4.0 Key Area of Work: Staff Awareness and Training
Numbering | Language | Action | Responsible Department | 2024-2025 | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 |
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4.1 | Sign Languages | To provide a range of Sign Language courses to staff. |
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Quarter 1 | Ongoing | Ongoing |
4.2 | Disability Communications | To promote awareness to the public through the website and City Matters of how to access Council documents, services and facilities, such as, how to request documents, forms in an alternative format. |
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Quarter 3 | ||
4.3 | Disability Communication | To explore introducing Makaton training to staff. |
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Quarter 1 | ||
4.4 | All | Development and roll-out of Making Communications Accessible Guide to staff and develop guidance for staff on providing accessible options (for example, subtitles, dubbing) for remote meetings and events. |
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Quarter 3 | ||
4.5 | Irish | Establish an informal discussion group for Irish speaking staff and staff who wish to learn Irish and encourage the use of Irish among staff. |
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Quarter 2 | ||
4.6 | All languages | To support recruitment the Council will aim to extend our reach by, for example, by ensuring that job advertisements are distributed widely and specifically to employability and support organisations associated with particularly under-represented groups. |
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Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |