This accessibility statement applies to this website: https://oneworkforcesussex.com

This website is run by Sussex Health and Care ICS and NHS Sussex ICB. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and Voiceover)
• We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

• You  cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• There is a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘About Us’ page

• email: sxicb.clinicalworkforceeducation@nhs.net We’ll consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: sxicb.clinicalworkforceeducation@nhs.net

You can also leave feedback via the contact page: Contact Us Page

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

Find out how to contact us: Contact Us Page

Sussex Health & Care ICS and NHS Sussex ICB is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 A standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Fix missing ARIA label IDs – ‘When specifying accessible names via aria-labelledby, ensure that the label elements exist.’. We are aware of this issue and are working with our platform provider Chambury Learning to resolve. See the ‘Accessibility Roadmap’ below to see the timeline for delivery.  

Some pages contain links to IDs which don’t exist – ‘The intent of this Success Criterion is to allow people who navigate sequentially through content more direct access to the primary content of the Web page.’. We are aware of this issue and are working with our platform provider Chambury Learning to resolve. See the ‘Accessibility Roadmap’ below to see the timeline for delivery.  

Some pages contain links to IDs which don’t exist – ‘The intent of this Success Criterion is to allow people who navigate sequentially through content more direct access to the primary content of the Web page.’. We are aware of this issue and are working with our platform provider Chambury Learning to resolve. See the ‘Accessibility Roadmap’ below to see the timeline for delivery.  

We are working with our platform provider Chambury Learning to actively report and resolve accessibility issues which may arise. We will review this statement at least every 3 months to ensure we are improving accessibility.

PDFs and other documents

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

To maintain a high standard of accessibility for new content, and improve existing content as outlined above under “How accessible this website is” we will:

• Review specific aspects of our site’s accessibility and usability (monthly)
• Conduct automatic and manual accessibility checks across the site (weekly) we will be engaging with a specialist organisation Silktide to help us with this.
• Correct errors or implement improvements and
• Cascade best practice approaches to content editors
• Keep in open communication with our provider Chambury Learning to report any platform-based accessibility issues.
• Update our Accessibility Guidelines for content creators on a quarterly basis.

This statement was prepared on 11/08/2023. It was last reviewed on 11/08/2023.

This website was last tested on 11/08/2023. The test was carried out internally.

Using specialist app Silktide, we have manually tested a sample of pages on the platform. We chose these pages because they are a good representation of the overall site content.

We tested:

• The homepage: Oneworkforce Website Homepage
• The ‘About Us’ page: Oneworkforcesussex: About Us
• Other Job Opportunities page: Oneworkforcesussex: Other Job Opportunities
• Meet the team page: Oneworkforcesussex: Meet The Team 
• Getting into a career page: Oneworkforcesussex: Getting Into A Career
• Career Opportunities page: Oneworkforcesussex: Career Opportunities

Our Silktide Accessibility score across the 6 pages listed above averages 86.5% (as of 11/08/2023). We will use this as a benchmark as we move forward and continue to improve accessibility on the platform.

We are aware that aspects of our platform need improving to provide the best possible experience for our users. The following are issues that we are aware of and working with our provider Chambury Learning to fix: