Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment

Department of Health (NT Health)

What we will do What success will look likeTimeline
Agency will commit to CE level messaging around inclusion, diversity and workplace flexibility to all staff annually

CE Broadcast/s issued to all employees emphasising our commitment to providing inclusive, diverse and flexible workplaces. Outlining key attributes and where further information can be accessed.

Initiatives promoted that support the work of Champions of Inclusion in achieving agency-wide improvements to diversity and inclusion and cultural change

 Ongoing
Agency will celebrate International Day of People with Disability on 3 December each year and on this day recognise the skills and talents of people with disability within the agency

Activities held in various locations to celebrate and promote the skills and talents that people with disability bring to the workplace.

Annually
Agency will work with the Employment Programs Unit (EPU) within DCDD to employ one or more persons with a disability every 2 years

Evidence of participation in the Disability Employment Program (DEP) maintained

Workplace adjustment embedded in recruitment/onboarding processes and material

Workforce statistics confirm an increase in people who have identified as having disability.

 Ongoing

Achieved actions or programs

  • Promoted appropriate workplace behaviours training online, with 35 employees completing the Disability Confident Workforces and 129 employees completing the Disability Confident Managers course as of June 2023.
  • Promotes the Annual NT Disability Services and Inclusion Awards.
  • Launched a new Health@Work internal intranet page including information on inclusion and diversity.
  • NT Health introduced a values based approach to foster a 'safe, responsive, kind' culture that encapsulates what NT Health values.
  • NT Health promotes events and participates in activities such as Hands Up for Inclusion that raise awareness of diversity and support inclusive workforce practices.
  • The number of NT Health employees who self-identify as having disability has remained relatively stable over the last 2 years – 68 as at July 2021 – this number is under-reported, e.g. People Matter Survey respondents totalled 77.
  • NT Health consistently employs people under the Disability Employment Program since 1994 36 people with disabilities through the program as of June 2023. In the last two year period 5 people have been employed with two currently employed with NT Health
Inclusion and diversity