Severe disability - apply for accompanying assistance in working life for employers
Schwerbehinderung - Begleitende Hilfe im Arbeitsleben für Arbeitgeber/innen beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Book an appointment
Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)
Requirements
• Recognition as a person with a severe disability
A degree of disability of at least 50 must have been granted by the Versorgungsamt (pension office).
• Equal status
For a degree of disability of 30 or 40, equal status with a person with a severe disability must have been granted by the Agentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency).
Documents you need
• Application for Begleitende Hilfe im Arbeitsleben (supplementary assistance in working life) for employers
A justification of the need is required.
• Recognition notice from the Versorgungsamt (pension and welfare office)
(following determination of the severe disability)
In the employee's possession
• Gleichstellungsbescheid (equal status notice) from the Agentur für Arbeit (Employment Agency)
In the employee's possession
• Schwerbehindertenausweis (severely disabled person's pass)
In the employee's possession
• Employment contract
In the employer's possession
• Job description
Must be prepared by the employer
Forms
• Application for a grant to compensate for exceptional burdens arising from the employment of a severely disabled person www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/behinderung/arbeit-und-behinder
• Assessment form for determining performance limitations / personal support / assistance services www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/behinderung/arbeit-und-behinder
• Application for a grant for setting up a workplace suited to a disability www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/behinderung/arbeit-und-behinder
• Application for the grant of benefits for the creation of jobs and training positions www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/behinderung/arbeit-und-behinder
Fees
none
Legal basis
• Sozialgesetzbuch Neuntes Buch (SGB IX – Social Code Book IX) § 185 - Tasks of the Integrationsamt (integration office) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__185.html
• Sozialgesetzbuch Neuntes Buch (SGB IX – Social Code Book IX) § 165 - Definition of "workplace" www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__156.html
• Schwerbehinderten-Ausgleichsabgabeverordnung (SchwbAV – Severely Disabled Persons' Compensatory Levy Ordinance) §§ 15, 26, 27 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/schwbav_1988/BJNR004840988.html#B
Further information
• Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Integrationsämter und Hauptfürsorgestellen (Federal Working Group of Integration Offices and Main Welfare Offices) www.bih.de/integrationsaemter/medien-und-publikationen/fachl
• Inklusionsamt (Inclusion Office, Employment and Disability) (Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales – State Office for Health and Social Affairs) www.berlin.de/lageso/behinderung/inklusionsamt-arbeit-und-be
• Data protection notice on services provided by the Inklusionsamt (Inclusion Office) to employers (Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales – State Office for Health and Social Affairs) www.berlin.de/lageso/_assets/behinderung/arbeit-und-behinder
• Apply for Begleitende Hilfe im Arbeitsleben (accompanying assistance in working life) for employees (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326049/
• Apply for approval of the dismissal of severely disabled persons (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/325711/
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales (Lageso)
- Lageso - Sächsische Straße
Original
Service number 326047 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326047/