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1:1 Support Worker provision is a significant cost. Too much of it fails due to lack of specialist support.
Support Worker arrangements break down at high rates: through poor matching, inadequate training, unclear employer management and the absence of any professional supervision structure. The public cost of failed arrangements is substantial. The human cost to the disabled employee is higher. And most organisations taking on AtW-funded Support Workers receive no guidance on how to manage this well.
What disability-related disadvantage does this address?
In senior, complex and autonomous roles, disabled employees face cognitive, administrative and communication demands that exceed what unassisted capacity can reliably sustain. Skilled Support Worker provision directly extends professional working capacity in ways no other reasonable adjustment can replicate. But it only delivers this when the arrangement is properly designed, managed and maintained.
What makes TWIP different?
The team of expert Support Workers we employ at TWIP work across academic, entrepreneur, and professional working environments in addition to specialist training and supervision, plus on-boarding coaching for new clients and guaranteed cover for sickness, annual leave, or caring / parental leave. Our team of Support Workers have full employment rights at no risk to employers, rather than the industry norm of using precarious ‘gig’ working under dubious ‘freelance’ arrangements.
Using TWIP Support Workers mean we handle all the finance, HR, and Access to Work administration involved in making use of Access to Work Support Worker awards. Many employers choose to ‘top up’ the low hourly rate awarded by AtW to ensure smooth and efficient expert support delivered wholly through TWIP.
Training for Support Workers
With Access to Work hourly rates rapidly reducing, the most cost-effective way to engage a Support Worker may not be through a specialist agency like TWIP. But without the specialist training, supervision, and expert management support, this increases the risk that Support Workers may not be as supportive as they need to be.
We can provide specialist training for Support Workers built around disability-informed practice and professional workplace integration.
What makes TWIP different?
- Specialist training for Support Workers: induction and ongoing CPD, built around disability-informed practice and professional workplace integration
- Chartered Fellow CIPD with research-led and practical expertise in disability support in the workplace.
- Access to Work compliance guidance: review preparation, documentation support, claim submission and adviser liaison
On-Demand Support
Our most cost-effective support solution is the TWIP On-Demand Coaching Platform. Users are able to access 1:1 enabling support from a small group of qualified TWIP coaches on-demand and also attend group coaching sessions, executive function support sessions, co-work and have access to a library of resources related to disability in the workplace..
What makes TWIP different?
- Qualified specialist disability coaching across the full working day, for significantly less than equivalent Support Worker hours
- Drop-in access: support at the moment it’s needed, not the next scheduled slot
- Builds independent working capacity over time: directly aligned with AtW’s core objective of reducing support needs
- Named coaching team providing continuity of relationship and professional context
- Includes access to a full suite of self-guided workbooks and resources: no additional cost
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