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Removing barriers to work: a guide to requesting adjustments in your career

Careers Service CVs & Applications, Disability and careers, Equality & Inclusion, Your Careers Service 04/02/202204/02/2022 0 Comment

Careers Consultants Beka Kimberley and Catherine Alexander share their advice for getting reasonable adjustments at work for a disability and information on new appointments with us this term

Increasing diversity in the Civil Service: Michael Collins on diversity internships and the Fast Stream

Careers Service Applications, Disability and careers, Equality & Inclusion, Public Sector 19/10/202120/10/2021Work experience 0 Comment

Michael Collins is a generalist civil servant and former fast streamer who has worked across a number of Government departments. He is currently at the FCDO where he works on economic diplomacy. Here he talks about the importance of diversity to the Civil Service and shares some insights for those thinking of applying

World Mental Health Day 2021

Careers Service Disability and careers, Wellbeing, Your Careers Service 10/10/202102/11/2021 0 Comment

Catherine Alexander, Careers Consultant here at the CS, marks World Mental Health Day, on Sunday 10 October 2021, by reflecting on ways we can look after our wellbeing this application season

What’s reasonable about adjustments?

Careers Service Disability and careers, Your Careers Service 21/07/202121/07/2021 0 Comment

Catherine Alexander, Careers Consultant at the CS, explains what workplace adjustments are, the difference between reasonable and unreasonable requests, and how they can help accommodate for a disability at work

Spotlight on: Access to Work

Careers Service Disability and careers 21/10/202003/11/2020 0 Comment

Catherine Alexander, careers adviser and specialist in disability and employment, shares guidance on the government’s Access to Work fund

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