The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed details of four initiatives to help people with mental health conditions, autism and ADHD get into work and stay there.
DWP minister Sir Stephen Timms listed the support in response to a parliamentary question, saying: "Employers play an important role in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce."
The four schemes set out by the DWP
The schemes include Disability Confident, which helps employers recruit and retain disabled staff, and Access to Work grants for workplace assessments, travel costs, support workers and specialist equipment.
Access to Work also offers a Mental Health Support Service, providing up to nine months of non-clinical help. Employers can also use the Support with Employee Health and Disability service for guidance on adjustments and workplace conversations.
Keep Britain Working programme and employment figures
The Keep Britain Working programme is also testing ways to help people with long-term mental health conditions remain in work, against a backdrop where just 31% of disabled people with autism are in employment, compared with 54.7% for disabled people overall.
