Stephen Kelly Email & Phone Number

Experienced Disability Inclusion Specialist. Managing Director and Founder of Ability Focus.Almost twenty years' public and private sector experience working in disability training, inclusion and disability employment supports ensures a comprehensive understanding of disability in the workplace. Experienced in advising global organisations, government departments and large public bodies on workplace disability inclusion and reasonable accommodation. Delivers disability awareness and reasonable accommodation training to individuals and organisations throughout Ireland on a weekly basis. Delivers disability awareness training on behalf of client organisations to colleagues across Ireland, UK and Europe.Provides consultancy supports on workplace reasonable accommodation obligations for government, state body and private sector businesses and proud to be on a number of steering groups to assist with the strategy and guidance of projects.At Ability Focus our award winning Disability Awareness & Equality Training programmes are the first of their kind to receive a professional body Endorsement Award from the L&DI. These are also the only programmes of their kind to receive independent CPD accreditation.Our L&DI Endorsement Award and CPD accreditation status now recognises Ability Focus as the leading provider of disability awareness & equality training in Ireland and one of the main training providers across the UK and EU. We are also proud to be selected as a Valuable 500 Global Solutions Partner for our experience in disability awareness training.Here is a snapshot of some of our clients:An PostAldi Ireland Irish Civil Service EASGrant Thornton Johnson & JohnsonDept of Justice HSE - National Screening ServiceUCDFidelity InternationalWilliam FryDepartment of Social ProtectionIndeed Central Statistics OfficeIrish Human Rights & Equality Commission Bank of IrelandVodafonedaa (Dublin Airport Authority)CNP Santander InsuranceTifco Hotel GroupThe Revenue CommissionersNCSELaw Society of IrelandNational Concert HallCheck out our website for more details!

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  Managing Director At Ability Focus. Disability Inclusion Specialist

  Ability Focus

  Oct 2019 - Present - Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

  At Ability Focus we believe information is the key to reducing the disability knowledge gap that currently exists in workplaces.We recognise that disability confident organisations are vital to creating greater career opportunities and ensuring better overall service provision to people with disabilities. We offer a number of training programmes aimed at supporting organisations in the public and private sector to create a more disability inclusive workplace. Our award winning Live Online Disability Awareness Training Programmes are the only programmes of their kind to receive both a professional body Endorsement Award from The Learning & Development Institute (L&DI) and CPD Accredited Status. External professional body validation and formal accreditation recognises these programmes as a leading disability awareness training initiative in Europe. Through our consultancy division we provide expert advice on Reasonable Accommodation, employer supports, change management supports, reasonable accommodation policies and disability inclusion policies.Check out our website for further info!