Guaranteed Interview Scheme for People with Disabilities

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 defines a disabled person as someone with:

"a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day to day activities"

Tamworth Borough Council's Guaranteed Interview Scheme states that any job applicant who has a disability, and meets the essential criteria for a job, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you apply for a job with the Council, your application will be considered like all others, by measuring it against the criteria as set out in their personnel specification.

If it is decided that you do not meet the essential criteria, this decision will be confirmed with our Human Resources Team.

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Tamworth Borough Council is a holder of the Employment Service's disability symbol. This means we are committed to:

  • Interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job and consider them on their abilities.
  • Discuss at least annually with disabled employees how they can be developed.
  • Make every effort when employees become disabled to retain them in employment
  • Ensure all employees develop appropriate levels of disability awareness to make the commitments work
  • Review the commitments annually and plan ways to improve on them

If you have any questions about the Guaranteed Interview , please contact a member of our Human Resources Team on (01827) 709226.