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.
Who is eligible for support?
To be eligible for support through Access to Work you must:
- have a physical or mental health condition or a disability that means you need support to do your job or get to and from work
- be ages 16 or over
- be in paid work (or start or return to paid with in the next 12 weeks)
- live and work (or be about to start or return to work) in England, Scotland, or Wales
Click here to find out more about eligibility or call 0800 121 7479.
What support is available to me?
Grant funding to help pay for practical support with work:
This could be used for things like specialist equipment, support workers, travel costs, vehicle adaptations, or physical changes to your workplace.
If you are awarded an Access to Work grant you or your employer may need to pay some of the costs up front and claim them back later. You will not have to pay the grant back and it will not affect any other benefits you receive.
To check your eligibility, please click here.
To apply for an Access to Work grant, please click here.
Support with managing your mental health at work:
This could include a tailored plan to help you get or stay in work and one-to-one sessions with a mental health professional.
To check your eligibility, please click here.
To apply please visit the Able Futures or Maximus website.
Support for job interviews:
Access to Work funding could pay for communication support at job interviews if you are deaf or hard of hearing, need a BSL interpreter or lip speaker, have a physical or mental health condition, a learning difficulty, or need communication support.
To apply, please click here.
There are some things Access to Work will not pay for:
Access to Work will not pay for reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments are changes that your employer must legally make to support you in doing your job.
Access to Work will be able to advise your employer if changes should be made as reasonable adjustments.