Into Work

Your views matter!

The House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee has opened a call for evidence on the topic of flexible working and disability.

Complete our survey to share your lived experience as a disabled or neurodivergent person, or someone with a long-term health condition, accessing employment.

Responses to this survey will inform Into Work's submission to the committee.

Deadline for submissions: 5th June 2026

Share your experience here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/g1eL9KuW6B

Vacancy: Employment Adviser: Disabled Adults (All in Edinburgh)

Hours
25 hours to full-time. Flexible options will be accommodated.

Salary
FTE: £26,921 rising to £28,356 after 1 year.

Closing date
June 8, 2026 9:00am

Interview date(s)
June 23, 2026
June 24, 2026

Find out more and apply on our website: https://intowork.org.uk/about/vacancies/vacancy/employment-adviser-disabled-adults-all-in-edinburgh/

Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone thinking, talking, and learning about digital access and inclusion.

There are common mistakes that websites, workplaces and digital spaces make:
- Low Contrast Text
- Missing Image Alt Text
- Empty Links
- Missing Form Input Labels

This is part of a wider conversation about equal opportunity and fair treatment. Fair treatment in work through inclusive technology. Equal opportunity by removing digital barriers.

These are just some of the issues that need to be addressed within the modern workplace for real inclusive employment.

Registration open: Aut Support Works! Open Sessions.

This series of autistic-led online sessions will provide tools and insights to help improve your working life. Understand what it means to be autistic and how to navigate different stages of employment – from applying for jobs to progressing your career.

Taking place on Mondays, between August-October 2026.

All sessions are free and take place via Zoom. Book for as many as you would like on our events page.

Visit: intowork.org.uk/events

Our Midlothian team got together last week to look back on the past 12 months of work and the impact they made.

Employment Advisors Karen, Isla, and Bridget shared meaningful stories and experiences from their work throughout the year, illustrating the value of the support they provided.

Isla Said: “I’m delighted with what we’ve achieved in Midlothian in such a short time. Bridget, Karen and I have worked incredibly hard, and while I’m sad to be leaving the Midlothian team, I’m excited to continue supporting the amazing work Into Work does across Edinburgh and the Lothians with the All in Edinburgh team.”

They helped over 70 disabled and neurodivergent people, as well as those with long-term health conditions, move forward in their employment journeys with confidence.

This Deaf Awareness Week (4 -10 May), we are focusing on the job gap for Deaf people.

According to the RNID, only 37% of people who report BSL as their main language are in work, compared with 77% of those who are not disabled under the Equality Act.

This issue isn’t about ability; it’s about access.

Simple changes like captions, BSL interpreters, and clear communication can help make workplaces more inclusive for everyone.

Find out more: https://rnid.org.uk/deaf-awareness-week/

Into Work is delighted to be one of the first organisations to earn Flexibility Works FlexMark status.

The accreditation process included a staff survey, focus groups, one-to-ones, and a review of key policies and communications. We were delighted to have been rated ‘Excellence’ in seven of the 11 elements of the framework, a label reserved for organisations who are ‘trailblazing’ when it comes to flexible working.

It’s fantastic to have this recognition of our commitment to leading by example as the kind of employer we want to see more of. A massive thank you to the Flexibility Works accreditation team and to our own staff for fostering a “trusting, human, and supportive environment where flexibility is a natural part of day-to-day working life.”

The Scottish Parliament election is a week away, and the six major parties have all set out their priorities in manifestos.

We’d like to throw two more into the mix.

First, the Third Sector Employability Framework’s manifesto, which pursues their vision of an employability eco-system where local third sector services are trusted and supported to play a central role in tackling poverty and helping to grow fair, sustainable communities and Scotland’s economy.

The second manifesto, produced by our Autism Advisory Group, embodies the TSEF’s call to value lived experience. With the aim of making work neuro-inclusive, the manifesto sets out asks including improved employer training and greater support to recruit, retain, and progress autistic talent.

Regardless of the outcome of next week’s election, we look forward to working with the next Scottish Parliament and Government to close the disability employment gap!

Kat Allen, our Lived Experience and Training Lead, shares with eastspace.org.uk - East Lothian's Mental Health Information Website how our Aut Support Works! Service is empowering autistic jobseekers.

This Autism Acceptance Month, we’re celebrating local organisations that provide support for autistic people.

This time: Kat from Into Work

Into Work support disabled and neurodivergent people, and those with long-term health conditions, to achieve their employment goals and potential.

We asked Kat, a Lived Experience and Training Lead, to share a bit about how their Aut Support Works! Service is empowering autistic jobseekers:
https://eastspace.org.uk/stories/kat-from-into-work-we-know-how-important-work-can-be-for-peoples-mental-health/

Kat Allen, our Lived Experience and Training Lead, shares with midspace.co.uk - Midlothian's Mental Health Information Website how our Aut Support Works! Service is empowering autistic jobseekers.

This Autism Acceptance Month, we’re celebrating local organisations that are empowering and supporting autistic people.

This time: Kat from Into Work

Into Work support disabled and neurodivergent people, and those with long-term health conditions, to achieve their employment goals and potential.

We asked Kat, a Lived Experience and Training Lead, to share a bit about how their Aut Support Works! Service is empowering autistic jobseekers:
https://midspace.co.uk/stories/kat-from-into-work-we-know-how-important-work-can-be-for-peoples-mental-health/

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