Armed Forces Covenant

Our Commitment to the Armed Forces Community

Action First Assessments Ltd is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and recognises the important contribution made by serving personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet force adult volunteers and military families.

We understand that members of the Armed Forces Community bring valuable skills, experience and resilience, and we are committed to ensuring that no member of the Armed Forces Community experiences disadvantage in accessing employment opportunities or services delivered by our organisation.

As an organisation working across health and social care, we also recognise that military service may sometimes be relevant to an individual’s wellbeing, support needs, mental health, trauma history, safeguarding concerns or wider life experiences. We encourage a person-centred and trauma-informed approach in our professional practice.

Our Commitments

Action First Assessments Ltd seeks to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant by:

Employment & Workforce

• Encouraging applications from veterans, reservists and military family members where relevant to our workforce needs.
• Recognising the transferable skills developed through military service, including leadership, safeguarding, resilience, risk management and professional accountability.
• Promoting fair and inclusive recruitment and onboarding practices.

Supporting People We Assess

• Encouraging practitioners, where appropriate and relevant, to consider whether Armed Forces history may impact a person’s care, wellbeing, social circumstances or support needs.
• Promoting person-centred and trauma-informed practice.

Reservists & Military Families

• Supporting reservists through reasonable flexibility around training and service commitments where operationally feasible.
• Recognising the important contribution of military families and carers.

Continuous Improvement

We are committed to learning and improving how we support the Armed Forces Community. We welcome feedback from serving personnel, veterans, reservists, military families and wider stakeholders on how we can continue to improve.

Feedback, Questions or Suggestions

If you are a member of the Armed Forces Community, or wish to provide feedback about our commitment, we would welcome hearing from you.

Please complete our short Feedback and Enquiries Form. (Opens securely in a new tab)