Achievements under the Disability Action Plan 2017–2020
Under the previous Disability Action Plan, several initiatives were delivered to improve the employee experience and increase representation of people with disability. These included:
- establishing a Deputy Secretary executive disability champion and sponsor for the DPC Enablers Network
- creating a seven-year VPS funding arrangement for a senior adviser to lead and support the work of the VPS Enablers Network and the Getting to Work initiatives (this is a rotating role within Victorian Government where the role is hosted at DPC for the first two years of the arrangement)
- creating a senior adviser disability access and inclusion role dedicated to implementing the Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (as per Action 3 in Getting to Work)
- refurbishing and designing the 35 Collins Street occupancy with a strong focus on inclusion and accessibility
- implementing a new briefing and correspondence management system with early consultation with people with disability to incorporate accessibility features
- developing the Digital Employee Experience Roadmap, with a focus on making employment applications more flexible and accessible (there has been a conscious shift to embed accessibility features as the standard process)
- commissioning an accessibility audit for 1 Treasury Place, which identified the access issues associated with the internal confines of the building
- implementing Teem, a meeting room, wayfinding, visitor management and desk booking solution
- revising the Workplace Adjustment policy and procedure
- continuing participation in the Stay Engaged program, which provides a six-week paid work placement for people with disability (DPC has hosted 23 people since 2017, resulting in ongoing work for several participants)
- continuing participation in the Australian Network on Disability’s ‘Stepping Into’ internship program, which has hosted 6 winter interns, 6 summer interns and proposes 4 further summer interns.
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