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Access to Work

Presented By Access to Work Adviser Jennifer Patterson. Access to Work. OUR AIM. To meet the applicant’s minimum requirements to overcome employment related obstacles resulting from disability. To enable clients with disabilities to work on a more equal basis with non-disabled colleagues.

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Access to Work

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  1. Presented By Access to Work Adviser Jennifer Patterson Access to Work

  2. OUR AIM • To meet the applicant’s minimum requirements to overcome employment related obstacles resulting from disability. • To enable clients with disabilities to work on a more equal basis with non-disabled colleagues. • To encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people by offering practical help.

  3. Access to Work (NI) Access to Work can help: • Unemployed people • People in work who acquire a disability or whose disability progresses • People whose job circumstances change within work • People who move to a new employer

  4. Access to Work (NI) To be eligible clients must :- • need support at a job interview or in new or existing work • need support to progress in or take up work • live in and have a job in Northern Ireland • not be in receipt of Employment Support Allowance • not be under 16 years old

  5. ELEMENTS OF ACCESS TO WORK NI • Communication Support at Interview. • Special Aids and Equipment. • Adaptations to Premises and Equipment. • Travel to Work. • Support Worker. • Miscellaneous – specific disability awareness training or in work travel.

  6. COMMUNICATION SUPPORT AT INTERVIEW • For people who are deaf or have a hearing impairment and need communication support at interview – we can meet the full costs

  7. SPECIAL AIDS AND EQUIPMENT • We contribute towards the cost incurred in providing special equipment to meet particular work needs arising from disability

  8. ADAPTATIONS TO PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT • We contribute towards the cost the employer incurs in modifying premises and equipment to facilitate a specific disabled employee

  9. TRAVEL TO WORK • We contribute towards the client’s additional cost of getting to and from work if they cannot use public transport

  10. SUPPORT WORKER • We contribute towards the cost of employing a support worker if practical help is needed either at work or getting to and from work.

  11. MISCELLANEOUS • Specific disability awareness training • Cost of in-work travel costs

  12. Access to Work (NI) Access to Work does not provide for: • support that employers normally provide for non-disabled employees • the normal costs of setting up, running or expanding a business • specialist support needed by the nature of the business • any business benefit / personal benefit

  13. Specialist Services Access to Work has awarded contracts for the following assessments: • Hearing Loss • Visual Impairment • Physical difficulties (Occupational Therapist)

  14. Cost Share • Cost share applies in most cases. • An Access to Work Adviser will discuss this with you.

  15. How to apply? Please contact an Access to Work Adviser to make an application

  16. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT • Sarah Ferguson 02890726704 • Nuala McCourt 02890726745 • Jennifer Patterson 02890726725 • Jennifer Perry 02890726705 • Pauline Fee - 07799698773 • Margaret Mc Closkey – 07759692122 • Jim Mc Ginley- 07917124419

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