Children and Families - Equality and Inclusion
Our Commitment
Cheshire East Council’s Children’s Services is committed to
achieving equality for all our service users and
staff. Working to the Council’s Single Equality Scheme
and Action Plan, we aim to ensure that all our service users and
staff are treated fairly and equitably irrespective of race, ethnic
origin, nationality, gender, disability, age, gender reassignment,
religion, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, political
belief or social/economic group.
Equality Impact Assessments
Equality Impact Assessments are a tool to identify whether or
not our policies, services and procedures are having an adverse
impact on a particular group of people due to race, disability or
gender, or in the case of new or changing policies, a potential
adverse impact. By carrying out this assessment, we can make
any necessary changes to make sure that decisions do not
discriminate against minority groups.
The results of the equality impact assessment are used to
improve our service delivery. They may also show that we need more
information about our service users, for example through monitoring
or consultation.
Children’s Services have currently carried out the following
equality impact assessments:
More will be added as they are developed.
