Access to Work
Definition: An Access to Work grant is money for practical support to help you do your job. It's for people with a disability, health or mental health condition. The money you get can pay for things like specialist equipment; travel when you can't use public transport; a communicator at a job interview. How much you get depends on your circumstances. Any money you get doesn't have to be paid back and won't affect your other benefits.
Category: benefits/concessions
Credit: UK Government
Source:
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Services mentioning Access to Work
Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or
mental health condition or
disability. The support you get will depend on your needs. Through Access to Work, you can apply for: a
grant to help
pay for practical support with your work; support with managing your mental health at work; money to pay for communication support at job interviews.
Library records mentioning Access to Work
The report makes a number of recommendations which the Department for Work and Pensions needs to address and report on to ensure that
Access to Work is accessible for those who need it.
This report outlines the problems being experienced by
Access to Work applicants and recipients at the different stages of the process. The report also references the previous report, highlighting where changes have been made and where concerns remain 3 years on. This report highlights the previous 5 themes that emerged from focus group discussion and case studies: contact with clients; provision of information;
advisor skills and knowledge; assessments; and payments,
reviews and
personalised budgets.
