Reasonable Adjustment Policy
3. Communicating the Availability of Reasonable Adjustments
FaCSIA ensures that all applicants and employees are notified of the availability of reasonable adjustments, as follows.Job Applicants
The Disability Access Coordinator (DAC) 62009669 is responsible for:
- Ensuring that all applicants invited for interviews are notified that they can request adjustments for their disability for the interview process and informed of the procedure for making an adjustment request.
- Ensuring that the following paragraph or its equivalent is added to any application forms and interview correspondence:
- "It is the policy of FaCSIA to provide reasonable adjustments for qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application/interview process, please contact the Disability Access Coordinator (DAC), Lucy Simic, phone number (02) 62009669. If you are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment, you can use the National Relay Service to contact any of FaHCSIA's listed phone numbers. Employment opportunities will not be denied to anyone because of the need to make reasonable adjustment for a person's disability."
- Where interviews are scheduled by telephone, ensuring all applicants are informed about the availability of reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Specifically, the scheduler should ask:
- "Do you require any special arrangements to enable you to equitably participate in the interview?"
Current Employees
People Branch is responsible for:
- Ensuring that information concerning the reasonable adjustment policy and procedure is shared during the induction of new employees.
- Referring people for whom a reasonable adjustment might be appropriate to the Disability Access Coordinator (DAC).
Managers are responsible for:
- Advising employees of the reasonable adjustment policy and procedure upon job commencement and during performance reviews (by asking, for example, "Have you been informed of FaCSIA's Reasonable Adjustment Policy?").
- Ensuring that information about the Reasonable Adjustment Policy is readily available in the work areas of employees supervised (in the same way that information about fire safety protocols is available).
- Explaining the reasonable adjustment procedure and either contacting the DAC when approached by an employee requesting an adjustment or assisting the employee to contact the DAC.
- Navigating through the reasonable adjustment procedure when appropriate.
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