Equality & Diversity

Profound Services is committed to promoting good practice among all its staff, associates and learners in all matters relating to Equality & Diversity.

The Company is committed to the elimination of all unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of Age, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Disability, Race, Religion & Belief.

We promote equality of access throughout its delivery of training and assessment by seeking to meet learner needs and individual choice in a flexible and non-discriminatory way.

At Profound we work closely with a number of government bodies and the work we do is in direct response to a key component in the Skills Funding Agency’s agenda. As such we are aware of new legislation, work schemes and funding packages.

We will ensure that all staff, associates and learners are aware of and promote the implementation of current legislation, statutory codes and recommended guidelines relating to Equality & Diversity.

Course documentation and publicity materials promote fair and equal access to training and assessment in a non-discriminatory fashion. Particular care is taken to avoid the use of statements and stereotypes that might reasonably be expected to give offence on the grounds of Age, Gender, Sexual Orientation, Disability, Race, Religion & Belief.

Staff members, associates and all learners who believe themselves to have been unfairly treated in relation to any of the areas identified in this policy, are encouraged to discuss their concerns, in the first instance, with their trainer or assessor or line manager or directly with the Company’s Equality & Diversity Champion. Formal complaints should be made in writing and addressed to the Company’s Head Office.

Profound Services – ‘challenging inequality and celebrating diversity’

Equality strands	People and aspects included
Age	Young, old and middle aged people.
Gender	Men, women, married people, transsexual people; parenting, caring, flexible working and equal pay concerns.
Sexual orientation	Heterosexual and bisexual men and women, gay men and lesbians.
Disability	Disabled people may have physical, mental, or sensory, visible or non-visible impairment.
Race	People from the various racial groups contained within the census (see below). This could include, for example, British Chinese people; British Asians or Black Britons; Travellers, Gypsies, Roma; those who are of Caribbean origin; people of mixed heritage or parentage; White Irish communities; and people of nationalities outside of Britain who reside here.
Religion or belief	People who have a religious belief; people who are atheist or agnostic; people who have a philosophical belief which affects their view of the world.