Travers Smith LLP is delighted to announce it has been awarded the Disability Confident Leader Level 3 status, the highest externally validated accreditation in the UK Government's Disability Confident Scheme. This reflects the greater focus Travers Smith have placed upon being an inclusive environment for people with a long term health condition or disability.
The Disability Confident scheme helps employers recruit and retain great people. It challenges attitudes and increases understanding of disability; draws from the widest possible pool of talent; and secures high-quality staff who are skilled, loyal and hard working whilst improving employee morale and commitment by demonstrating fair treatment.
Travers Smith have made a number of improvements in this area, such as:
- Providing specific coaching for neurodivergent employees;
- Working closely with an external workplace needs assessment consultancy
- Focusing on tracking
- Monitoring and proactively following up on the changing needs of our staff with a disability or long term health condition throughout the employee lifecycle.
David James, Lead of the Enable Group, commented:
"We are delighted to receive this Level 3 status, which recognises the commitment and hard work we are doing to be a more disability inclusive environment. We now have some key takeaways to ensure we continue to make strides in this area – there is always more we can do. Thanks to everyone at the firm who have worked on increasing our accreditation from Level 1 to Level 3."
The Enable group supports the firm in improving accessibility and promoting greater inclusion for people who may have physical, mental and/or sensory impairments. It also helps raise awareness of the diverse accessibility needs of our people and to help ensure that employees with disabilities are empowered in their identity.
Travers Smith is also a member of Scope and the Business Disability Forum. To find out more about diversity and inclusion visit: Being inclusive.
