Access to Work is a national Jobcentre Plus programme that aims to provide support to overcome work related obstacles resulting from disability, enabling disabled customers to work on a more equal basis with their non-disabled colleagues and to encourage employers to recruit and retain disabled people by offering practical help.
Assistance can be in the form of special equipment or software, help with travelling to and from work, personal support and care in the workplace or physical alterations to premises.
The programme manager in North East Region, Steve McCuskin, leads a team of advisers who work to find acceptable solutions with disabled people and their employers. Steve is a member of the Neurosciences Network and is keen to promote use of the programme and to increase the channels through which interested parties can hear about and access the programme.
You can contact Steve McCuskin by emailing steve.mccuskin@jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk