Job Carving
Job Carving is a way of splitting jobs to ensure the most suitable person carries out each task.
It is a concept that can benefit both employers and employees through increasing productivity by realigning workers tasks.
It is a flexible way of managing a workforce, which allows employers to utilise their staff skills in the most productive way whilst enabling disabled people to make a valuable contribution to the world of work.
For some employees job carving may be more akin to organising flexible working hours so that a person who has a disability and is only able to work 6 hours per week can fill the gap left by the working mother who can only work 30 hours of a full-time post. For some people job carving can be part of a package of supported employment where the employer and employee will receive 'just enough help from a support organisation to ensure success'.
Examples of Job Carving
A solicitor employs a woman who has a learning disability for 1.5 hours each day to deal with the outgoing mail - freeing up the highly trained secretarial staff to increase their daily output.
A premiership football club employs a man with mental health needs for 3 hours per week to act as a match day steward
The Fire Service employs 3 men with learning disabilities across 3 different sites to valet fire officer vehicles. This frees the officers to carry out more inspections.
WHAT IS YOUR COMMITMENT AS AN EMPLOYER?
· Agree to Job Carving
· Identify tasks suitable for Job Carving
· The going rate of pay
· Conditions of service
· Equal access to training / development and equal opportunities to a diverse workforce
· Assisting people who are traditionally excluded from economic and social life
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES TO AN EMPLOYER?
· Develop existing employee skills
· Create a diverse workforce
· Increase understanding of Disability
· Positive impact in your local community
· Access to a valuable, committed source of recruitment
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES TO THE EMPLOYEE?
· Improved confidence and self-esteem
· Learn new work-based skills
· Increased independence
· Better social networks
· Earn a wage which leads to more choices
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