Tailored Adjustment Agreement

What are Tailored/Workplace Adjustments?

NHSBT has a responsibility to support every employee to continue to do their job, return to work as soon as possible and be able to achieve their potential. 

We recognise that for some employees to achieve this additional support may be needed.

Workplace adjustments can help by providing temporary or long-term changes in the workplace. They can be anything that will help an individual to cope with whatever situation they are facing whilst also being able to maintain their job.   

Managers have a vital role in this by creating an open and supportive environment where individuals can talk about any problems they have with their work and seek help early.  

See the Manager Guide – Making Adjustments for advice and information on what is possible

Equality Act 2010, Disabilities and Tailored Adjustments

People with disabilities are protected by the Equality Act 2010.  Employers are required by Law to ensure that employees with disabilities can work by making reasonable changes or ‘reasonable adjustments’ to make this possible.

Under the Equality Act 2010, a disability is defined as, “a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.”

Disabilities covered by the Equality Act 2010 include, but are not limited to;

  1. Hearing loss
  2. Sight issues
  3. Diabetes
  4. Cancer
  5. Multiple sclerosis
  6. Asthma
  7. Back problems
  8. HIV
  9. Mental health conditions like depression.

To get generic advice on a medical condition and how it might affect or be effected by the workplace, contact Occupational Health and ask to speak to the Medical Helpdesk.

Support for All

It is not just people with diagnosed disabilities that might need support in the workplace. Everyone has times in their lives when they might need a little more support to return to, or remain at, work.

Examples of when adjustments might be needed are;

  1. Due to disability
  2. During pregnancy
  3. Following a surgical operation
  4. Dealing with caring responsibilities outside work
  5. Following a long-term absence due to mental or physical illness
  6. Following a bereavement

How do I know what adjustments are needed?

Suggested adjustments could come from an occupational health report, GP Fit Note, Health, Safety and Wellbeing advice.  It may also be following HR Advice, specialist consultant advice, or from the individual themselves.

Workplace adjustments should be reviewed regularly, depending on the specific condition involved. For example, adjustments for pregnancy would need to be reviewed at least monthly. This is because the pregnancy conditions can change quickly. Whereas adjustments for a long-term heart condition which rarely fluctuates would be reviewed less regularly.  Obviously, if the condition changes before a planned review is due, a review should be done as soon as possible.

Managers can use the

Tailored Adjustment Recording Tool  and Tailored Adjustment Agreement Review Recording Tool to note adjustments and reviews.

If an adjustment is something that can be done through the Estates and Facilities team, such as making a change to a desk, you can log a request through the TABS system: https://adfs.tabsfm.co.uk/NHSBT/default.aspx

Remploy Webinars

Below are access links to pre-recorded webinars about different disabilities/impairments and workplace adjustments;