- Mental and Physical Disability Support
- The Equality Act and Definition of Disability
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Funding for Reasonable Adjustments
- Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPS)
- Information for Applicants for a New Role
- Information for Managers
- Access to Work
- Access to Work - Mental Health Support
Mental and physical disability support
Working with disability
The University of Exeter is committed to supporting current and future staff, with mental or physical disabilities or impairments, to work successfully. This is in line with our commitment to equality and diversity, our equal opportunities policy, and the legislation.
The University of Exeter has an Occupational Health Department who can provide support, guidance and signposting for staff and managers.
The pages here in the Working with a Disability section contain information and guidance on the following:
- The Equality Act and Definition of Disability
- Reasonable Adjustments
- Funding for Reasonable Adjustments
- Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPS)
- Information for Managers
- Access to Work
- Access to Work - Mental Health Support
Please also note, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion pages contain information on issues relating to disability initiatives at the University of Exeter.
The Colleague Wellbeing pages draw together all University health and wellbeing activities, courses and information for staff and is managed by the Wellbeing Group as part of the Positive Working Environment work stream.
- Specific advice on equipment to promote function and wellbeing at work
- Advice to employees and managers on adaptations to the workplace in line with statutory requirements
- Information on how to maintain function and independence
- Information and links to wider community disability resources
- Referral to specialist services
- Information on Access to Work
- Lifestyle advice and guidance – at work and at home
- Signpost to appropriate statutory and voluntary sector organisations
Please see the guidance available on the University website around setting up a home workstation as you must complete a DSE working from home assessment
An employee can make contact directly to discuss any issues but, for ongoing support, this will need to be supported by a management referral. The employee’s line manager and HR Advisors can make a referral to the Occupational Health Service. For full details of this process, please see here or email: occupationalhealth@exeter.ac.uk
Occupational Health will contact the employee to arrange an appointment, carry out an assessment and will provide an advisory report with recommendations to the line manager and HR Advisor/Partner.
AccessAble (formerly Disabled Go) - Provides information for students, staff and visitors who have a disability with detailed information of the University facilities. This includes the location of blue badge parking bays and detailed access information including photographs of the rooms and facilities in each building.
Access to Work - An Access to Work grant can pay for practical support for individuals with a long term disability, health or mental health condition to enable them to start work or stay in work. Employee must make application.
DSE Policy - This Standard sets out the responsibilities for implementing the requirements of the Display Screen Equipment Regulations (1992). The Standard explains the steps that should be taken by managers and their staff to ensure that all DSE Users have been identified, have been assessed and risks in the workstation controlled.