PEGS has signed up to a Disability Confident scheme, aimed at attracting, recruiting, retaining and developing disabled people in the workplace.

Led by the Department for Work and Pensions, the scheme has three levels and we are currently at Level 1 (Disability Confident Committed) and working towards our Level 2.

Some of the key goals are enabling employers like ourselves to increase our understanding of disability; removing barriers which might be preventing people who are disabled or have long-term health conditions from accessing employment; and playing our part in ensuring disabled people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

We’d encourage other employers to sign up, to enable them to access free information, support and guidance as well as online forums, and events including webinars and conferences which are only open to members of the scheme.

Our founding director Michelle John said: “Accessing work shouldn’t be harder for some people than others – at PEGS what matters to us when we are recruiting is whether the candidate has the expertise, sensitivity and knowledge to support parents who are experiencing Child to Parent Abuse.

“However, we want to ensure we’re not unintentionally making it more difficult for those with disabilities and long-term health conditions to access our roles – and that as we continue to grow, all of our recruitment practices are in line with the most up to date recommendations.

“We also feel the information we learn along the way on our Disability Confident journey will be beneficial to the parents and professionals we work with, a proportion of which have a disability.

“We look forward to reaching Level 2 soon!”

Click the link to find out more about becoming Disability Confident.