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Access to Work: Get support if you have a disability or health condition
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 but can provide a grant to help pay for things like:
specialist equipment and assistive software
support workers, like a BSL interpreter, a job coach or a travel buddy
costs of travelling to work, if you cannot use public transport
adaptations to your vehicle so you can get to work
physical changes to your workplace
Your workplace can include your home if you work from there some or all of the time. It does not matter how much you earn. If you get an Access to Work grant, it will not affect any other benefits you get and you will not have to pay it back
What Access to Work will not pay for:
Access to Work will not pay for reasonable adjustments. These are the changes your employer must legally make to support you to do your job.
Eligibility
As part of Access to Work, you may be eligible for:
a grant to help pay for practical support with your work
support with managing your mental health at work
For these types of support, you must:
have a physical or mental health condition or disability that means you need support to do your job or get to and from work
be 16 or over
be in paid work (or be about to start or return to paid work in the next 12 weeks)
live and work (or be about to start or return to work) in England, Scotland or Wales - there’s a different system in Northern Ireland
To check eligibility, find out more information or to apply for a grant, visit www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
Alternatively, you can contact our advocate at: www.cfdn.org.uk/groups who can help you though the process.
Source/Ref: Uk Government: Benefits and financial support if you're disabled or have a health condition