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Disability and the Workplace Course
Oplex Careers

Accredited online course including Level 3 CPD Certificate on completion

Summary

Price
£19 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
16 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
CPD
16 CPD hours / points
Additional info
  • Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price
  • Tutor is available to students

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Overview

The online Disability and the Workplace Course from Oplex Careers aims to provide great insight into the skills and knowledge related to the importance of knowledge and skills related to disability awareness in the workplace and more.

CPD

16 CPD hours / points
Accredited by The CPD Certification Service

Description

Course Description

The online Disability and the Workplace Course will provide learners with a good understanding into learning most effective ways to manage disability rights within the workplace. This course will discuss the key skills and knowledge related to your role, the importance of knowing key Disability guidelines, employee rights and more. This course will provide a great insight into your role with the use of practical examples throughout the course. Whether you are familiar with legislation surrounding disability in the workplace already, you want to get started working in a field where this knowledge is important, looking for more training, or just interested in this field of study, this course will cover a range of modules and provide multiple examples for assessment.

Course Syllabus

The Disability and the Workplace Course is split into the following modules:

    • Introduction to the law around disability in the workplace

-What does the law say about disability in the workplace?
-How does it protect disabled people in the workplace?
-Responsibilities of workplaces

    • Discrimination

-What is discrimination?
– How can it occur in the workplace?

    • Equality and Diversity

-What is equality and diversity?
-Why are they important?
-Who equality and diversity applies to
-How a workplace can ensure everyone is treated fairly

    • Disability in the workplace

-How to make the recruitment process accessible
-How to make a workplace accessible
-Disability awareness training

    • Invisible disabilities

-Examples of invisible disabilities
-Appropriate conduct around invisible disabilities
-How invisible disabilities are covered in the Equality Act

    • The Equality Act 2010

-Protected characteristics
-Why is the Equality Act important?
-CIPD

    • Models of disability

-Medical model of disability
-Social model of disability

    • Support in the workplace

-Unions and advocacy groups
-Groups and charities for people with disabilities
-Your rights in a union

  • Final Assessment

Assessment

To assess the learners ability and knowledge to effectively understand the topics contained within the Disability and the Workplace Course, the course features a number of end of module interactive quiz questions.

Additionally, at the end of the course learners will also take an online multiple choice assessment test. This online multiple choice test is marked automatically so you will receive an instant grade and know whether you have passed the course.

Certificate

On successful completion of this Disability and the Workplace Course. This certificate will be produced in PDF format, hard copies of the certificate will be available at an additional fee of £9.99.

Course Format

This course is delivered online through eLearning. Learners of the course will receive instant access to our interactive student learning portal, which offers 24/7 access to the Disability and the Workplace Course.

Course Duration

The online Disability and the Workplace Course requires 16 hours to complete the course in full. This is only a guide to the learning hours required and it depends on how quickly an individual can absorb the information. The learning is online so it can be spread out over multiple sessions or done in one session.

Learners will have access to this course for up to 12 months from the date of joining. There is no time limit to complete the course during this period.

Tutor Support

When you are studying a course it is always useful to know that you have the help and support of tutors that want you to succeed in your studies.

As part of the Disability and the Workplace Course you will receive access to our dedicated tutor support service. The academic tutors will be able to provide you with unlimited online email support to help answer any questions that you may have whilst you are studying the course.

Course Compatibility

Our Disability and the Workplace Course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices.

We know that more and more people are using the web whilst they are on the move, so we have designed this Disability and the Workplace Course to be fully compatible across tablet and smartphone devices. You will be able to access the same content from the course, just over a 3G or 4G network whilst on the move.

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