Claire
I have recently come across this with a student studying Occupational
Therapy. She had an Access to Work assessment just prior to being
accepted for her course and hence did not take up the recommendations.
As I was not aware of her secondment (the only OT student with
disabilities in that position)I sent my assessment report to the NHS
Student Grants Unit initially. However contact with the Access to Work
team who carried out her workplace assessment resulted in agreement in
principle to fund 80 percent of the recommendations of my report. At
this point they had not seen the report which I sent to them about a
week ago. Normally the employer is expected to fund the remainder, I
gather.
So although we have not got the actual support as yet it sounds very
positive.
Pat Ramsey
Disability Co-ordinator
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
Tel: 01603 593693
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Subject: students who are seconded by employers
An increasing number of students seem to be seconded onto full-time
nursing
courses by their employers (such as the local NHS trust). Such students,
if
disabled/dyslexic, are not eligible for DSA. We can offer in-house
learning
support (subject to tutor availability) and have adaptive technology
workstations on campus, but it would be preferable for such students to
have
funding to purchase the appropriate equiment and purchase dyslexia
support
externally because of the demands of ward placements.
What success has anyone had in obtaining funding for course-related
equipment and support through Access to Work, or other sources?
Clare Davies
Student Services
University College Northampton
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