Jobs with Disability Confident Employers
Disability Confident Employers are an essential part of the accessible job market. For people with disabilities, finding a Disability Confident Employer can be the key to their success and happiness in the workplace, something they may have been held back from in the past.
The Disability Confident Scheme is a hugely beneficial government scheme that is becoming more well-known throughout the U.K. More and more employers are signing up for the scheme and doing their part for accessible recruitment and employment.
The important part for disabled job seekers is knowing how and where to find these employers for themselves. On this page, we are going to help with exactly that.
What is a Disability Confident Employer?
The Disability Confident Scheme allows employers to reach three levels of Disability Confident Status, which are as follows:
- Level 1: Disability Confident Committed
- Level 2: Disability Confident Employer
- Level 3: Disability Confident Leader
Each of these levels requires employers to demonstrate that they are committed to providing fair, equal and inclusive recruitment and employment opportunities for disabled people. As the levels ascend, the level of commitment to providing such a service increases, with Disability Confident Leaders being more officially investigated and accredited by an external source.
Overall, the scheme helps and encourages employers to become more actively accessible for disabled people in the workplace and, as a consequence, better job opportunities become available for disabled people across the country.
Why Does This Scheme Matter?
Many companies and employers may assume that they are already accessible to a wide, diverse audience. However, this is not always the case. A lot of effort needs to be put into providing fully accessible opportunities for disabled job seekers and employees, and many employers simply do not meet the mark for this. Many employers do not provide what disabled people need to have the same chance of getting a job or of staying in a job happily and sustainably.
Disabled people face many different hurdles and challenges when it comes to employment. This causes stress, upset, financial problems, and overall societal inequality. Not acknowledging this or doing anything to counteract it lets disabled people down in a significant way. The Disability Confident Scheme actively works to counteract this and to provide what is really needed across the market.
Where to Find Jobs with Disability Confident Employers
If you are a disabled person who wants to find an employer who really cares about you and what you need in employment, finding a Disability Confident Employer is the best way to achieve it.
You can use both our disability-friendly job board and directory of company profiles to find Disability Confident Employers currently recruiting in your industry. You can find out what level they are, what their commitment to the disabled community is, and what other people are saying about them in reviews.
It is important you find out exactly what your employer stands for before you even enter an interview room, and with our help at Careers with Disabilities, you can do exactly that.
You can also check out our wide range of advice for disabled job seekers in relation to specific disabilities and conditions via our Disability Advice Hub.
For anything else? Give us a shout.
