EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES MONITORING FORM
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals are able to make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.
We do not discriminate against staff on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (protected characteristics).
As a recovery-focused organisation we welcome applicants and staff with a direct or indirect experience of recovery and do not discriminate on the basis of recovery status.
Each section of this form contains an explanation of the specific issues that affect the equality area concerned. These are similar but with key differences. Each section includes the opportunity to “prefer not to say”.
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We keep monitoring strictly confidential but it is not anonymous. This record will be kept in securely in
HR and used for monitoring purposes and to ensure fairness and access to opportunity. Any reports will always be non-attributable.
Name:
Position applied for (if applicable):
We all have an age. Age discrimination regulations are designed to ensure you are judged only by your abilities and not your age. Greater experience does not always associate itself with greater ability and neither does older age and inability to learn new skills. By monitoring age we seek to uncover these and other assumptions in the way we work in WDP.
What is your date of birth
(DD/MM/YYYY)?
Prefer not to say
The following sets out categories for monitoring ethnicity. We ask you to respond to this information request positively as it will help us ensure that our policies and practices do not inadvertently discriminate against you because of your ethnicity.
WDP assures you that any information you provide here will only be used to monitor the effectiveness of our policies and we will take steps to ensure this information remains confidential to a limited number of staff in our HR directorate.
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Please describe your ethnicity by choosing ONE section from A to F, and then tick the appropriate box
A Asian or Asian British
 Bangladeshi
 Indian
 Pakistani
 Any other Asian background. Please state:
B Black or Black British
 African
 Caribbean
 Any other Black background. Please state:
D Mixed heritage
E White
 White and Asian
 White and Black African
 White and Black Caribbean
 Any other Mixed background. Please state:
 British
 Irish
 Any other White background. Please state:
C Chinese or other ethnic group
 Chinese
 Arab
 Any other. Please state:
F Prefer not to say
 Prefer not to say
To make positive changes, WDP wants to address the different barriers faced by disabled people. Many people who do not consider themselves to be disabled may be covered by the Equality Act 2010 because they have a health condition that has an impact on their lives.
What do we mean when we say disability?
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Do you have a physical or mental impairment?
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Is it long term?
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Does this make it difficult for you to do the things that most people do on a fairly regular and frequent basis?
Employees and applicants with a disability or health condition are entitled in law to reasonable adjustments to address their needs for support in the workplace. Therefore we are interested in any disability or health condition that may require a reasonable adjustment to overcome any such barriers.
WDP is committed to creating an environment where barriers are removed for disabled people and they can give of their best to succeed in our organisation.
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If you are a job applicant and would like to discuss your response, or are unsure of the types of reasonable adjustment that might be possible during the recruitment process, please contact the HR team.
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If you are already employed by WDP and would like to discuss your response, or are unsure of the types of reasonable adjustment that might be possible in the workplace, please contact the HR team or your manager who is trained to help and support you.
Any information you share with us about your disability or long term health condition will be kept confidential within HR.
Do you consider yourself to have a disability or long term health condition?
 Yes
 No  Prefer not to say
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Concentrations of either men or women into certain jobs, and the impact of family commitments are some reasons why men and women experience the workplace differently. Gender monitoring is key to ensuring that all employees have access to the same opportunities and WDP is committed to work at achieving this.
In asking about gender, WDP recognises that it is a word often used in place of the word “sex” in equality issues. WDP is asking about the gender you identify with and accepts that this may be different from that assigned at birth.
Would you describe yourself as:
 Female
 Male
Is your present gender the same as the one assigned at birth?
 Yes
 No
 Intersex
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Prefer not to say
Prefer not to say
What is your marital status?
 Married/Civil
Partnership
 Single  Other  Prefer not to
Monitoring sexual orientation in our staff and in our recruits is a significant step towards acknowledging gay, lesbian and bi sexual staff within WDP.
WDP seeks to become an exemplary employer and make sure our processes and practices are fair to all staff.
Please help us and do this by completing the following questions around your sexual orientation.
WDP will only use this information for ensuring its staff policies work fairly for all and that your sexual orientation does not count against you. We will ensure in any analysis that is made public that it will not be possible to identify you.
What is your sexual orientation?:
 Bisexual
 Heterosexual/straight
 Gay/Lesbian
 Prefer not to say
 Other. Please state:
WDP is committed to ensuring fairness and equal access to all employees whatever their faith or beliefs.
Whether or not you have a religion and what you do or don’t believe in is likely to make a difference to you and how you perceive the world. These perceptions are carried across into our workplaces.
What you do or don’t believe is a private matter but it would be disingenuous to say that it had no effect on your employment. For example, WDP running training events or promotion panels during periods of religious fasting for some colleagues may well place them at a disadvantage in these instances.
Below is a list of religions that are the most commonly found in Britain. They are listed in alphabetical order and not intended to signify rank in terms of importance. Furthermore we acknowledge that the list is not exhaustive and if your religion is not specifically listed then we ask you not to take offence as none was intended.
Please tick the box that best describes you
 Agnostic
 Buddhist
 Christian
 Muslim
 Sikh
 Other. Please state:
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 Hindu
 Jewish
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 No religion
 Prefer not to say
“ The process of recovery from problematic substance misuse is characterised by voluntary-sustained control over substance use which maximises health and wellbeing and participation in the rights, roles
and responsibilities of society” (U.K. Drugs Policy Commission)
WDP is a recovery-focused organisation committed to achieving improved recovery outcomes for our service users.
Monitoring recovery experience in our staff and in our recruits is a significant step towards acknowledging recovery experience within WDP.
WDP seeks to become an exemplar employer and make sure our processes and practices are fair to all staff.
Please help us and do this by completing the following questions around your recovery experience.
WDP will only use this information for ensuring its staff policies work fairly for all and that your recovery status does not count against you. We will ensure in any analysis that is made public that it will not be possible to identify you.
Please tick the box that best describes you
 I have a direct experience of recovery (I consider myself either to be in recovery or to have recovered)
 I have an indirect experience of recovery (I have close friends or family members who are or have been in recovery)
 I have no direct or indirect experience of recovery
 I prefer not to say
Thank you for completing this form.
If you are a job applicant, please be assured that the monitoring data will only be used for equality monitoring and not as part of the selection process.
If you are an existing member of the workforce, please be assured that we monitor to get an accurate picture of our organisation and to identify and try to address any inequalities.
The request for this information and how it is used is within the scope of the Data Protection Act 1998 which allows for the collation and reporting of sensitive data for monitoring purposes. Monitoring allows us to try to ensure that every employee has the same access to training, promotion and other opportunities.
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