3. MAINSTREAMING OF DISABILITY ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE Key Monitoring Dimension(s) Comments Areas 3.1 Mainstreaming Have departmental policies Mainstreaming of disability issues at been reviewed for disability of disability the workplace starts in programmes sensitivity? that will ensure integration of Do the department’s vision, disability in all respects. The mission and values reflect capacity of officials needs to be disability equality developed in order to enable them considerations? to mainstream disability issues into Have officials undergone any disability mainstreaming all projects and programmes of a programme organized by the department. The mainstreaming of department? disability further requires that there Does the department have be disability sensitive policies in the standard operating procedures workplace. This may require that for integration of disability issues research be conducted to establish into all policies, projects, the extent to which departmental strategic plans, cluster and sector plans in place? policies address issues of disability. 4. BARRIER-FREE WORKPLACE Key Monitoring Dimension(s) Comments Areas 4.1 Promotion of Have the assessment / access The Public Service will be fully been conducted in the workplace to accessibility inclusive of persons with disabilities establish the extent of its and provision of when barriers to their participation accessibility for people with various reasonable (whether physical, attitudinal, or types of disabilities? accommodation otherwise) are removed and Is the information dispensed by the measures in people’s impairments are department (both to its employees the workplace. reasonably accommodated. It is not and consumers of its services) accessible to people with various enough to treat all persons the types of disabilities? same, but that added allowance (or Does the department provide reasonable accommodation) may reasonable accommodation be necessary to make rights “real” measures or provide assistive for persons with disabilities. devices on disclosure of such a need by a person with a disability? How many applications for assistive devices were received in the last 6 months? How many were approved and how many were declined? What was the reason for the disapproval?
3. MAINSTREAMING OF DISABILITY ISSUES IN THE WORKPLACE Key Monitoring Areas Dimension(s) Comments 3.1 Mainstreaming of disability Have departmental policies been reviewed for disability sensitivity? Do the department’s vision, mission and values reflect disability equality considerations? Have officials undergone any disability mainstreaming programme organized by the department? Does the department have standard operating procedures for integration of disability issues into all policies, projects, strategic plans, cluster and sector plans in place? Mainstreaming of disability issues at the workplace starts in programmes that will ensure integration of disability in all respects. The capacity of officials needs to be developed in order to enable them to mainstream disability issues into all projects and programmes of a department. The mainstreaming of disability further requires that there be disability sensitive policies in the workplace. This may require that research be conducted to establish the extent to which departmental policies address issues of disability. 4. BARRIER-FREE WORKPLACE Key Monitoring Areas Dimension(s) Comments 4.1 Promotion of accessibility and provision of reasonable accommodation measures in the workplace. Have the assessment / access been conducted in the workplace to establish the extent of its accessibility for people with various types of disabilities? Is the information dispensed by the department (both to its employees and consumers of its services) accessible to people with various types of disabilities? Does the department provide reasonable accommodation measures or provide assistive devices on disclosure of such a need by a person with a disability? How many applications for assistive devices were received in the last 6 months? How many were approved and how many were declined? What was the reason for the disapproval? The Public Service will be fully inclusive of persons with disabilities when barriers to their participation (whether physical, attitudinal, or otherwise) are removed and people’s impairments are reasonably accommodated. It is not enough to treat all persons the same, but that added allowance (or reasonable accommodation) may be necessary to make rights “real” for persons with disabilities.
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