Equal opportunities policy

01Our policy

Kingsbury Personnel Ltd is committed to equal opportunities for every candidate, worker and employee. We will not discriminate against anyone because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. These are the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

02What this means in practice

• We assess candidates only on their skills, experience, qualifications and the genuine requirements of the role.
• We will not accept instructions from clients that discriminate unlawfully, and we will challenge them.
• We carry out right to work checks in the same way for every candidate, at the same stage, whatever their nationality or background.
• We write job adverts in plain, inclusive language and describe the skills needed rather than years of experience wherever we can.
• We make reasonable adjustments for disabled candidates at every stage, including interviews and assessments.

03Reasonable adjustments

Tell us at any time if you need an adjustment, for example extra time, information in another format, a particular time for calls, step-free access or an interpreter. You can use the adjustments question on our registration form or call +44 (0)1494 211220. We will not share this with an employer without your agreement.

04Equal opportunities monitoring

We may ask you to complete an optional monitoring form. Your answers are kept separately from your application, are never seen by the consultant assessing you or by employers, and are used only in anonymous form to check that our processes are fair.

05Recruiting people with criminal records

Having a criminal record does not automatically stop you from working with us. We only ask about convictions and cautions where the law allows for the role, and we follow the DBS filtering rules. Where a DBS check shows a record, we discuss it with you and consider how relevant it is to the role before any decision is made. This policy meets the DBS Code of Practice requirement to have a policy on recruiting ex-offenders.

06If you feel you have been treated unfairly

Please use our complaints procedure. Free advice is also available from the Equality Advisory and Support Service and Acas.

07Responsibility and review

A director is responsible for this policy. All consultants receive equality and diversity training. We review the policy every year.