A182 Disabled graduate positive action partnership between GCIL Equality Academy, NHSScotland and Scottish Government

1. Effective partnership working:
GCIL Equality Academy and NHSScotland
Graduate Traineeship Scheme
John Speirs
National Development
Manager
GCIL Equality Academy
Grant Carson
Director Employment and
Housing Services

2. Background: GCIL:
What we do
• One of the largest Disabled Person’s
Organisations (DPO)in Scotland
• Providing Independent Living Support
Services to disabled people since 1995
• GCIL services based on the Social
Model of Disability and on the principles
of the Independent Living Movement.

3. GCIL Services
• GCIL work to empower disabled people to
take control of their own lives and manage
their own support systems; and
Services include
• Innovative housing and employment
services
• Inclusive living support
• Disability equality training

4. Barrier removal tools

5. GCIL Employment:
What we do
• Providing employment opportunities for
disabled people since 2001
• Promote equality across Scotland

6. GCIL Equality Academy:
What we do
• Provide graduate traineeships for disabled
people
• Promote equality across Scotland
• Promote the social model of disability

7. GCIL Equality Academy:
Why we do what we do:
• Disabled people: Levels of
disadvantage experienced in
accessing and retaining employment

8. Partnership Development
GCIL - Scottish Government - NHSScotland:
• partners in the Independent Living
Movement in Scotland
• employs over 150,000 people in Scotland
• 0.5% employees identify as disabled
people.

9. The Proposal
• A graduate traineeship for a disabled person
in each of the 22 NHSScotland Boards
• GCIL Equality Academy role

10. Graduate Traineeship Scheme
• Programme of support

11. Case Study 1: Ryan

12. Case Study 2: Robbie

13. Future Aims:
• Expansion
• Replication
• Mainstreaming

14. Summary
GCIL Equality Academy
• What we do
• How we do it
• Why we do it
• The impact