We're a Disability Confident employer

As a charity, we are proud that Sue Ryder is a Disability Confident Level One Committed employer – part of a government initiative aimed at developing disability inclusive employers and ensuring disabled people are fully supported in the workplace.

What it means to be a Disability Confident employer

Joining the Disability Confident initiative is helping us to remove barriers and ensure that everyone who works or volunteers at Sue Ryder can achieve their full potential, including those with disabilities or long-term health conditions.

What we've done

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we:

have made changes to our recruitment process to be more inclusive and accessible.
are taking steps to promote our job vacancies in accessible formats and ensure our platforms are as accessible as they can be.
have made changes to our recruitment application process, ensuring people are aware of the offer of an interview scheme, and we will offer an interview to disabled people (where applicants have declared a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role)*.
have put steps in place to ensure that we can accommodate reasonable adjustments.
pledge to support any employee who becomes disabled or is diagnosed with a long-term health condition, so they can stay in work and thrive. We are also reviewing our reasonable adjustments process, to make sure that this is as easy to use as possible.

How we’re supporting disability inclusion

At Sue Ryder, we actively support disability inclusion for our staff and volunteers, with various internal initiatives and resources to foster an open, understanding working environment for our teams.

Disability Ally training

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All staff within Sue Ryder are encouraged to complete our Disability Ally training, which covers how different types of disabilities can affect people, and how to have supportive, positive conversations about disabilities.

This helps ensure we’re creating a welcoming and inclusive culture for neurodiverse people and people with disabilities – among our staff, volunteers and people we serve. You might see staff or volunteers with a Disability Ally badge or icon in their email signature, to show they have completed the training and are committed to being a welcoming, supportive ally to people with disabilities.

Inclusion Passport

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A document for you to capture what helps you to perform best, feel included and get the support and adjustments you need, when working or volunteering at Sue Ryder.

Business Disability Forum

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Here, with a Sue Ryder login, you can access resources, toolkits and webinars on disability inclusion.

People with Disabilities Network

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One of our four Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) Networks, this group brings together staff and volunteers to support Sue Ryder to be more equitable, diverse and inclusive around disability. The group is for anyone with a disability and allies, to share their views, ideas and lived experience, and help shape our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy going forward.