Resources for students with disabilities

The TARGETjobs website has a comprehensive section on equality and diversity issues and your graduate job hunt, including disability and mental health, with advice and further links to information on:

• Equality legislation
• Disclosing disability in job applications
• Finding disability-friendly employers

• You may be eligible for additional support to access the workplace through Access to Work which is provided through the government and potentially your employer.
• The government has created a resource, Support and Your Rights in the Workplace, which gives an overview of the support available to workers with disabilities.
• Disability Rights UK have created a number of factsheets including one on employment which includes information about your rights at work and how to access appropriate careers advice.
• The Shaw Trust aims to improve employment outcomes for people with health conditions and disabilities

•  is a MEDR funded project which offers targeted support to students from underrepresented groups. We’re here to help you take control of your future and access work experience, events and other opportunities that you may not feel able to engage with currently.
• The Leonard Cheshire Society Change 100 Scheme aims to remove barriers experienced by disabled people in the workplace by offering placements with leading organisations. This scheme is available to disabled students in their penultimate or final year of university or those who have graduated within the last two years.
• The My Plus Students’ Club is a disability focused graduate careers website which aims to encourage employers to become disability confident in all aspects of hiring and employment.
• EmployAbility provide opportunities and advice to disabled and Dyslexic students and graduates.
• Exceptional Individuals - An employment partnership for Dyslexic and Neurodiverse people.
• Disability Jobsite assists people with a disability to participate actively in employment and plays a critical role in supporting people with a disability on the pathway to work.
• VERCIDA - A careers site that works with employers who place a high importance on inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
• Evenbreak - A social enterprise created with the aim of enabling talented disabled candidates to find inclusive employers
• City Disabilities is an organisation that supports students who want to join professions in London, and who have disabilities or medical conditions that affect their working lives.
• BBC Extend Hub  - As part of their commitment to increase the number of disabled people working for the BBC, the Extend Hub has been created as a new talent recruitment portal for disabled people.
• Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship Programme - The Summer Diversity Internship Programme gives people from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to see what a career in the Civil Service is like.