VCAT’s Diversity Steering Committee Action Measureable Responsibility Commencement target date Create ongoing awareness by: At least one event a Manager, January 2018 year is held to Strategic promoting success stories Ongoing celebrate and raise Communications within VCAT and to the awareness community (for example, via V-Chat newsletter and our website) consistent with VCAT’s Design Principles, continue to adopt plain English approaches for all communications (including forms and correspondence) celebrate and participate in key awareness raising events relating to disability (for example, Internatoinal Day of Persons with Disabilities) Priority 2: Services and community Core objectives: hearings are inclusive and accessible for people with disability other tribunal and information services are fully inclusive, accessible and welcoming for people with disability useful, relevant and accessible information is available to all tribunal users promote the inclusion and participation at VCAT of people with disability Action Measureable Responsibility Commencement target date Ensure that all and, where Liaise with a bench Manager, In progress since appropriate, members are trained clerk coordinator to Operations December 2017 on how to use disability aid identify training gaps Ongoing
VCAT’s Diversity Steering Committee Action Measureable target Responsibility Commencement date Create ongoing awareness by: promoting success stories within VCAT and to the community (for example, via V-Chat newsletter and our website) consistent with VCAT’s Design Principles, continue to adopt plain English approaches for all communications (including forms and correspondence) celebrate and participate in key awareness raising events relating to disability (for example, Internatoinal Day of Persons with Disabilities) At least one event a year is held to celebrate and raise awareness Manager, Strategic Communications January 2018 Ongoing Priority 2: Services and community Core objectives: hearings are inclusive and accessible for people with disability other tribunal and information services are fully inclusive, accessible and welcoming for people with disability useful, relevant and accessible information is available to all tribunal users promote the inclusion and participation at VCAT of people with disability Action Measureable target Responsibility Commencement date Ensure that all and, where appropriate, members are trained on how to use disability aid Liaise with a bench clerk coordinator to identify training gaps Manager, Operations In progress since December 2017 Ongoing