The careers website is run by Lambeth Borough Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:
- Change colours, contrast levels and fonts using browser or device settings.
- Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen.
- Navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software.
- Listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and Voiceover).
We’ve made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Downloadable documents
This site links to PDF files that are used to publish large and complex documents.
To view and print PDF files, you must have Adobe Reader ,which is free to download and install.
How accessible is our website
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. The issues we currently know about can be found in the non-compliance with the accessibility regulations section of this statement.
Feedback and contact information
If you require information provided on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please email webteam@lambeth.gov.uk
We will review your request and get back to you in 10 working days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or believe that we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact webteam@lambeth.gov.uk
It would be helpful if your email contained the following:
- a URL (web address) of the page that you are having difficulties with.
- How you are accessing the site, for example on your phone, on a laptop, on a tablet or another mobile device.
- Which browser you are using, for example, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera or Safari.
- A description of the problem.
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) .
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Lambeth Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA standard.
This website is ‘partially’ compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 Level AA standard, due to the non-compliances, listed below.
Non-accessible content
Some content on this site does not comply fully with accessibility standards.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Known issues are summarised below. If you find additional accessibility issues not listed below, or in our accessibility test results report (XLSX 17KB) , then please contact us at webteam@lambeth.gov.uk .
- Some of our documents are non-HTML formats, for example PDF. They do not meet accessibility standards in a number of ways including not having a PDF title, which fails the WCAG success criterion 2.4.2 - Page Titled (A).
- Some touch targets are less than 24px large, and do not have sufficient space.
This fails the WCAG success criteria 2.5.8 – Target Size (A),
- The purpose of each link cannot always be determined from the link text alone nor from the link text together with its programmatically determined link context,.
This fails the WCAG success criteria 2.4.4 -Link Purpose (A)
- Elements on some pages are not using allowed ARIA attributes.
This fails the WCAG success criteria 1.3.1 - Info and Relationships (A), as well as 4.1.2 - Name, Role, Value (A)
- Some pages contain ARIA dialogs without accessible names. Screen reader users are not able to discern the purpose of elements with role="dialog" or role="alertdialog" that do not have accessible names.
This fails the following WCAG success criteria 1.3.1 - Info and Relationships (A)
- Some pages contain top level ‘Landmarks’ that are nested within other ‘Landmarks’. If a top-level landmark is contained within another landmark, it can prevent screen reader users from being able to easily find their way around the layout.
This fails the WCAG success criteria 2.4.1 - Bypass Blocks (Level A)
Disproportionate burden
We have not made any disproportionate burden claims at this point in time.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We have recently upgraded the careers site to address a number of non-accessible content issues and we will continuously review it to identify and remedy issues that are found.
The careers site is provided by a third party supplier ( Oracle ), and we are working with them to resolve the identified accessibility issues and make the site more accessible for all users.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 5 April 2024.
This website was last tested on 5 April 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 Level AA standard.
The tests were carried out by Lambeth. A sample of pages (51) were tested using automated testing tools and augmented with manual tests as required.