Apply for support for the training and employment of severely disabled people
As a company, do you need support to maintain the jobs of employees with severe disabilities or equivalent status or to create new jobs or training positions?
Then you have the following options:
- You can obtain advice from the responsible office.
- You apply for financial benefits.
You can apply for the following benefits:
- Compensation for extraordinary burdens for companies (employment protection grant)
- Disability-friendly furnishing or equipping of work and training places and the working environment
- Investments to create a new job or training position
- Premiums for the introduction of company integration management (BEM)
- Premiums and subsidies for the costs of vocational training
- Other measures for disability-friendly employment, such as qualification measures
The responsible body determines the scope of support individually and depending on the service required.
The actual amount of funding depends on the circumstances of the individual case.
Who should I contact?
Approval is granted by the Integration Office of the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family
Responsible authorities
Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Soziales, Jugend und Familie
Requirements
- You employ severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent status.
- You would like to apply for benefits for a severely disabled person or a person with equivalent status or
- You would like to request advice on the employment and/or support of severely disabled persons or persons with equivalent status.
The person on whose behalf you are applying for the benefits must be in an employment relationship subject to social security contributions or in a civil service relationship of at least 15 hours/week.
The person for whom you are applying for benefits must be severely disabled or treated as such within the meaning of SGB IX.
Which documents are required?
- Copy of a current proof of employment (employment contract)
- Copy of the severely disabled person's ID card or equal opportunities notice
Depending on the nature of your request, further documents may be required. You will be informed accordingly during the application process.
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Assessment notice of the recognised disability of the person for whom benefits are applied for
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Severely disabled person's ID card or equality notice from the person for whom benefits are applied for
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Proof of existing employment or civil servant status (employment contract, certificate of appointment)
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Where applicable, estimates of the measures envisaged
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Description of the problem/description of needs
What are the fees?
There are no costs.
Fee: free of charge
Process flow
If necessary, the responsible office will contact you in advance to advise you. The responsible office can then support you with the application.
If you already know which specific benefit you would like to apply for, you can also submit the application without prior consultation. The application can be made online.
- You fill in the application form or the query mask in the online portal.
- You submit your application together with all the necessary documents to the relevant office.
- The responsible office will check your application and request any missing documents or information from you.
- While your application is being checked by the competent body, various other parties may contact you with queries.
- If necessary, the various parties involved will inspect your company on site.
- You will be notified of the decision to approve your application in writing by post.
First of all, the application is examined. If necessary, the competent authority will request any missing, necessary documents. As soon as the documents are complete, a company visit usually takes place.
After that, the decision is issued. A call-off period is set for certain types of services. During this time, the implementation of the measure and the submission of the invoice are to take place.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
You must submit the application in advance. Applications for aids already procured or services already provided cannot generally be recognized.
There are no deadlines for the applications to be submitted. In the case of the labour market programme "Work without obstacles", which is only valid in Lower Saxony, the application must be submitted to the Integration Office no later than twelve months after the employment has taken place.
Processing duration
approx. 6 - 12 weeks
In individual cases, processing may take shorter or longer.
There is no legal deadline for processing. After submission of the complete documents, the decision is usually issued after 6-8 weeks at the latest.
What else should I know?
If you do not have the severely disabled person's ID card or the equal opportunities notification, your employee for whom you want to apply for the benefit can also send the document to the relevant office.
Appeal
Contradiction
Appeal to the competent administrative court.
