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Published 2024

Language Strategy Action Plan

4.0 Key Area of Work: Staff Awareness and Training

 Numbering Language Action Responsible Department 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
4.1 Sign Languages To provide a range of Sign Language courses to staff.
  • Legal and Civic Services, EDU
  • Human Resources
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.  
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Legal and Civic Services, EDU
  • Customer Focus
Quarter 3    
4.3 Disability Communication To explore introducing Makaton training to staff.
  • Legal and Civic Services, EDU
  • Human Resources
  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.  
  • Legal and Civic Services, EDU
  • Corporate HR
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Digital Services
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.
  • Legal and Civic Services and EDU
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.    
  • Human Resources
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing

 

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