aware of individual needs where people have a change of line management, especially where the line manager may not be aware of aspects of individuals’ identities. There restructure has as one of its objectives a more interactive and supportive staff team that is better placed to support ALL STAFF. All staff within the teams will also be expected to undergo training relevant to supporting LGBT people including undertaking the UWE Trans Awareness e-learning programme. Trans staff who have changed their name may be wary of getting a DBS check, as there is potential for the process to reveal their birth name to their employer – any offences committed under a previous name will appear with that name on the DBS certificate. It is important to ensure that there is a sensitive discussion regarding the request for DBS checks and any member of the team with concerns can contact the HR team in confidence. There is currently no information provided by the University regarding so the restructure is unable to further evaluate the impact of the existing policies and procedures. Black and minority There are no envisaged impacts on BME ethnic groups groups. There is however, an of staff in the BME group within the team and it does not reflect the BME percentage of the service users.
aware of individual needs where people have a change of line management, especially where the line manager may not be aware of aspects of individuals’ identities. There restructure has as one of its objectives a more interactive and supportive staff team that is better placed to support ALL STAFF. All staff within the teams will also be expected to undergo training relevant to supporting LGBT people including undertaking the UWE Trans Awareness e-learning programme. Trans staff who have changed their name may be wary of getting a DBS check, as there is potential for the process to reveal their birth name to their employer – any offences committed under a previous name will appear with that name on the DBS certificate. It is important to ensure that there is a sensitive discussion regarding the request for DBS checks and any member of the team with concerns can contact the HR team in confidence. There is currently no information provided by the University regarding so the restructure is unable to further evaluate the impact of the existing policies and procedures. Black and minority ethnic groups There are no envisaged impacts on BME groups. There is however, an of staff in the BME group within the team and it does not reflect the BME percentage of the service users.
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