Equality and Diversity Courses
Implementing an Equality and Diversity management programme to ensure you are not only managing against legislation, but valuing diversity within your workforce is a primary challenge within todays businesses.
With over 750 Equality and Diversity training courses delivered to over 4,000 people, Oatmeal are the market leaders in Equality and Diversity training, we can train, monitor and evaluate across the NHS, local government, central government and police guaranteeing you quality and latest policy thinking.
Oatmeal’s Equality and Diversity training courses include a series of carefully designed diversity modules that expands the diversity dialogue by allowing participants to learn in allocated sessions greater detail about various diversity dimensions. It increases understanding and expands perspectives allowing participants to examine their own thoughts, behaviours, experiences, and reactions and choose productive behaviours that create and support positive co-worker and customer relationships.
Our Equality and Diversity training courses drive diversity and inclusion throughout the entire organization. They extend the reach of the diversity manager. Our courses serve as a measure for evaluating a manager's degree of involvement in the diversity and inclusion process. They build diversity, inclusion and cross-cultural capability across the organization.
Our Diversity unit focusses on Confidence and Equality, Diversity, Multicultural Awareness, Cultural Competence, Managing a Diverse Workforce, Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work. Our knowledge and experience in these areas remain unrivalled. Our Equality and Diversity training courses are designed to empower all students to maximise their potential within the organisation. They will be equipped with essential skills to competently deliver a service within the organisation that will clearly demonstrate a respect for diversity, fairness and equity.
That means offering a variety of customised courses and being able to adapt the learning objectives to the specific requirements of your organisation. We are able to provide specific and focused training sessions for small, medium or large organisations, addressing a wide variety of roles within the organisation..
The Business Case
People are the organisations’ most important asset and as such their knowledge, development and commitment is vital in today’s competitive market.
Communities and therefore the workforce are becoming increasingly diverse. Organisations need to be proactive in developing the culture and practices which enable people to be valued, respected and motivated to achieve the best results for their organisations and indeed for themselves!
Our range of Equality and Diversity training courses are designed to have a positive impact and inspire all who attend, which in turn increases the effectiveness and efficiency of everyone involved.
We aim to develop every individual’s skills and abilities whilst working within current employment legislation.
Aims & Objectives
All of our Equality & Diversity training and Management courses include the following objectives:
To equip delegates with the knowledge and skill needed to reduce incidents of unfair treatment in the work place and enhance communication, efficiency and effectiveness.
- Appreciate and Embrace ‘diversity’- Explore how different we are as human beings. These are then linked to the various strands of diversity which are currently covered by Employment Legislation.
- Explore Basic Assumptions, Prejudice and Stereotyping - Demonstrates how our values play a vital role when faced with any situation which may lead to prejudging an individual on initial contact – Basic Assumption Model.
- Identifying our own prejudices - Explore our values, opinions and dislikes.
- Understand what is meant by discrimination and its potential costs- Identify the 4 ways in which our personal dislikes can manifest themselves in unfair treatment of others. Explore scenarios that reflect current trends and working practices within your workforce.
- Identify individual responsibilities and duties under Equalities Legislation – Consider the main elements of unequal treatment and their definitions as stated under the Equalities Legislation.
- Recognise the importance of communication and feedback - Recognise how important communication is with regard to identifying and challenging inappropriate behaviour.
- Relate the effects of discrimination to ‘Allport’s scale’ - This useful model demonstrates how prejudice can escalate if unchecked. To relate the elements of ‘Allport’s Scale’ to the world today, the workplace, schools and relationships with others.
- Summary and conclusion - This will include opportunities for delegates to summarize learning action plan.
