Accessibility statement

This website is run by us and we want as many people as possible to use it, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
• We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

Visit Ability.net's My Computer My Way for more information and advice on how to make your device easier to use.

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• live video streams do not have captions
• titles of videos displayed using an iFrame are not accessible to screen reader software.

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille Contact us or call 0300 30 33 444.

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in seven 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 think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, Contact us or call 0300 30 33 444.

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).

We provide a text service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

For more information you can Contact us or call 0300 30 33 444.

We are committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed.

PDF documents on our website

Many of the PDFs on our website are non-accessible because:

• They do not have tags that screens readers know how to render the information.
• They do not have bookmarks to help screen readers navigate through the information
• They are missing a language definition to allow a screen reader to select the correct language when reading aloud.
• They do not have a title to allow screen readers to identify the document topic.

Technical errors on several pages of the website

There are a number of technical errors on our website that make some parts of our content non accessible. We have listed below the non-accessible parts and the following reasons.

• CSS Validation Error (Level A)
• HTML Validation Error (Level A)
• Redundant WAI-ARIA attribute (Level A)
• Redundant WAI-ARIA attribute (Level A)
• "Level A warning
• Content not included in landmarks (Level A)
• Non-distinguishable landmarks (Level A)
• Colour contrast is insufficient (Level AA)
• Link text used for multiple different destinations (Level A)
• Invalid WAI-ARIA role, state or property"(Level A)
• "u" tag used to format text (Level A)
• Heading is missing text (Level A)
• Bold tag used to format text (Level A)
• Local link destination does not exist (Level A
• Image link is missing alternative text (Level A)
• Image with no alt attribute (Level A)
• "i" tag used to format text (Level A)
• Select box has no description (Level A)
• Select box has no description (Level A)
• Link identified only by colour (Level A)
• Select box has no description (Level A).

Some images and icons do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).

We plan to add text alternatives for all images by September 2020. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.

PDF documents on our website

Some PDF documents are non-accessible to screen readers. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships)

We plan to develop HTML templates for new documents so as we publish new content we’ll make sure our documents meet accessibility standards by March 2020.

Technical issues on our website

There are a number of technical errors on our website that make some parts of our content non accessible. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).

We plan to fix all technical issues listed by March 2020.

Some videos on our site are missing a title attribute or the 'title' attribute is empty which means so people using a screen reader cannot access the title of the information. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value).

We assessed the cost of fixing the issues with the use of iFrames on our site. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will make another assessment when the supplier contract is up for renewal, likely to be in 2021.

Some PDFs and other documents

Many of our older PDFs and Word documents do not meet accessibility standards - for example, they may not be structured so they’re accessible to a screen reader. This does not meet WCAG 2.1 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role value).

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By September 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix Evidence Matters in Family Justice – Handbook.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live video

Live video streams do not have captions. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.2.4 (captions - live).

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

This website was last tested on 15 September 2019. The test was carried out by us using Siteimprove accessibility testing tool.

We used this approach because it allows us to assess the entire website to locate and fix issues that are common across a number of pages on the across all parts of the website.

We have tested the following two websites:

• Social Care Wales
• Social care legislation in Wales Information and Learning Hub

You can read the full accessibility test report.

However, the sites listed below are different web platforms, although some appear to look like our main website they have their own accessibility statements and will have been tested separately. They are:

• WeCare.Wales
• SCWonline
• National Social Care Data Portal for Wales
• Daffodil Cymru.

If you have a question or if you can't find what you are looking for get in touch with us.