Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) Action Plan guidance

Commissioned by the Office of the Chief Social Worker for Adults, the design and development of the WRES is underpinned by engagement with and contributions from organisations across the sector.

The WRES builds on substantive work undertaken from 2015 to implement an NHS WRES. Sustained successful improvement in workforce race equality is about developing cultures to achieve an anti-racist organisation for the benefit of all staff and people who use social care and communities.

The WRES creates the platform and direction to encourage and enable NCC to:

• Compare not only the progress in reducing gaps in the treatment and experiences of employees over time, but to make comparisons with similar types of organisations
• Discuss with local staff organisations, and with Advisory and Employee Networks for employees from a minority ethnic background, their understanding of the drivers behind each of the WRES metrics - and develop robust action plans that strive towards continuous improvement
• Achieve meaningful and sustainable organisational change in the treatment of employees from minority ethnic backgrounds and people who use social care
• Improve equity of opportunity for career progression for staff from marginalised communities
• Empower staff to speak out and take positive action against workplace discrimination
• Facilitate accountability, openness, and trust across the social care workforce by publishing data annually