People Manager Toolkit

Advice and guidance for people managers on creating and supporting Disability-Smart teams.

Last Modified: 27 October 2020


People Manager Toolkit

In this Toolkit you will find practical advice and tips on how to tackle barriers that your disabled colleagues might face so that everyone can in your team can thrive and work to the best of their ability.

In each section you will find a guide and downloadable resources to share with people managers in your organisation. These include an introduction, best practice guidance and scenarios that show how the guidance can be put into practice. We will also be adding more resources over time.

You can see a contents list of all the resources in this Toolkit, or browse them below.

We’d like to thank all members of the steering group for providing feedback and materials during the creation of this toolkit:

  • Balfour Beatty
  • Cabinet Office
  • Department for International Development
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Defra – including Environment Agency and Natural England
  • Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Met Police
  • Motability operations
  • Sainsburys
  • Tailored Employment Solutions
  • University of Warwick.

While the advice in this toolkit represents good practice for people managers, it is based in UK law and culture. For this reason, there may be aspects that are not applicable outside the UK. If you would like advice for people managers operating in other countries and jurisdictions, see our series of Global guides.

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© This resource and the information contained therein are subject to copyright and remain the property of the Business Disability Forum. They are for reference only and must not be copied or distributed without prior permission.


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