Work

Here at Disability Action we have a number of projects that help disabled people to find employment and support them in their place of work.

We also provide advice and support for employers considering employing somebody with a disability or need advice to support an existing disabled employee.

See below for more information on the different elements of work we can help you with.

Read our Guide for Employers on Employing People with Disabilities.

Job Match - Help to find and stay in paid work

Providing recruitment support to disabled people. Read more

Job Match - Helping employers to find suitable candidates

Supporting and guiding employers to find skilled candidates. Read more

Workable NI - Support in the workplace

Are you are about to start a new job? Are you having difficulties in your existing job? If so, we can support both you and your employer through our Workable NI programme. Read more

Employment Advocacy

We aim to help disabled people who are experiencing difficulties or discrimination in the workplace. Read more

Latest

Submission to the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Powers - Call for Evidence- February 2023

Disability Action emphasizes the need to learn from COVID-19 regarding the treatment and support of people with disabilities, including non-discrimination in medical resource allocation, involving disabled individuals in decision-making, providing accessibility, developing guidelines with disabled organizations, and ensuring vaccine centers are accessible. Disability Action also highlights the need for disaggregated disability data for monitoring inclusion in the response and recovery.
Job Match Success Story – 6 years on!

Job Match participant Richard Marrs tells us about his experience.
True Cost Campaign

The Consumer council has launched their 2023 True Cost Campaign
Exploring the need for food banks for disabled people – a call for evidence

The Trussell Trust calls for evidence for an ambitious research project to better understand disabled people’s experiences of the social security system and the drivers behind the overrepresentation of disabled people being referred to food banks. This includes a comparative analysis of disabled people’s experiences of claiming Adult Disability Payments in Scotland, and Personal Independence Payments across the rest of the UK.