Disability Support at Cornerstone

At Cornerstone, we build connectivity for everyone, and that starts with a workplace where every background, capability, and perspective thrives.

We believe true talent does not fit into standard checkboxes. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, whether you are taking the first step in joining our team or growing your long-term career with us, we actively remove barriers, offer personalised adjustments, and ensure an equal platform to excel. Diversity powers our network, and your unique experience moves us forward.

1. Candidate Experience: A Hiring Process Built Around You

We are committed to creating an open, accessible, and barrier free recruitment experience from day one.

• Disability Confident Recruitment: As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident Committed employer, we ensure our hiring process is inclusive, accessible, and designed to give every candidate a fair opportunity.
• Tailored Reasonable Adjustments: Your needs come first. From initial application through to interview stages, candidates can explicitly request reasonable adjustments for both physical access and neurodiverse accommodations to ensure an equal opportunity to demonstrate their talent.
• Skill First, Unbiased Selection: We look past rigid checkbox criteria to focus on unique professional and personal backgrounds. Using bias mitigation techniques, our teams evaluate candidates strictly on core skills and essential criteria.
• Proactive Talent Partnerships: We actively collaborate with diverse talent networks from the start, ensuring our candidate pipelines remain inclusive and accessible to disabled applicants.

2. Employee Experience: Empowered to Grow and Succeed

Joining Cornerstone means entering an environment where equity, well being, and career advancement are embedded into everyday culture.

• Fair Progression and Development: Equity drives our internal mobility. Guided by clear corporate policies, disabled employees receive equal access to internal training, development opportunities, and career growth.
• Employee Led DEI Group: Your voice directly impacts company decisions. Our employee led DEI working group channels workforce feedback straight to executive leadership, transforming employee insights into tangible workplace accessibility initiatives.
• Flexible Working and Wellbeing Support: Acting on staff feedback, we provide expanded mental health support programmes alongside comprehensive flexible working policies to accommodate varying physical and mental health needs seamlessly.