Managing a disabled employee
Managing a disabled employee
Learning objectives
- Explore the concept of disability in the workplace and the manager's role in welcoming and integrating a disabled employee.
- Define the manager's role in supporting a disabled employee.
- Identify best practices for meeting specific needs.
Regardless of the type of management, the manager is a key player in the successful integration of a disabled person.
When a company has developed a disability policy and an inclusive approach, it is the manager's responsibility to welcome and integrate a disabled employee into his or her department and team, and to ensure that the person remains in the job. Disability can also arise in the course of employment. The attitude of the manager will play an important role in the process of retaining the employee.
The following topics will be covered in this training course:
- The different types of disability, their prevalence and consequences
- Basic concepts and the legal framework: legislation, figures, definitions, adjustments and the rights and obligations of employees and the company.
- What approach should be adopted with regard to disabled employees, teams and customers? How to welcome the person?
- How to respond to specific needs?
- Recognising and defusing potentially sensitive situations
- Interacting with the team, supporting change
- Career reviews and disability
- If a disability arises in the course of employment, what is the manager's position?
