In the latest column brought to you by 技能发展 about the benefits and importance of taking on neurodiverse talent, 丽贝卡赢得 从 Lexxic 分享她的专业意见.
Although no organisation is the same, high performing organisations have one thing in common – an outstanding team. A winning team that all bring different talents the table.
That difference leads to increased innovation and 创造力, a diverse skill set and broader insight and understanding, better problem solving and decision making, and ultimately increased productivity, 收入, 和声誉. So having a diverse team is critical to business success.
我们每个人都是独一无二的. 我们的大脑是不同的. So, 我们的想法不同, 不同的行为, 有不同的优势, 和挑战, 给一个团队带来.
For people with a neurodiverse condition, 喜欢阅读障碍, they will bring amazing talents to your team; big picture thinking, 创造力, 比如创业精神, but they may have challenges with specific language skills, 比如阅读, 写作, 和拼写.
With one in seven people being neurodiverse (ACAS), this is a significant proportion of your current and potential workforce.
所以作为一个组织, it is critical to create an environment where neurodiversity is understood and to provide the right support for neurodiverse individuals, allowing them to flourish and add real value to your team.
As a specialist psychological consultancy, Lexxic believes that all minds belong, so it is our mission to inspire a working world that supports and values the talents of neurodiverse minds, empowering individuals to be their best selves at work.
因此, we partner with organisations to make a positive difference, 创建定制的, strategic change programmes and delivering psychological support services to neurodiverse talent (for example dyslexia, 运动障碍(论证), 计算障碍, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum conditions (ASC) and cognitive functioning difficulties).
So how do you, as an organisation, attract, recruit, and retain neurodiverse talent in your team?
吸引神经多样性人才
Tell your future neurodiverse employees that you are looking for people with their talents and that you value their contributions. Make sure that you have done a job analysis of the role, so that you can ensure you have an accurate job description written clearly.
招聘
Make it clear that you offer adjustments throughout this phase. Offer different ways of applying, for example online, video application or CV. Encourage candidates to speak up about reasonable adjustments that they may need by stating that you can offer them and giving examples.
Be clear in what you expect 从 the role and what is involve. Make your communication clear and neurodiverse friendly, sending information to them in an audio file as well as in a word document if possible.
新员工培训
Offer your employees the chance to have a workplace needs assessment to see if there are adjustments that would help straight away, for example assistive technology or extra time to learn new processes. Ask them what would help them settle into their new role and help their own learning.
持续的支持
It can be useful for your candidate and employee to see what the future could hold in terms of support alongside any career aspirations that they have. Let them know that support for their neurodiversity is ongoing in the form of adjustments, updated assessments and coaching that is tailored to them.
It is really encouraging for an employee to see what will help them flourish in the workplace.
For more information about the support available for companies to recruit neurodivergent talent, visit SDS’ employer dedicated site 我们的技能部队 你还能在哪里找到更多 案例研究 来激励你.