RNID: For deaf and hard of hearing people.

A deaf man looking at a computer screen

Employment advice, deaf awareness and access audits.

We provide information, advice, deaf awareness training, disability awareness training and access audit services for organisations who are concerned about their staff and customers. We also provide help to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to improve their job prospects. We offer training in all areas of work with deaf people plus British Sign Language courses.

Watch a video where Phil talks about his great job (external link, opens new browser window), found through RNID's Employment Training and Skills Service.

"We had reservations initially about employing a disabled person... but Phil is a total asset. He's the best thing that ever happened to this company." Dave, Phil's colleague.

A deaf Barclays employee talking with her line manager

Training and advice for employers

We are the market leaders in deaf awareness training and provide taliored deaf and disability awareness training for all sizes and types of organisations. If you work with deaf people, find out about the advanced British Sign Language courses we offer. We can help deaf or hard of hearing staff, their colleagues and workers with our consultancy service. We can work with you to ensure that you meet your responsibilites as an employer and service provider through our Louder than Words quality mark.

An employment adviser and her client check a CV for errors

Training and advice for individuals

If you work with deaf people find out about the advanced sign language courses, and other training opportunities we offer. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, we can help you to improve your job prospects. Find out how we can help you with employment advice and training.