Support for people with learning disabilities to find work
Whether you are a person with a
learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
looking for a job, their parent or carer, or an employer looking to work with us you've come to the right place.
Having a job matters
Mencap's Big Learning Disability Survey found that only 26.7% of people with a learning disability are currently in paid
employment
Employment means having a job.
. But we know many people with learning disabilities want to and can work and we're doing everything we can to help change this statistic.
We have a clear vision for how people with learning disabilities can be better supported into employment.
Work for us
In this video you'll hear how fulfilling it is to work for Mencap as a job coach.
Visit our jobs page and search for 'tutor', 'caseworker' or 'job coach' vacancies.
Get in touch
If you would like to find out more about one of our programmes, please visit the relevant programme page to find contact details for local teams and links to sign up forms.
For general enquiries about our support, please email: employment.support@mencap.org.uk
If you are an employer and would like to work with us to provide opportunities for people with learning disabilities on our programmes, please email our Employer Engagement team.