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Employers

Employing people with a learning disability, additional needs and/or autism has lots of benefits:

  • enhance your business profile
  • create positive inclusivity in the workplace.
  • support the local community

Our advisors can support your business to identify training, employment and volunteering opportunities suitable for people with a learning disability.

People with learning disabilities make great employees

Many employers don't know what to expect when employing some with a learning disability, autism and/or additional needs. REAL can help manage employer expectations and elevate some concerns you might have. Examples are how to behave around someone with a learning disability, or the changes to the workplace.

We will find the right candidate for the job

To ensure your business gets the most out of employing someone with a learning disability, autism and/or additional needs, we will work with you throughout the process. We can help with:

  • identifying potential employment opportunities in your business
  • the interview process
  • training
  • making reasonable adjustments
  • providing a job coach to train and support the person throughout their employment
  • we continue to support the employee and employer until both feel confident to move forward together.

Benefits of employing someone via REAL Employment

People with a learning disability, autism and/or additional needs want to join the workforce and they bring great qualities with them:

  • reliable
  • hardworking
  • honest
  • dependable
  • friendly
  • a drive to learn
  • lower sickness levels

It has been proven that introducing someone with a learning disability as an integral member of the team greatly increases staff morale and increases understanding, patience and improved ways of working.

Enhance your organisation's reputation

All organisations have a responsibility to adhere to the Equality Act 2010. Employing people with a learning disability, autism and/or additional needs promotes diversity in the workplace and can help a business maintain a positive reputation.

More information: Equality Act 2010: guidance

Diversity in the workplace

Team dynamics, morale and overall performance have been known to improve because of introducing someone with a learning disability to the workplace. Help make staff more aware of disability issues and overcome any misconceptions.

Getting help with the costs, Access to Work scheme

Access to Work is a discretionary government scheme that pays a grant to employers. The grant can help towards extra employment costs that may result from a person's disability, such as additional equipment or adaptations.

Access to Work: What Access to Work is

Make a REAL difference to the workplace

Let REAL Employment help your business find the right person for the job.

Fill in our simple online form and one of our advisors will be in touch.

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