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Welcome to Employment Solutions

• Passionate about people
• New Deal for Disabled People
• WORKSTEP

Passionate about people

We are passionate about helping people who want to return to work but are challenged by a health condition or disability. Each year, we help hundreds of people find and retain work, working with employers and other agencies to ensure that the transition to employment is an ongoing success.

We deliver New Deal for Disabled People, WORKSTEP and Work Preparation across the UK in: Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, South West and the North East.

We provide:

• Back to work programmes for people in special circumstances
• Expert advice to employers about disability related employment issues
• Free professional recruitment services offering candidates for interview and continued on-the-job support
• Information, advice and guidance on performance related health issues
• On-going mentoring and support for retention of staff who may be at risk of losing their jobs due to illness, health conditions or disability

We help our customers:

• Understanding the local job market
• Build confidence
• Set and achieve goals
• Apply for and be interviewed for a job
• Managing an ongoing health condition
• Start work and settle in

How we do it
We work to implement Department of Works and Pensions voluntary programmes that help those dependent upon incapacity benefits prepare for and enter employment.

All of our programmes are supported by skilled advisers who work to ensure a successful move into employment. Our commitment doesn’t end when we help our customers find work – we also provide on-the-job advice and support to help them settle in.

Our work is directly sponsored by the Government with no costs being passed on to the job seeker or their employer.

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New Deal for Disabled People

What is it?
A free service to help those with a health condition or disability find and retain work (including self employment). RBLI Employment Solutions advisers deliver the programme, working with both the employee and employer.

How does it work?
NDDP provides advice and practical help so that people with a health condition or disability can find and sustain employment.

To help the transition to employment, a grant of up to £250 may be payable to the job finder. Benefit entitlement may be protected for up to 52 weeks after employment begins.

Who can use it?
NDDP is available to those receiving benefits including:

Incapacity Benefit, Income Support (with a disability component), Disability Living Allowance, Severe Disablement Allowance.

What is provided?
One to one support from a specialist RBLI Employment Solutions Adviser, who will provide advice on all aspects of finding the right job, including:

• Safeguarding benefits
• Calculating how much ‘better off’ a person is in employment
• Understanding the local job market
• Submitting quality job applications
• Succeeding at job interviews
• Meeting employers who are positive about equal opportunities
• Interview training and support from a job coach in early employment
• Providing access to funding for any specialist equipment required to do the job (e.g. a ramp for a wheelchair user)
• Support and advice through a free-phone service

How much does it cost?

• Cost to the employer: NONE
• Cost to the job finder: NONE

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WORKSTEP

What is it?
A free service to help those with a health condition or disability find and retain work. Help is provided on a long-term basis, both leading to and during employment. RBLI Employment Solutions advisers deliver the programme, working with both the employee and employer. Appropriate in-work support is also provided for employees at risk of losing their job due to a health condition or disability.

How does it work?
WORKSTEP centres on a unique Personal Development Plan, agreed between an RBLI Employment Solutions Adviser and the job finder. The Plan identifies the actions the job finder must take to return to work and, when employed, to remain in work. Once employment begins, benefit entitlement can be protected for up to 52 weeks.

Who can use it?
WORKSTEP is available to those receiving benefits including:

Incapacity Benefit, Income Support (with a disability component), Disability Living Allowance, Severe Disablement Allowance, Job Seeker’s Allowance (in certain circumstances).

WORKSTEP is also provided for employees at risk of losing their job due to a health condition or disability.

What is provided?
One to one support from a specialist RBLI Employment Solutions Adviser, who will provide advice on all aspects of finding the right job, including:

• Calculating how ‘better off’ a person is in employment
• Understanding the local job market
• Submitting quality job applications
• Succeeding at job interviews
• Meeting employers who are positive about equal opportunities
• Support in work from a job coach – through induction and on an ongoing basis
• Access to Work guidance
• Providing access to funding for any specialist equipment required to do the job (e.g. a ramp for a wheelchair user)
• Arranging training in employment
• Support and advice to employees and employers
• Providing Disability Awareness Training for employers

How much does it cost?

• Cost to the employer: NONE
• Cost to the job finder: NONE

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