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<p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The DWP has a range of programmes to help disabled
people, including deaf people. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>These
include:</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> The Work and Heath
Programme (WHP), which is working with local providers to offer co-ordinated support
to those with multiple employment barriers. It will help 275,000 people over 5 years,
including 220,000 disabled people.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong>
Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme (IPES): The Intensive Personalised
Employment Support Programme will launch before the end of 2019. It will provide highly
personalised packages of employment support for disabled people with complex and multiple
barriers to work, who are at least a year away from moving into work without the support
on the programme.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><strong> Through
the Disability Confident scheme, we are working with employers to change attitudes
and create employment opportunities by enabling businesses to recruit and retain disabled
people in their workplace. There are already over 13,600 employers signed up to Disability
Confident scheme, and their number continues to grow.</strong></li></ul><p><strong>
</strong></p><ul><li><strong> Access to Work offers eligible disabled people a grant
of up to £59,200 per year to fund support above the level of reasonable adjustments,
to ensure that their health condition or disability does not hold them back in the
workplace. </strong><strong>People who are deaf and hard of hearing are the largest
group of users of Access to Work, and in 2018/19 Access to Work grants totalled £129m,
of which £45.8m was in respect of this group.</strong></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>
Jobcentre Plus: Our Jobcentres offer tailored support from Work Coaches and Disability
Employment Advisers, backed by the Personal Support Package which is a 4 year, £330
million package of employment support targeted at claimants with disabilities and
health conditions.</strong></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p>
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