Employers

All employers have a responsibility to ensure that their working environment is adequately suited to all current and future employees. We have been working closely with businesses across the UK since 2015 to ensure these responsibilities are met.

We provide employers and employees with employment support, advocacy support, and training, which encompass a wide variety of support roles dedicated to objectively enabling disabled employees within the workplace. Our support packages are specifically tailored to the individual needs of the business and can be funded under the Access to Work scheme, or directly by the employer.

Access to Work is run by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The scheme provides practical support and advice to disabled people and employers to help overcome work related obstacles resulting from a disability.

The funds received from Access to Work can pay towards any extra employment costs that result from a disability. If one of your employees, or new starters, has a disability then Access to Work may be able to help. It applies to any paid job, part-time or full-time, permanent, or temporary. There is no minimum number of hours of eligibility for support under the scheme.

To apply for Access to Work, the application is made by the employee, but you can of course help facilitate this process. The employee should contact the Operational Support Unit directly and should be prepared to disclose information relating to their disability.

If the support is to be funded directly by the employer, this can be requested directly from First Class Support without the involvement of an ATW advisor or needs assessor.

We regularly receive invitations to tender (ITT) from organisations and employers with larger support needs. Please send all ITT to support@firstclass-support.co.ukto request our involvement.

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