Access to Work
Access to Work can help you get or stay in work if you have a physical or mental health condition or disability.
The support you get will depend on your needs. Through Access to Work, you can apply for:
- a grant to help pay for practical support with your work
- support with managing your mental health at work
- money to pay for communication support at job interviews
Visit the Access to Work website to find out more
Best Choices, Bolton Council
Best Choices provides mental health and learning disability services for people who are over the age of 16 and live in Bolton. They provide services to support people with mental health and learning needs.
Mental health services
Best Choices is a recovery-focused service
- Supporting you to access community, leisure, voluntary or employment opportunities
- Promoting well-being, self-esteem, confidence, choice and independence
- Working with you to explore, identify and achieve your personal goals
Their service is built around group and one-to-one support based on your individual needs and interests.
Mental health services
Learning disability services
Best Choices support people with a learning disability to find a paid job.
They can help you with:
- Thinking about what job you would like to do
- Finding job adverts
- Writing application forms, covering letters and CVs
- Finding out what training you need
- Practising job interviews
- How to travel to your job
- Making sure everything is going well by talking to you and your employer
Learning disability services
How can I access Best Choices?
Contact Best Choices on 01204 337523, or email bestchoices@bolton.gov.uk
Special Education Needs and Disabilities
Bolton Council's SEND Local Offer website can be accessed by clicking the link below:
Bolton Council SEND Local Offer
