Workplace Needs Assessment

A workplace needs assessment identifies practical, reasonable adjustments that help a dyslexic employee work more effectively and confidently.
Our service is comprehensive and starts with a short pre-assessment questionnaire. This allows the assessor to focus on what matters most and make best use of everyone’s time.
The assessment itself is a structured but supportive remote discussion with an experienced workplace needs assessor. Together, the assessor and employee explore the employee’s job role and any aspects of their work that dyslexia makes more challenging.
The assessment recommends strategies and reasonable adjustments that can be put in place to support the employee in their role. Where appropriate, it may also recommend individual coaching to help the employee apply these adjustments effectively. The assessor also looks at the working environment to ensure recommendations are realistic and appropriate for the organisation.

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An employee does not need a formal diagnosis to access a workplace needs assessment. In some cases, the assessor may recommend a full diagnostic assessment for dyslexia.
Workplace needs assessments are job-specific. The employee must have been in their role for at least six weeks, although we recognise that job responsibilities often change within the same organisation and take this into account. We ask for a copy of the employee’s job description to support the assessment.

Recommendations may include:

•    Assistive technology and software
•    Practical strategies and workplace adjustments to improve performance and confidence (many of these are low or no cost)
•    One-to-one coaching tailored to the individual’s role and skill needs, with a coaching plan shaped by any existing diagnostic report and the workplace needs assessment
•    Dyslexia awareness training for employers and colleagues.

These assessments are carried out remotely via video platform. The format consists of a 15 minute private conversation with the line manager initially, followed by a separate meeting with the employee lasting up to 1hr 45 mins.

We only use workplace assessors who have completed their training with the BDA and have satisfied our requirements to be a 'competent' person in this field, so employers have the satisfaction of knowing they are in the safe hands.

We would aim to schedule the assessment within 3-5 weeks of receiving the booking details.

The British Dyslexia Association offer a Workplace Needs Assessment for £450 (+ VAT). The needs report provided following the assessment meets the criteria should you wish to apply for funding for any recommendations via Access to Work.

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