Summary: <p>In episode 3, we are joined by Habib Baluch from the Department of Work and Pensions to speak on the topic of ‘Dyslexia: Access to work’.</p><p> </p><p>Habib represents the Department for Work and Pensions as a Disability Services Advocate. He raises awareness of benefits to help people with care needs, their journey to work, or keeping them in work. Habib works closely with Access to Work, to ensure that people with health conditions, communication barriers, special education needs or learning difficulties are not put at the back of the queue when it comes to work and opportunities. He is passionate about Disability Services and the reach that they have, and he believes that with the right support, lots more obseekers can get into work and stay in work.</p><p> </p><p>Before his current Advocacy role, Habib led a group of managers at Personal Independence Payment. Prior to this he has experience working for Work Services, leading operations at a few different Jobcentres and across different departments in the North West, as well as spending a secondment working for a local authority to help support some of the most vulnerable families in Manchester.</p><p> </p><p><em>Disclaimer: please note that the information provided in this podcast is correct on the date of recording (25th November 2020). </em></p><p> </p><p>Find out more: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>This podcast is funded by The European Skills & Funding Agency.</strong></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
