Take Action, Make Impact | World Inclusion Week 25 September – 1 October

It’s National Inclusion Week! This year’s theme is ‘Take Action Make Impact’, taking considerate actions that make positive and last impact in our organisation.

This year, we have launched our Workforce Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Strategy and milestone action plan produced in collaboration with our stakeholders and our Staff Networks. You can find more on our Equality and Diversity statement here.

We are also proud to share the achievements and planned initiatives of our Staff Networks.

Our Staff Networks add diversity to decision making at Nottingham CityCare.

• Staff Network Chairs are recognised as leaders in the organisation; they are members of the Leadership Council, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, Respect at Work Group, Health and Wellbeing Group, and Integrated Care System (ICS) Network Groups.
• They review policy, guidance and training programmes
• Participate in action planning for staff survey, Workforce Race, and Workforce Disability Equality Standards
• Participate in interview panels for senior leaders posts
• Add diversity to Freedom to Speak Up Champions
• Highlight and celebrate events within the Diversity Calendar.

We also have a number of inclusion achievements with the support of our Staff Networks, including:

• Working effectively with our partner organisations on national and local priorities policy / guidance and highlighting inclusion events
• Reviewed the recruitment process through an inclusive lens
• Highlight to managers disability and menopause sickness recording
• Produced a Disability Policy and soon the Personal Health Passport will be launched
• Refreshed and launched the Cultural Awareness Guide
• Achieved ‘Disability’ Confidence Status ensuring accessibility for the application and interview process.
• Produced a ‘Respect at Work’ policy and established a Respect at Work Group.
• Began the CityCare Leadership Programme for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic staff.
• Provided information and advice on reasonable adjustments
• Raised awareness around the importance of recording protecting characteristic data to Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
• Begun our Reverse Mentoring Programme
• Participated in producing ‘Our Pride’, an LGBTQIA+ Anthology with the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS.
• Host engaging network meetings with guest speakers

We are all working towards and for inclusion, seeking ongoing achievement to grow impact. We have a number of future actions dedicated to the goal of inclusion, including:

• Launching our ‘Respect the Work’ policy and Respect Pledge
• Working towards ‘Disability Confident’ employer status
• Building on Staff Network membership and actions
• Hosting our first Race Health Inequalities Conference
• Beginning Cultural Competence sessions, with a series of big conversations to understand and promote diversity and inclusion.
• Include EDI objectives in senior leader appraisals
• Take action to increase the diversity of our Freedom to Speak Up Champions
• Undertaking engagement and initiatives to further understand staff experience and contribute to effective action plans
• Hosting a face to face event for World Menopause Day.
• Events & communications for Black History Month & Disability History Month
• Increase the amount of staff recording their protected characteristic data to ESR
• With our ICS partners, produce guidance for Allys and a Menopause Policy
• Continue to monitor and promote initiatives to increase the diversity of our workforce to reflect the community we serve