Access to Work

Access to Work is a Government programme and is publicly funded. If you have a disability or long-term health condition, Access to Work can provide practical advice, support and funding to help you find and keep a job. You need to meet the eligibility criteria to apply.

Access to Work funding can be used to pay for things such as:

• a BSL interpreter for a job interview for someone who is deaf
• a sighted guide for somebody with a visual impairment
• a specialist job coach for a person with a learning difficulty
• specialist equipment
• alterations to premises
• help towards the additional costs of taxi fares if you cannot use public transport to get to work.

Generate can help you with every stage of your claim, whether you are making a claim for the first time, are in the process of a current claim expiring, or having to renew due to a change in your circumstances. We will make an application on your behalf to maximize your chances of receiving funding.

If you have funding through Access to Work, we can provide you with an employment support worker.

We will make sure you always have the support you need by:

• selecting an employment support worker who understands your role and is able to give you the support you need to carry out the tasks within your job

• employing your employment support worker – including paying them a salary, paying them holiday and sickness pay, and supplying them with a workplace pension

• supporting you to accurately create a support log

• monitoring the quality of service you receive from your employment support worker

• alerting you that you need to renew your Access to Work application 3 months before your claim expires

• supporting you with your renewal and continual monitoring of your new claim

• completing Access to Work employment support worker claim forms

• supplying you with a bespoke service package and competitive quote.

When you begin using Generate Access to work we will:

• meet with you and (if applicable) your line manager to discuss what support you need

• advertise for your employment support worker, sift applications, carry out first stage interviews and make sure that candidates have a current DBS along with any other licenses for the job

• send you a list of suitable candidates to you to review and select for interview

• support you to interview your selected candidates

• appoint your chosen employment support worker and hold a ‘pre-start’ briefing meeting with them

• hold a supervision meeting with your employment support worker at the end of their first month

• continue to provide ongoing supervision and quality monitoring.