
want to do and should not face discrimination or harassment because
of their disability.”
All CSCI inspectors are receiving training in different methods
of communicating with people with a physical or sensory impairment.
As well as making sure our publications are more user friendly,
CSCI has recently won an award for making its website more
accessible.
The Disability Equality Scheme is part of our wider Equalities
and Diversity Strategy, published in August 2006. It builds on what
we have already committed to do, using our mainstream business to
meet our responsibilities. People who use social care services, and
our own staff, were involved in every aspect of planning,
developing and drafting this scheme, to ensure it has a real and
lasting impact on their lives.
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Notes to editors:
1. Copies of the scheme are available on our website:
www.csci.org.uk.
2. The CSCI is the single inspectorate for social care in
England, responsible for regulating and inspecting all social care
providers - whether in the public or independent sector, and for
assessing the performance of local councils in delivering their
personal social services functions.
3. The Commission’s primary aim is to improve social care by
putting the needs of people who use care services first.
4. The Commission is chaired by Dame Denise Platt DBE and has
five Commissioners. The Chief Inspector is Paul Snell. CSCI staff
work across nine regions in England – aligned with the government
offices of the regions.
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