{"id":3341,"date":"2022-03-07T15:58:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education-new\/?page_id=3341"},"modified":"2025-05-07T10:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:02:59","slug":"access-to-work-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/education-and-employment\/preparing-for-employment\/access-to-work-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to Work grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Access to Work (A2W) is a Department for Work and Pension (DWP) grant scheme that provides money to help people with a disability or long-term health condition stay in work to do their job. Because it is a grant it does not have to be paid back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a disabled person is in work, their employer should make &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/preparing-for-adult-life-ages-14-25-years\/education-and-employment\/preparing-for-employment\/reasonable-adjustments\/\">reasonable adjustments<\/a>&#8216; so that the person is not at a disadvantage when doing their job. Access to Work will look at what reasonable adjustments should be made by the employer and see if they can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does it provide?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advice to disabled people, Deaf people (British Sign Language users), people with long-term health conditions and employers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An assessment of a person\u2019s needs in the workplace so they know what is available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A grant towards the cost of any necessary support, for example, taxi fares, specialist equipment, communication support and\/or a support worker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant is worth up to a maximum of \u00a362,900 per person each year. This is the most a person is entitled to for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can it pay for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special equipment or adaptions, for example, specialist software, furniture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taxis to work if public transport cannot be used.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A support worker or job coach to help in the workplace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A mental health support service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disability awareness training for colleagues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A communicator at a job interview or in the workplace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moving equipment following a change of location or job.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel can include \u2018in work\u2019 if a person has to work at different sites or have a role that means they have to work with people in different places. Travel coaching may also be considered to help a person use public transport in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mental health support service can help a person to manage what makes their mental health worse, to put together a safety plan or to provide a support worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Access to Work is provided where a person\u2019s need for support or adaptations as an employee are more than what their employer should legally provide &#8211; but there are also a lot of changes that can be made in the workplace that do not cost a lot of money. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>moving someone\u2019s desk to a quieter area if they wear a hearing aid that picks up background noise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>allowing a member of staff to work flexible hours and\/or from home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>providing a \u2018quiet room\u2019 so a person can take \u2018time out\u2019 if they need to<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who can claim the Access to Work grant?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You are eligible to claim the grant if you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>are over sixteen years old<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>normally live and work in England, Scotland or Wales<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>have a disability or a health condition that means you need additional support to do your job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You must also be in, or be about to start, paid employment. This means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>full or part-time paid work, which is permanent, casual or temporary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>self-employment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you have a job interview<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you are about to start a job or a work trial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>work experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an apprenticeship or supported internship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things to remember<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The employee has to make the application for the Access to Work grant (but your family or employer can help).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Access to Work grant cannot be used for unpaid work\/volunteering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Access to Work will provide a workplace assessment report to help the employee and their employer find the right equipment, coaching\/training.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sooner a claim is made, the more likely a grant will be awarded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and to apply for a grant go to the government&#8217;s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/access-to-work\" rel=\"noopener\">Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/easy-read-get-help-at-work-if-youre-disabled-or-have-a-health-condition-access-to-work\" rel=\"noopener\">Access to Work guidance in easy read format<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access to Work (A2W) is a Department for Work and Pension (DWP) grant scheme that provides money to help people with a disability or long-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":223,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 14:07:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3341"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67894,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3341\/revisions\/67894"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}