Equality and Diversity Training - (Staff)

This equality diversity course is designed to give delegates an overview and understanding of the key issues relating to diversity in the workplace – what it means, what it looks and feels like in practice, and why it is important.

The diversity course is practically based and interactive in nature, utilising a range of learning methods including pairs exercises, tutor input, plenary discussion, group work and case studies.

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Define diversity and how it differs from a traditional view of equal opportunities
• Explain a range of benefits to taking a diversity led approach to the workplace
• Use appropriate equality diversity language and terminology within the workplace
• Describe the content of their own diversity, equal opportunities policies, and consider their responses to a range of ‘real world’ diversity issues
• Describe the consequences and effects of harassment and bullying
• Explain how harassment and bullying situations should be dealt with, in line with organisational policy
• Define cultural diversity and some of the ways that it manifests itself - in all aspects of life
• Describe some of the ways in which different groups of people differ, in terms of cultural diversity – such as customs and practices, and ways of communicating
• State their response to a number of practical issues of cultural difference, which they may experience as part of their job
• Prepare a personal action plan for how to transfer their learning from today back to the workplace

There is no pre course work required for this equality diversity training, the course will aim to change delegates attitudes to cultural dviersity

The topics covered within this diversity training course are:

• Defining Equality and Diversity
• Benefits of Diversity to an organisation
  
• Eqaulity and Diversity and the Law
• Diversity in the organisation
• Diversity in practice – Examples and case studies
• Language and Terminology
• Harassment and Bullying
• Performance management, or bullying?
• Cultural diverstity – an introduction
• Cultural diversity in practice – Examples and case studies
• Personal action planning
• Evaluation and Close

This course is available as an inhouse course tailored to your organisational aims and objectives, please contact us to discuss your requirements and delegate numbers. (pricing can vary dependant on the size of group)

All prices are excluding VAT, travel is charged with In-house courses at 40p per mile from our head office
Accommodation is required for distances over 100 miles from our head office.