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Becoming a Diabetes Safe accredited workplace

Diabetes Safe accreditation demonstrates that your organisation has put in place reasonable and practicable measures to create and promote diabetes safety. Accreditation demonstrates to your stakeholders that:​

Protect

Diabetes-related workplace risks are actively managed and mitigated

Support

Employees with diabetes are supported to manage the condition effectively while at work and do not experience unfair discrimination

Prevent

Workplace practices do not increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes

 

There are eight requirements for becoming Diabetes Safe, starting with an organisational risk assessment which focuses on the work practices and policies that impact diabetes safety. From the assessment we will identify key risks and gaps and provide you with the specific accreditation requirements for your organisation. These will typically include:

  • Including diabetes safety in organisational policy
  • Providing training to line managers on how diabetes impacts health, safety and wellbeing, the legal and regulatory requirements of managing diabetes in the workplace and how to support employees with diabetes
  • Providing training to safety critical workers, including those who drive for work, on how diabetes impacts health, safety and wellbeing, employer obligations to provide support and employment protection and rights
  • Providing reasonable adjustments as needed
  • Ensuring hypo kits alongside every first aid kit

“We found the Diabetes Safe accreditation process supported our people gain a deeper awareness and understanding of the condition and how it affects work. We were fully supported by the DSO team throughout the process to ensure we had everything required to obtain this important accreditation.”

Clare Murphy
Head of Human Resources
Road Haulage Association

We know that diabetes safety is a new initiative for many organisations. The accreditation process is easy to follow and leverages your existing health, safety and wellbeing processes. We provide you with a range of sample policy language and templates and trainings to help you meet accreditation requirements. All you need to do is incorporate into your existing processes.

 

 

To find out more or start your organisational risk assessment contact,
accreditation@diabetessafety.org.