Apply for accompanying assistance in working life for working and self-employed severely disabled people

You submit an application to the Integration Office and submit the necessary documents. A prerequisite for all types of benefits is the existence of a severe disability or equal status, which must be proven. Documents relating to employment are also required. In individual cases, it may also be necessary to submit proof of financial circumstances.

The documents will be checked and, if necessary, further documents will be requested to clarify the facts of the case. Once the check has been completed, a company visit or a visit to the applicant will usually take place. You will then receive either a decision on the benefit applied for or a rejection notice. Each procedure is individual, depending on the benefit/support applied for.

Providers of specialist integration services: The Integration Office concludes contractual agreements on the commissioning of specialist integration services. These include all aspects of the areas of responsibility, staffing and facilities, quality control and financing of the services. Refinancing vis-à-vis the provider is based entirely on this contractual agreement. There is no application process in this respect.

Inclusion projects: The actual volume of new applications for services to providers of integration projects in Lower Saxony does not justify the administrative, professional and technical effort involved in developing a specified application process.

Implementation of information, education and training measures: The Lower Saxony Integration Office develops a training program with training and education measures each calendar year, which is primarily aimed at company representatives and functionaries Interested functionaries register directly for the training courses in writing in consultation with their employers. There is no application process.

Vocational orientation: Corresponding services are not currently included in the service catalog of the Lower Saxony Integration Office.

Budget for work and budget for training: The services are not provided to severely disabled people, but as reimbursement of costs to the local authorities, which approve the budget benefits of the budget for work/the budget for training and pay them out. An overview of the approvals made is sent to the Integration Office in a bundle for the accounting period of a calendar year. Reimbursement is not made on a case-by-case basis, but in total to the respective local authority. There is no actual application process.

In Lower Saxony, the Integration Office of the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family is responsible.

• You are a severely disabled employee, civil servant or self-employed person and need support to overcome disadvantages in the labor market compared to non-disabled people

or

• You are an employer and would like to support severely disabled employees

or

• Offer support for severely disabled employees as a provider of integration companies and specialist services
• Jobs are also considered to be positions in which employees are employed on a temporary or part-time basis for at least 15 hours per week, or at least 12 hours per week in inclusive companies.

• Available application
• Employment contract, certificate of appointment or proof of self-employment
• Assessment notice on the recognized disability
• Severely disabled person's pass or notice of equal treatment
• Cost estimates, if applicable

In principle, there are no deadlines to be met. In principle, the submission of the application is required before the planned measure is carried out.

• § 185 Absatz 1 Nummer 3, Absatz 3 Nummer 1 und Nummer 3-6, Absatz 4 und 5 Sozialgesetzbuch Neuntes Buch (SGB IX)
• §§ 17 Absatz 1, 1a und 1b, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27a, 28, 28a und 29 der Schwerbehinderten-Ausgleichsabgabeverordnung

Forms available: Yes

Written form required: Yes

Informal application possible: Yes

Personal appearance necessary: No

Action before the administrative court

• Website of the Federal Association of Integration Offices
• Information on financial support from the Lower Saxony State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Family

Lower Saxony Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour, Health and Equality

15.06.2023

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.