DEBRA
are committed to the fair treatment of its staff, potential staff, regardless
of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants,
age, physical/mental disability, or offending background. The information you
give on this form will help us comply with our policy of ensuring equality in
our services to you. We recognise that some people may regard some of this
information as personal and we have, therefore, included an option in most
questions for ‘prefer not to say’. All information that we collect around
equality and diversity will be treated confidentially in accordance with the
Data Protection Act and will be stored on the appropriate HR database. Access
to this information will be restricted to staff involved in the processing and
monitoring of this data. It will be used to provide statistical information
only. In completing the form below, you consent to us using your data for this
purpose.
If you have a medical condition, the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) requires employers to make reasonable adjustments to the job content or working environment. To achieve this, we need to know whether you are covered. Definition of Disability: “A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities in a non-work environment.”
There are 6 million carers in the United Kingdom and nearly one in eight workers are carers. With an ageing population and an expected increase of 60% of carers in the next 30 years, we would like to monitor the number of people with caring responsibilities.