Do you want to access the entire talent pool and encourage people with disability to apply for your roles but don’t know where to start?
Australian Disability Network’s Disability Confident Recruiter is a status you can achieve by removing barriers in your recruitment process to make it more accessible and inclusive for people with disability.
Removing Barriers in Recruitment
You may not even know that your recruitment process or the recruiters you engage have these barriers, or what they are.
This is why our Disability Confident Recruiter is a great place to start.
It will tell you what you need to do to remove barriers. You may be surprised at how easy Disability Confident Recruiter status is to achieve.
What’s involved?
Disability Confident Recruiter consists of two phases – Discovery and Education.
- The Discovery Phase is a review of your end-to end recruitment process. In this phase, you will be guided by us.
- The Education phase supports your employees in building knowledge and awareness of Inclusive Recruitment through e-learn training.
To maintain Disability Confident Recruiter status, organisations are reviewed on an ongoing and annual basis.
For more information on the program, contact our team today.
Gain recognition and lead change
By signing our Charter, and completing Disability Confident Recruiter, your organisation will be recognised as a Disability Confident Recruiter, committed to removing barriers to recruitment and selection.
Gain recognition as one of an elite group of Australian organisations who have seen the benefits of being disability confident and taken the necessary steps to achieve it. These organisations are making a genuine impact for change by making accessibility a key element of recruitment.
How has this program benefited Disability Confident Recruiter organisations?
Testimonials
We are proud to share that the Disability Confident Recruiter has had a significantly positive impact on participating organisations and has provided important learnings and provided safe spaces for people to report having a disability.
Here are several examples of the benefit the program has had on participating organisations:
NSW Treasury
“We’ve seen an increase in the number of people identifying as having a disability across Treasury. We have also seen an increase in candidates feeling comfortable to ask for adjustments during the recruitment process, resulting in a more flexible process and greater awareness and education for hiring managers and teams.” – NSW Treasury (2024)
Australian Film, Television and Radio School
“We have learned a great deal through the process both in terms of physical accessibility and many refinements in our recruitment processes which are ongoing.” – Australian Film, Television and Radio School (2024)
Case studies
Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
I was delighted that the ATO has been awarded Disability Confident Recruiter accreditation from the Australian Disability Network. This is an important step in our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees ” Susan Moriarty ATOP SES
Read the Australian Taxation Office case study
RMIT
“Gaining Disability Confident Recruiter status was a key step in RMIT’s Accessibility Action Plan, which aims to enable a diverse and inclusive workplace for all staff and students. This large program of work has encouraged us to rethink and redesign our entire talent process. With the removal of technological, cultural and physical barriers it has inevitably made it a more equitable process for applicants with disabilities. The feedback from our candidates and hiring community has been extremely positive so far however we see this as the start…there is more to do.” Gabrielle Bassett, Executive Talent Acquisition Manager
Disability Confident Recruiter Organisations
Australian Disability Network are proud to share the following organisations have an ongoing commitment to removing barriers in their recruitment processes and practices, gaining recognition as disability confident recruiters.
- Accenture Australia
- Achieve Australia
- Attorney-General’s Department
- ANZ Banking Group
- Australian Film Television Radio School
- Australian Taxation Office
- Australia Post
- Blue Sky Community Services
- City of Sydney Council
- Coles Group Limited
- Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
- DFP Recruitment
- GenU
- HOBAN Recruitment
- Infosys BPM
- Infosys
- Lake Macquarie City Council
- Legal Aid NSW
- Life Without Barriers
- Main Roads Western Australia
- Max Solutions
- Medibank Private Limited
- Mission Australia
- National Australia Bank Limited
- National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- NSW Department of Customer Service
- NSW Department of Planning & Environment
- NSW Ombundsman
- NSW Public Service Commission
- NSW Treasury
- Paxus
- Peter Berry Consultancy
- RMIT
- Russell Kennedy Lawyers
- Settlement Services International
- Telstra
- VIC Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions
- Vicinity Centres
- Victoria Police – Victorian Public Service
- WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
- WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
- Water Corporation
- Yarra Trams
- Zoos Victoria
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