Rationale for Do-IT Workplace Profiler
This page sets out the rationale for using Do-IT Profiler to enable organisations to proactively identify, support, and accommodate neurodiverse employees.
By leveraging this tool, organisations can ensure compliance with legal obligations, foster a more inclusive workplace culture, and maximise the potential of neurodiverse talent.
Dr Kirby is providing our colleagues at Worley with a bespoke expert insight series, covering a range of topics from neurodiversity 101 to sessions for parents and line managers. Her approach is incredibly engaging and relatable whilst also being underpinned by a vast amount of knowledge and research. Her ability and willingness to share personal stories and lived experience also means that our attendees feel safe to ask questions and share their own challenges. We are looking forward to building on this learning to deliver real action and change.
Why Implement Do-IT Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler?
Identification of Neurodiverse Talent
Do-IT Profiler helps identify individuals with neurodiverse traits and conditions. By recognising these talents, organisations can tap into a pool of diverse skills and perspectives that may otherwise go unnoticed. Not everyone comes with a clear picture or knowledge of their neurodiverse profile and may only have challenges surface as demands on them increase without the 'scaffolding' support from home or school.
Equity in Screening
Neurodivergent traits often overlap or co-occur; therefore, screening selectively for certain conditions can be inequitable and not deliver the support that individuals need. Do-IT Profiler provides a more inclusive approach by screening across a range of neurocognitive traits, taking a person-centred approach that considers strengths as well as challenges. A 2023 Unite survey concurred with the extensive research data and found autistic applicants and applicants with ADHD are more likely to have a range of specific learning disabilities, including dyslexia, dyscalculia, or dyspraxia (DCD).
Tailoring Support
Do-IT Profiler provides insights into the strengths and challenges of all talent in your organisation. This allows organisations to tailor support mechanisms, accommodations, and workplace adjustments to maximise productivity and job satisfaction, based on specific employee requirements — ensuring adjustments are both effective and reasonable.
Legal Compliance
Many jurisdictions have legal obligations to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities, including neurodivergent traits or conditions. Do-IT Profiler generates detailed reports documenting assessment results and recommended accommodations — tangible evidence of an organisation's efforts to support neurodiverse employees, and useful documentation in the event of an employment tribunal case.
Inclusive Culture
Incorporating Do-IT Workplace Profiler fosters an inclusive culture where all employees feel valued and respected. By embracing neurodiversity, organisations promote diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, leading to increased morale, engagement, and retention.
Enhanced Performance and Innovation
Research suggests that diverse teams, including those with neurodiverse members, tend to be more innovative and perform better. By leveraging the unique perspectives and problem-solving approaches of all talent, organisations can drive creativity, innovation, and competitive advantage.
Continuous Monitoring and Improvement
Do-IT Workplace Profiler offers ongoing support beyond initial assessments. HR professionals can use the tool to monitor the effectiveness of accommodations over time and make necessary adjustments as employees' needs evolve.
Employee Wellbeing
Providing support tailored to the needs of neurodiverse individuals improves overall employee wellbeing. When employees feel understood and accommodated, they experience less stress and anxiety, leading to improved mental health and job satisfaction.
Talent Acquisition and Retention
Embracing neurodiversity can enhance an organisation's reputation as an inclusive employer, attracting top talent from diverse backgrounds. By creating a supportive environment, organisations can also improve employee retention rates and reduce turnover costs.
Staff Retention
It is estimated that replacing a salaried employee can cost, on average, between 6-9 months' salary — covering recruitment, training, and salary costs. By using Do-IT Workplace Profiler to identify the strengths and challenges of all staff, organisations can ensure the right tools are identified and implemented to enable each person to thrive and be optimally productive and engaged.
Neuroinclusive Culture
By leveraging Do-IT Workplace Profiler, organisations can ensure they have covered all reasonable steps to support all employees, creating a neuroinclusive culture, increasing staff retention, supporting all talent, and mitigating the risk of discrimination cases.
Scalable
Do-IT Neurodiversity Workplace Profiler is a suite of tools that can be used at scale across geographic areas or within organisations of any size.
Secure Storage
The system ensures data is securely stored on Microsoft Azure South UK servers. Do-IT Solutions takes security seriously, holding Cyber Essentials Plus Certification.
What Is Do-IT Workplace Profiler?
- Established reliability: a screening tool trusted by more than 100,000 users across the UK and Ireland
- Internationally recognised expertise for over 25 years working in the field
- Research-backed solutions and practical guidance
- User-centric design, providing guidance to individuals on how to maximise strengths and minimise challenges
- A user-friendly interface
- A commitment to continuous improvement, refining and enhancing the tool's effectiveness
Neurodiversity Screening Covers
- Literacy / Dyslexia
- Motor / Dyspraxia (DCD)
- Attention / ADHD
- Social and communication (ASC traits)
- Math's / Dyscalculia
- Language / Developmental Language Disorder (DLD traits)
Additional Screening Tools Include
- Wellbeing tools and resources
- About Work support
- Work with Me Passport
- Goal planner
- Optional Executive Functioning Skills
The Profiler Suite
An intuitive suite of screeners, including "About Me" (essential background information), the "Neurodiversity Screener" (analysing six cognitive areas), "About Work" (what enhances performance or poses challenges), "My Wellbeing" (overall health), the "Work with Me Passport" (sharing agreed adjustments), and "Optional Executive Functioning Skills" for further development.
Each feature generates instant, context-specific reports and resources tailored to the responses provided by users, ensuring a personalised approach to workplace integration and support.
Want to Know More?
Get in touch with our team to see how Do-IT Profiler can work for your organisation.