The business benefits ClearTalents provides are outlined in the case studies below.
AbilityNet is a charity supporting anyone living with any disability or impairment to use technology to achieve their goals at home, work or in education. Specialist advice services are provided by a team of Accessibility Consultants who help businesses, charities, and public bodies to design and maintain accessible websites, apps, and other electronic media. Their network of professional assessors support disabled people in the workplace and higher education. The assessors provide free services such as factsheets, home visits and online tools.
AbilityNet began using ClearTalents in 2018 to improve the process of identifying which employees needed an adjustment at work. Since then they have seen the following benefits:
- Significant reduction in employee turnover from 31% to 13%
- Sick leave absence has more than halved from 5.5 days to 2.6 days per year
SIFA Fireside are a charity based in Birmingham that support homeless adults to find long term, sustainable routes out of homelessness. A mixture of paid employees and volunteers are part of the team. SIFA hire people with known addiction issues as they can better support many of those utilizing SIFA’s services by directly relating to their experiences.
SIFA Fireside started using ClearTalents in December 2020. Following the initial launch they soon began to see positive take up and use of the toolkit with the following results:
- Reduction in staff turnover
- Peace of mind
- Reduction in sickness absence
- More aligned culture
