Information for employers on employing people with disabilities, making your workplace accessible for employees and customers with disabilities, and funding and schemes available to support you to achieve best practice.
Useful Information
Disability Awareness Support Scheme
Funding for private sector employers to buy in Disability Awareness Training for staff who work with a colleague who has a disability.
Financial incentives to private sector employers to employ people with a disability.
DSP grants and schemes to help employers take measures to enable a person with a disability to have access to employment: Workplace Equipment/Adaptation Grant; Personal Reader Grant; Job Interview Interpreter Grant; Employee Retention Grant.
Information & advice for employers on employing people with disabilities; employer training; tips for inclusive recruitment; Willing Able Mentoring (WAM) work placement programme which promotes access to the labour market for graduates with disabilities and builds the capacity of employers to integrate disability into the mainstream workplace.
National Disability Authority Accessibility Toolkit
Toolkit to help you make your services, buildings, information, and websites more accessible to customers with disabilities.
National Disability Authority IT Procurement Toolkit
Toolkit to help you ensure your IT systems and websites are designed with accessibility in mind.
The Open Doors Initiative aims to provide opportunities to people with a disability; refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, disadvantaged youth, those from a Traveller background, LGBTIQ+ and people with a criminal past
The initiative was set up by Irish employers, who came together with a plan to address these issues and support people from these three groups in Irish society into employment.
Employer disability information service that aims to empower employers with all the information and advice needed to hire, employ, manage and retain staff with disabilities. Their Inclusive and Accessible Communications Toolkit give lots of tips on how to make your communications as a company more inclusive and accessible.
Practical steps for an employer to support Autistic adults in the workplace
Provides eLearning to help employers build an inclusive workplace for employees who have Autism and other Neurodiversities.
Local contacts
The Mill Building, The Maltings, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 211 6474
Employment support service for people with a health condition, injury, illness or disability and a valuable recruitment advice service for the business community, including information on grants and supports available for employers, professional job matching, and ongoing support.
Bray Area Partnership IMPACT Initiative
Unit 42, Southern Cross Business Park, Boghall Road, Ballymorris, Bray
Tel: (01) 963 3342 Email: orlabutler@brayareapartnership.ie
Supports for people with disabilities aged 18 and over, living in Bray and North Wicklow, to upskill, get employment, progress in your career or become self-employed. Supports for employers to build a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Unit H, Solus Tower Industrial Estate, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 282 7951/7952 Email: clubhousebray@eve.ie
Transitional Employment placements of up to 15 hours a week for members with local employers, where Cairdeas guarantees to cover the job.
National Learning Network Bray
Beechwood Close, Boghall Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 282 9643 Email: bray@nln.ie
Employer based training programme provides vocational training where students learn the skills they need to get and keep a job – including classroom training and employer-based training placements to get real life training and experience in a job. They work with local employers and international companies throughout Wicklow and Dublin.
Bray Area Partnership Local Area Employment Service
86 Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Tel: (01) 276 5592
Provide supports to long-term unemployed people referred by the Department of Social Protection, working with local employers.
Information for Employers News
Dyslexia in the Workplace course
January 11, 2022Dyslexia Ireland’s next Dyslexia in the Workplace course starts on 1st February 2022. Dyslexia Training Course for the Workplace – delivered online and live via Zoom in spring 2022. The four-week course…... Read More
Inclusive Recruitment Disability Awareness Training
May 11, 2021Free online seminar from 2-3pm on 31st May 2021. Join Employers for Change for a Disability Awareness seminar on Inclusive Recruitment, facilitated by Stephen Kelly, Managing Director of Ability Focus.…... Read More
Launch of Employers for Change
March 3, 2021Employers for Change employer disability information service invite you to join them on Thursday 11th March at 11am for their launch event. Employers for Change is a new employer disability…... Read More
Autism Awareness Webinar
February 11, 2021The WAM programme at AHEAD is running a free Autism Awareness training webinar aimed at current WAM employers and potential WAM employers. When: Wednesday 3rd March from 11.30am – 1.00pm The WAM…... Read More
Webinar: supporting employees with temporary disabilities
January 27, 2021Free AHEAD webinar: Temporary Disabilities and How to Support Employees. When: Wednesday 3rd February from 11.30pm – 1.00pm When we think of disability, we often think of a permanent condition or…... Read More
WAM Employers Information Webinar
July 7, 2020The WAM programme at AHEAD is running an information session for employers who are interested in finding out more about the programme. When: Tuesday 14th July from 12pm – 1pm. The WAM…... Read More