WorkAbility –
Employment Support for People with a Disability
Having mental health struggles or a disability doesn’t mean you can’t find work. We work with people who have mental health challenges and/or disabilities to find training, education and/or a job that works for you.
WorkAbility is a programme designed to support participants experiencing emotional, psychological or mental health challenges and/or co-occurring disabilities.
Dublin South City Partnership WorkAbility team works with participants supporting them to engage with work and/or study, learn new skills, find volunteering and take steps towards finding sustainable employment. Services we provide you include:
How We Can help you
- Identify your personal interests and skills and explore future options available.
- Building Confidence through 1;1 mentoring and small group training.
- Make a plan to work towards your goals and get support to overcome any challenges.
- Support and advocacy to access suitable education and training.
- Find volunteering and social opportunities in your community.
- Job sampling opportunities to experience a variety of work places and tasks.
- Employment supports including CV preparation, job applications and interviews skills.
- Ongoing support, referrals to relevant support agencies and the option to re-connect with the WorkAbility team for additional supports.
Who do we work with?
WorkAbility helps people going through emotional, psychological and mental health challenges and/or disabilities with the next steps in your life. You don’t need to have a diagnosis to get support. You do however need to be:
- Motivated and willing to work
- Able to work minimum of 8 hours per week
- Able to travel independently to and from work
Supports for Employers
Our employer engagement strategy raises awareness of the incentives for employers to employ people with a disability.
Our team also liaises with employers to highlight incentives to employing a person with a disability. Employers may be eligible to apply for the Wage Subsidy Scheme and/or the Reasonable Accommodations Grant. The WorkAbility Programme is delivered in collaboration with our partners, Liffey Partnership.
Our Ability Programme staff will also work with local employers, employment services, education and training providers to support the progression of young people in their work and study.
The type of support offered is person centered career planning and pathway support on a one to one and / or group basis. For example, exploring personal interests, building confidence and communication skills, writing CV’s, interview preparation, finding volunteer or work shadowing opportunities and support to access local training and education.
We also offer group training and workshops based in the needs of participants.
The new Dublin South City Partnership WorkAbility programme is up and running across Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W, 8, 10, 12, 20.
Reasonable Accommodation Grant
The Reasonable Accommodation Fund provides financial support for people with disabilities (both jobseekers and existing employees) and their employers which include:
To get this funding you must be employed or starting a job in the private sector.
For more information go to: https://www.gov.ie/en/service/62fd96-reasonable-accommodation-fund/
Wages Subsidy Scheme
The Wage Subsidy Scheme gives financial incentives to private sector employers to employ people with a disability. The work offered must be for a minimum of 21 hours per week and the subsidy is available up to 39 hours per week.
An employee with a disability on the scheme has the same conditions of employment as other employees.
The base wage subsidy paid to private sector employers who employ people with a disability is €6.30 per hour.
For more information go to https://www.gov.ie/en/service/37c057-wage-subsidy-scheme/
Contact us about the WorkAbility programme
We have workers based in Crumlin, Ballyfermot and the Inner city.
For more information on our WORKABILITY programme
you can contact a member of our team on 01-4732196 or email us at abilityinfo@dscp.ie
Our office hours are 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
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