Equality Screenings

EA wishes to extend the current online offering of ePayslips and P60’s in the Ballymena office. ePayslips/eP60 is the facility where EA staff can access their Payslips and P60s online instead of receiving paper copies to home through the post.

The proposed structure has been developed to reflect the need to deliver a regional capital planning and investment service, which ensures consistency, quality and value for money across all programmes and projects that the Authority manages.

The Authority provides a School Crossing Patrol Service in line with this discretion. Even where this is provided it remains a parental responsibility to ensure the safety of their children for the entire journey to and from school.

The Facilities Management key function is leading and developing all aspects of facilities services including Maintenance, QSHE, Catering, Premises, Cleaning & Grounds. These managed services ensure that all properties that the Education Authority have responsibility for under each of the respective service areas in schools, offices and out-centres are maintained and operated to the highest standard.

The proposed structure has been developed to reflect the need to deliver a regional capital planning and investment service, which ensures consistency, quality and value for money across all programmes and projects that the Authority manages.

Transport assistance is provided for approximately 90,000 pupils and students on a daily basis at a cost of nearly £75 million per year. Whilst the primary responsibility for getting children to and from school rests with Parents; transport assistance is available for some children to facilitate their attendance at school. Children with disabilities or special educational needs may get additional help

This screening deals with the move to replace the existing process of emailing employees weekly notices of internal trawls, with a SharePoint solution which will provide significant benefits to internal applicant who will be able to directly access internal trawls electronically and download job documentation as appropriate and at their convenience.

The NJC pay award, which is contractually binding for EA employees on NJC terms and conditions, was agreed for two years: 2018-19 and 2019-20. The 2018 award included ‘bottom-loading’ (i.e. higher percentage increases) spinal column points (SCPs) 6-19 (inclusive) in order to continue to close the significant gap with the National Living Wage (NLW). SCPs 20 and above received a 2% increase.

The purpose of the EA Youth Service Equality and Inclusion Strategy 2018-2021 is to provide a flexible framework within which equality and inclusion activities and services can be supported and delivered across the EA funded youth service. 

The Scheme aims to implement key policy directives contained within the DE Priorities for Youth policy (2013) and to support related actions identified in the EA Regional Youth Development Plan (2017-20). In funding youth services, EA must also align with a number of other relevant policies.

The paper details the current processes with regard to payments made to parents under the Home to School Transport Scheme and outlines a single standardised approach for taking this forward for the Authority. 

The EA website will modernise and maximise the use of ICT for customer facing services; enhance communications; increase access and equality and deliver high quality educational services.

The EA has deemed that the introduction of Digital Admissions does not have a major impact and therefore does not require an Equality Impact Assessment.

The EA Corporate Business Plan 2018-19 details the Key Results and associated Actions, which the organisation plans to achieve in 2018-19.

This screening has been updated following an individual engagement exercise with impacted staff. This exercise accounted for individual staff needs and sought the best outcome based on staff’s individual circumstances. This exercise was completed by the end of July 2018.

As one of the largest educational bodies in the United Kingdom and a major employer in Northern Ireland, we acknowledge the value of placing young people in work experience situations.

(Previously named Statement of Policy and Code of Practice on Measures to Combat Harassment in the workplace for non- teaching staff in Controlled Schools and non-teaching staff in Maintained Schools).

The policy aims to provide a framework of guidance which will allow Schools/Boards of Governors to deal with dignity at work complaints and consider the rights and obligations of those involved.

The EA recognises the value of the workforce and the importance of having a skilled team of staff and volunteers who can 'inspire, support and challenge all our Children and Young People to be the best that they can be' . 

The Authority should establish a professionally qualified Head of CoPE to support the effective management of all procurement activity in the Authority. In order to achieve these principles, the proposed structure has been developed to reflect the need to deliver a regional procurement service for both Construction and Supplies & Services.

The Education Authority employs almost 40,000 staff, has an annual budget of almost £1.5 billion and provides a wide range of educational services for nearly 340,000 children and young people. The division impacted by the proposed changes is Infrastructure and Capital Development, which sits within the Directorate of Operations and Estates.

HR has commenced its change programme by firstly implementing an interim functional area operating model as of January 2017. This interim model was to be reviewed within one year of operation.

The review of Residential and Outdoor Education commenced on 1 July 2015 and was completed on 31 January 2016. These recommendations were put forward for public consultation from the 8 November 2016 to the 6 February 2017. The EA is now seeking to use of the information received from the public consultation to determine the future model of service delivery

The document sets out a consistent and modernised ICT Acceptable Use Policy for all users in EA. It clearly sets out the ‘Do’s’ and ‘Do Not’s’ in relation to the use of all ICT resources owned or operated by the organisation.

The EA Strategic Plan 2017- 2027 details our Vision, Mission, Values and future strategic priorities over the next 10 years. The Strategic Plan is a high level document, which identifies the areas of work that we must take forward to progress towards the achievement of the strategic priorities and recognises the context in which we will do this.