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General Information
This one-day course addresses equal opportunity policies and considers ways to
implement them. It is designed to help those staff to develop basic skills to
enable them to recognise the impact of equal opportunities in relation to their
working pattern. Participants will look at ways they can ensure that they
positively promote equal opportunities.
A range of training methods will be used in delivering the course content.
This will assist in ensuring effective input of course material. Participants
will be encouraged to take an active part in each session.
Aims & Objectives Of The Course
The aim of the course is to look at the way participants can develop their own
understanding of equal opportunities and actively promote a good equal
opportunities policy. Participants will examine individual views, prejudices and
attitudes and the powerful effect this has on our whole approach to equality.
Participants will develop their skills, attitudes and knowledge in the areas of:
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Examining their own individual views, attitudes and
prejudices |
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Making equal opportunities an every day function |
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Organising their work environment and themselves to
function in a way that actively promotes equal opportunities |
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Identifying inhibitors of good equal opportunities
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Objectives
By the end of the course participants should be able to:
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Describe their own specific views on what equal
opportunity means |
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Recognise the need for an effective equal opportunity
policy |
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Develop an equal opportunity philosophy - and stick
to it! |
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Adopt a structured approach to promoting equal
opportunities |
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Define areas that could inhibit effective equality of
opportunity |
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Create an action plan to develop their own equal
opportunity skills further |
Summary
The course is designed to be flexible and the content and setting can be varied
to meet the particular requirements of individual groups.
Participants will be encouraged to adopt a supportive and positive approach
to the group as a whole. It is hoped that this will allow individuals to achieve
greater proficiency and confidence through taking part in a stimulating and
enjoyable learning programme.
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