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Equality & Diversity Impact Assessment
Age.
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage and civil partnership
Pregnancy and maternity
Race
Religion or belief
Sex
Sexual orientation
WHAT MATERIALS ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE AN
EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT?
Knowledge of staff and service users
Process Map – Review of staff/communities journey through the service
Complaints and Comments
Public Satisfaction Surveys
Inspection Reports
Feedback from focus groups / consultation
Statutory Equality Duty – Annual Information Report
National and Local Statistics and Audits
Existing Research
Anecdotal Evidence
WHAT DO I NEED TO CONSIDER WHEN COMPLETING AN
EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT?
Whether there is a negative impact on a protected characteristic.
You need to question
whether the policy / service / function puts a protected group at a disadvantage
Whether the negative impact, if any, can be avoided?
Is there a need for
consultation in order to ensure that the policy
function can be deemed non-discriminatory.
more Research?
HOW DO I PRIORITISE WHICH SERVICES / PROCEDURAL
DOCUMENTS NEED TO BE ASSESSED?
What causes us the most problems?
What do people complain about?
Does a particular service work well
Are we delivering against its core force principles
If it
doesn’t always feel right, what areas do we need to improve
Do service users value a particular service
If not, why not? Who is not getting involved or
playing their full part?
Do we know how people feel about a particular service?
Who do we need to talk to
What do we need to find out
How can we do that?
What would make everyone’s lives a lot easier around a particular service
Why are we not
doing it?
Are there opportunities that we are missing to be even better?
Are the right decisions being made about a service
If we have got it wrong in the past,
what was the reason for this?
Do we need to understand more?
What new policies, procedural documents, services, service developments, organisational
changes have you got planned?
What are the big projects / issues you need to deal with?
Are we ready for this?
What other work might we do to prepare?
What are our goals for a particular service?
Are we heading in the right direction?
Have we
got evidence of all the good work going on?
Equality Act 2010 protects people in nine protected characteristic groups