Access to Work (NI)
AtW
Jim McGinley
AtW Adviser
WHO WE 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
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,due to the
nature of the business
• Any business benefit
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 Incapacity Benefit,
SDA or Sickness Benefit
• Not be under 16 years old
ELEMENTS OF ACCESS TO WORK
• Communication Support at Interview
• Special Aids and Equipment
• Adaptations to Premises and Equipment
• Travel to Work
• Support Worker
• Miscellaneous
COMMUNICATION SUPPORT AT
INTERVIEW
For people who are deaf or
have a hearing impairment
and need communication
support at interview - we
meet the full costs
SPECIAL AIDS AND EQUIPMENT
We contribute towards the
cost incurred in providing
special equipment to meet
particular work needs
arising from disability
ADAPTATIONS TO PREMISES AND
EQUIPMENT
We contribute towards the
cost the employer incurs in
modifying premises and
equipment to facilitate a
specific disabled employee
TRAVEL TO WORK
We contribute towards the client`s
additional cost of getting to and
from work if they cannot use
public transport
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
MISCELLANEOUS
• Specific disability awareness
training
• Costs of in-work travel costs
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT
Jim McGinley
Access to Works Adviser
South Eastern Region
Jobs and Benefit Office
Castlewellan Road
Banbridge
BT32 4AZ
028 406 20800