Barrier-free E-recruitment: Recruiting Disabled People Online

Useful links

Some sources of further help:

Employers' Forum on Disability
Tel: 020 7403 3020
Email: efd@employers-forum.co.uk
Website: www.efd.org.uk

The Employers' Forum on Disability is the world's leading employers' organisation working to the mutual benefit of employers and disabled people. We make it eadier to recruit, retain and develop disabled people and to welcome disabled customers. We help employers implement best practice on disability, taking into account the fast-changing global environment, which presents employers with new risks and opportunities every day.

Disability Rights Commission
Tel: 08457 622 633
Email: ddahelp@stra.sitel.co.uk
Website: www.drc.gov.uk

AbilityNet
Tel/Text: 01926 312 847
Freephone: 0800 269 545
Email: enquiries@abilitynet.co.uk
Website: www.abilitynet.co.uk

Advice about adaptive computer technology and accessible web design. Carry out assessments for computer users and suggest solutions. Two open days each month to view specialist equipment.

Macromedia
email: accessibility@macromedia.com
Website: www.macromedia.com

Software developer who provides advice and training sessions on accessible web design.

The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Tel: 020 7388 1266
email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
Website: www.rnib.org.uk

Wide range of services and publications for people with sight problems and employers, including `Psychometric testing and visual impairment.

The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
RNID Helpline: 0808 8080123
Website: www.rnid.org.uk

Provides information and advice on recruiting and employing people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Services include provision of interpreters.

Saville and Holdsworth (SHL)
Helpline: 020 8339 2222
Email: uk@shlgroup.com
Website: www.shlgroup.com

Occupational psychologists specialising in online tests. `Guidelines for Testing People with Disabilities is available from their website.

Some organisations which can assist employers and disabled job seekers with work placements and advice:

Prospects
Studio 8, The Ivories, 6 Northampton Street,
London N1 2HY
Tel: 020 7704 7450
Fax: 020 7359 9440
Email: prospects@nas.org.uk
Website: http://www.autism.org.uk/prospects

Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Employment Opportunities
123 Minories, London EC3N 1NT
Tel: 020 7481 2727
Fax: 020 7481 9797
Minicom: 020 7481 2727
E-mail: info@employmentopportunities.org.uk
Website: http://www.opportunities.org.uk

Shaw Trust
Shaw Trust Information Resource,
Shaw House, Epson Square,
White Horse Business Park, Trowbridge,
Wiltshire BA14 0XJ
Tel: 01225 716 350
Text: 08457 697 288
Fax: 01225 716 334
E-mail: stir@shaw-trust.org.uk
Website: http://www.shaw-trust.org.uk

Sabre Employment Ltd
1-3 Deptford Park Business Centre
Grinstead Road
Deptford
London SE8 5AD
Tel: 020 8305 6060
Text: 020 8305 6066/67
Fax: 020 8305 6080/81
E-mail: info@sabre-employment.co.uk
Website: http://www.sabre-employment.co.uk

Remploy Ltd
Stonecourt Siskin Drive
Coventry CV3 4RJ
Tel: 0800 1387 656
Text: 0800 1387 657
E-mail: mailto:info@remploy.co.uk
Website: http://www.remploy.co.uk

Sites aimed at disabled people in the US include business-disability.com; handiworkonline.com; hirepotential.com; jobaccess.org; justonebreak.com

Employers' Forum on Disability Publications

The Disability Communication Guide

The Disability Communication Guide helps human resources managers, line managers and all other staff feel at ease when they are communicating with disabled colleagues and customers.

As the Employers' Forum on Disability's best seller, more than one million copies of the Disability Communication Guide have been circulated among UK businesses since the publication's launch in 1999.

This latest edition, produced in association with Barclays plc, has been updated to improve accessibility and ease of use.

Recruitment That Works

Recruitment That Works sets out step by step instructions for both employers wanting to recruit a diverse workforce and for those agencies that help disadvantaged people into work. This updated guide is based on Centrica's experiences of the New Deal for Disabled People project at their British Gas Trading and Services customer service centres in the North West of England, which led to jobs for 50 disabled people and carers.

For further information on the Forum's activities, including publications, events, research, information helpline and membership benefits log on to our website: www.employers-forum.co.uk

If you would like to suggest a link for inclusion on this page please e-mail Rhiannon Suter.

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