Approaches to tackling biases and inequity for HR professionals in the NHS

* Please note this session is for HPMA members only**

*This session is for those in HR/OD/ Workforce roles**

Summary:

This session will help HR and OD professionals be more effective in identifying and addressing bias and inequity in the systems in which we work.

When we become knowledgeable and expert in policies and approaches we often have faith in them to the point that biases inherent in them become invisible to us. This can be compounded when the approaches are ‘industry standard’ and there is a collective acceptance of these as THE way of doing things. It sometimes takes critical questioning to spot the biases and even more skilful persuasion to help others to deviate from the norm.

Bronfenbrenner’s socio-ecological model has been adapted to help us trace the connections between legislation and national policy and the inequalities that show in the work of HR and OD professionals. Included in the model are the narratives and practices at system and organisational level, as well as within communities. This is known as upstream analysis.

Aims and Objectives

Participants will be supported to undertake syndicate work in breakout rooms to identify different biases fossilised into process and to identify ways to collectively challenge and change these.

HR and OD colleagues will leave with a greater sense of agency andwill be able to take on a greater role in addressing inequity.

Facilitator:

Hari Sewell

Hári Sewell is founder and Director of HS Consultancy and is a former executive director of health and social care in the National Health Service in the UK. He has worked for the Department of Health in regulation and policy.

Hári is a writer and speaker in his specialist area of social justice, equalities and ethnicity, race and culture in mental health. Hári is an honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of Central Lancashire and Specialist Guest Lecturer at University of Bradford, Visiting Lecturer at Christ Church Canterbury University and is a Member of the Scientific Board of the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health. Hári has had various books, articles and book chapters published, with new material emerging regularly.

Hári is a proud member of the Board of Trustees of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW)

Hári worked with another local campaigner to secure services for survivors of sexual violence and currently runs a campaign “Men Supporting Women’s Rights” including “Men Against Rape”. He is increasingly studying forms of masculinity and the possibilities in practice and employee relations to recognise the intersections between masculinity and other aspects of identity.

Date: Wednesday 1st May 2024

Location: Online

Time: 09:30 start, finish 12:00

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