Working Life Service   Download our Leaflets: Diagnosed with a neurological condition? Employing people with a neurological condition.     The Working Life Service is part funded by the European Social Fund and is part of the Working Better project. The Working Life Service offers information, advice, guidance and support to people who are affected by a neurological condition (including families and carers) and helps them explore their options for the future. Our guidance workers can offer the following: Help to stay in employment or to find alternative work Guidance on alternative careers Advice and guidance about training Guidance on alternatives to work Access to the Neurolife programme of courses Confidence building Help to sort out problems with daily living Access to benefits and financial advice Access to legal advice Everyone has different problems and issues, and this is not an exhaustive list. We aim to adapt to whatever you need and to find imaginative solutions to your needs. Some people find it difficult to come to terms with the diagnosis of a neurological condition and often do not know where to turn for help. The Working Life Service can be a first point of call to help you move forward with your life.   Employers The Working Life Service will work with employers to help them: Keep someone employed who has or develops a neurological condition Advise on the employment of some one with a neurological condition Advise on responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act Identify "reasonable accommodations" as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act Access any grants (eg Access to Work, Workstep etc) that may be available to help employ someone with a neurological condition   Quotes from some satisfied users of the Working Life Service: "To give an opportunity for someone to learn and grow is surely one of the most beautiful things a person can give to another and I believe the Working Life Service does this" "The Working Life Service has provided a lifeline for me. It opened my mind to future things I could achieve" "Thank you for the help and support and answers to all my questions. It was a great help to me" "Without the help of the Working Life Service I really don't know what would have happened to my family and me. Nobody was willing to help, even my employers&ldots; until the Working Life Service stepped in. They have been nothing short of fantastic!"   For further information, or to make an appointment to see a member of the team, please contact: Gerry Tyrrell - Employment Service 0151 298 3288 gerry@neurosupport.org.uk Frank Madariaga - Employment Support Worker   0151 298 3290   frank@neurosupport.org.uk Lorna Mograby - Advice and Guidance worker and Neurolife Course leader 0151 298 3282 lorna@neurosupport.org.uk   The Working Life Service, in partnership with Network Employment and Merseyside Expanding Horizons, commissioned a research document called "Our Right To Be And Do: The Barriers to Employment for People Diagnosed with a Neurological Condition". To see this report please click HERE.