Monitor access requirements on a production
Overview
This standard is about working with the production team to monitor that the access requirements for a production are being met. This will also involve maintaining lines of communication with the cast, crew and contributors and providing support either remotely or in person to individuals who have declared access requirements.
This will also involve liaison with the production team and Heads of Department (HODs) to check that the resources needed have been provided and that any changes to the production, are notified and the impact on access requirements is assessed.
This standard is for Access coordinators
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
- monitor the production schedule and respond to any changes that affect agreed access plans
- provide support and advice if there are changes to the production that may affect the access requirements
- maintain contact with individuals who have declared access requirements
- maintain agreed lines of communication with the production team
- encourage production team to accommodate set visits to monitor and support individuals who have declared access requirements
- suggest amendments or alternatives if the resources are unavailable in agreement with the individuals concerned
- support and guide heads of department to facilitate and maintain access requirements
- support and advise on the policy, regulatory, organisational requirements and industry guidelines relating to access
- maintain access records in line with data protection, production processes and contractual agreements
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
- how to monitor the production schedule and respond to any changes that affect agreed access plans
- how to maintain contact with cast, crew and creatives with declared access requirements
- how to encourage the production team to accommodate set visits to monitor and support individuals who have declared access requirements
- different types of access requirements across the spectrum of disability
- resources needed to meet access requirements, including specialist equipment and professional support
- how to work with departments, in particular Location, Costume, Construction, Props, Camera, Stunts, Hair & Make-up, Physical and Visual Special Effects
- how the role interacts with other roles such as Intimacy coordinators, Wellbeing facilitators and other professionals
- who to report problems or difficulties to as they arise
- the policy, regulatory, organisational requirements and industry guidelines around access for productions
- how to maintain access information in line with data protection, production processes and contractual agreements
Scope/range
Access requirements
- physical access
- environment
- lighting
- sound
- facilities
- transport
- physical contact
- personal space
- timeframes
- allergies and sensitivities
Resources - access equipment
- ramps
- adaptive furniture (evac chairs, off-roading chairs, standing desk)
- office equipment (different coloured paper, braille printer)
- software (text to speech, note taking software, time management software)
- adaptive hardware (specialised mouse and keyboard)
Resources - professional support
- personal assistants
- support workers
- creative enablers / collaborators
- sign language interpreters (British Sign Language (BSL), American Sign Language (ASL)
- lip speakers
- BSL monitors
- chaperones
- intimacy coordinators
- wellbeing facilitators
- medics
- assistance and support animals
Legislation/policies
- Equalities Act 2010 (England, Wales, Scotland)
- In Northern Ireland
- Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998
- Ireland Sex Discrimination Order 1976
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- Race Relations Order 1997
- Relevant industry access funding
- Government access funding (Personal Independence Payment, Access To Work)
- Reasonable adjustments
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Social model
The social model of disability is a way of viewing the world, developed by disabled people. The model says that people are disabled by barriers in society, not by their impairment or condition. Barriers can be physical, like buildings not having accessible toilets. Or they can be caused by people’s attitudes to difference, like assuming disabled people can’t do certain things. The social model helps us recognise barriers that make life harder for disabled people. Removing these barriers creates equality and offers disabled people more independence, choice and control.”
(Definition provided by Scope UK)
Access Coordinators apply this way of thinking across creative sectors and apply it wider than the term disabled, it is also for people with short and/or long term health conditions, invisible conditions, people who might be pregnant or experiencing menopause and even those that don’t identify as having any condition but find certain tools helpful in their day to day lives.
Further to this way of thinking, we draw on our own experiences and appreciate the intersectionality in our industry and how that can impact someone’s experience with access.
Access barrier
An access barrier is simply an obstacle of any kind that stops a person from accessing a place or resource. These barriers can be physical, attitudinal or related to information and communication. Some examples might include: no step free access, lack of awareness, not having captions or subtitles available.