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Universities throughout the UK offer a wide range of support to disabled staff, in conjunction with the government's Access to Work Scheme. The Access to Work Scheme is part of the national Job Centre Plus initiative, which aims to provide:
- Practical support to disabled people in paid employment or seeking to enter paid employment.
- Financial assistance for employers towards the extra costs that may result from employing and supporting a disabled employee.
Disability Employment Advisers (DEAs) can help with a number of issues such as
- Employment assessment, which can help you find out how your disability or health condition affects the type of work or training you want to do.
- Referral to a period of work preparation, which is an individually tailored programme designed to help disabled people, or those with health conditions, return to work following a long period of sickness or unemployment.
- Job seeking advice and support.
- Training advice and information.
- Advice and information on keeping your job.
- Information on the job introduction scheme which pays a grant to your employer for the first few weeks in a job, helping to pay towards wages or other employment costs.
- Information on WORKSTEP which provides supported job opportunities for disabled people facing more complex employment barriers.
- Information on the disability symbol which enables employers to show their commitment to the employment, training, retention and career development of disabled people.
- Details of the new deal for disabled people to help sick or disabled people on health-related benefits who want to work, find work. It is voluntary and you decide whether or not you want to join it.
Please contact the Human Resources department at your institution to find out more details regarding particular learning needs.