ADHD Coaching for Employers

For staff at civil service departments, NHS trusts, local authorities, universities, and large private employers.

If you are an HR manager, a Reasonable Adjustments officer, a line manager, or a Wellbeing lead, and one of your team has ADHD or AuDHD, this page is for you. It is also for ADHD and AuDHD employees who need to forward it to their HR.

ADHD coaching is not therapy. It is structured, focused, practical work on the specific things that affect performance at work, week by week. Done well, it pays for itself many times over in retention, productivity, and reduced sickness absence.

I am Linda Fox, an ICF-ACC credentialled ADHD Life and Business Coach with 26+ years of experience. I work with ADHD and AuDHD employees across the UK whose coaching is commissioned and paid for by their employer. This page tells you how that works, what it costs, and what to expect.

Why ADHD coaching matters as a workplace investment

ADHD affects how people plan, focus, switch tasks, manage emotions, and follow through. In senior or technically demanding roles, the executive function load is higher than the working day was designed for. The result, for an unsupported ADHD or AuDHD employee, is often: long hours masking, presenteeism, missed deadlines, building overwhelm, stress sign-off, burnout, and eventually resignation.

ADHD coaching changes the cost curve.

For the employee:

• Sustainable working patterns rather than collapse-and-recover cycles
• Clearer prioritisation under load
• Better retention of detail in meetings, email, and project work
• Effective use of reasonable adjustments (without coaching, many adjustments under-deliver because the employee does not know how to use them)

For the employer:

• Retained institutional knowledge and senior expertise
• Reduced sickness absence, stress sign-off, and burnout-related departures
• Visible action under the Equality Act 2010
• Lower cost of replacement (typically 6 to 12 months of salary for a senior hire)

Coaching is a category of Reasonable Adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. Funding it from departmental or HR budgets is well-established practice across the UK public and private sectors.

Common things we work on

• Procrastination, prioritisation, and the cost of switching tasks
• Calendar and email management without becoming a second job
• Meetings, the energy they take, and how to recover from them
• Setting and holding boundaries with managers, colleagues, and clients
• Working with executive function strengths rather than against them
• Stress, overwhelm and burnout, and acting before they take hold
• Sustainable working patterns that hold up across a year, not just a quarter

Who I work with

I work with ADHD and AuDHD employees across:

• Civil service departments. Since April 2022, civil servants no longer apply through Access to Work. Coaching is commissioned by each department through internal Reasonable Adjustments budgets. (If you are a civil servant reading this yourself, see my dedicated page for civil servants and public sector staff.)
• NHS trusts and integrated care boards. Coaching for clinical and non-clinical staff with ADHD or AuDHD, funded through trust HR or departmental budgets.
• Local authorities. Particularly common for senior officers and policy leads.
• Universities and research institutions. Academic and professional services staff.
• Large private employers. Law firms, financial services, professional services, technology, media. Often commissioned through HR, Wellbeing, or DEI budgets.

You do not need to be in one of these categories. If you employ an ADHD or AuDHD professional and you are looking for proper specialist coaching, I can probably help.

Programmes and pricing

These are corporate rates and reflect the additional onboarding, invoicing, and procurement work that comes with employer-funded engagements. Compared with my Access to Work or self-funded private rates, the corporate rate also recognises that the buyer is a department, not an individual.

What is included

• A 20-minute chemistry call with the employee, free of charge, to confirm fit
• An Executive Function Strengths evaluation to identify the employee’s specific cognitive strengths and target the coaching where it will help most
• Full ADHD Toolkit access during the programme and for one month after, including the full library of assessments and the Know Your Brain course
• All coaching sessions
• Brief notes between sessions (held confidential)
• Email support between sessions for clarification or quick check-ins
• All materials, worksheets, and resources
• A summary closing report on completion, focused on themes and recommendations rather than session content

Confidentiality

Coaching content is confidential. I do not share session notes with the employer, the line manager, or the Reasonable Adjustments officer. The employee is the client.

If the employer would like alignment on goals or progress, I do this through summary reports the employee has reviewed and approved before they are shared.

This is standard ICF practice and is non-negotiable. It is also what makes coaching effective. Without confidentiality, employees do not bring their real challenges into the room.

Procurement and onboarding

Useful to know:

• ICF-ACC accreditation. Verifiable on the International Coaching Federation public register.
• Specialist training in ADHD coaching. CALC (iACT ADHD Coach training), plus continuing professional development.
• Compliance and credentials. I hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, am registered with the ICO, and can provide a DBS check on request.
• Single-coach engagement. All your engaged employees work with me directly. No handover risk. No agency layer.

How to engage

The simplest route for HR or a line manager:

1. Contact me via the Contact link in the menu to outline the situation. Tell me whether the employee already knows about this, and whether you have a budget approved.
2. The employee has a free chemistry call with me. They decide whether we work together. They are not committed to anything at this stage.
3. I send a brief proposal with programme options and pricing.
4. You commission the programme via email confirmation or PO. I issue an invoice on confirmation, payable by BACS or card online.
5. Coaching begins within 1 to 2 weeks of confirmation.

For employees who are reading this page yourself: the cleanest move is to forward this page to your HR contact or line manager, with a sentence saying you would like to be considered for coaching as a Reasonable Adjustment. If you would prefer, you can book a free Discovery Session with me first and we can plan how to approach your employer together.

My background

• ICF-ACC credentialled ADHD coach, accredited by the International Coaching Federation
• 26+ years of coaching experience, specialising in ADHD since 2000
• Specialist training including CALC (iACT ADHD Coach training) and courses in Malaga and Rotterdam
• Lived experience of ADHD
• Continuing professional development in ADHD, executive function, and group coaching
• Professional indemnity and public liability insurance, ICO registration, DBS check on request

Frequently asked questions

Click any question to read the answer.

How is ADHD coaching different from our Employee Assistance Programme?

EAPs typically offer a small number of generalist counselling or advisory sessions. Useful in some situations, but rarely deep enough to address ADHD-specific patterns at work. ADHD coaching is structured work over weeks or months, with a specialist coach who understands the ADHD and AuDHD executive function landscape. The two complement rather than substitute.

Is this coaching considered a Reasonable Adjustment?

Yes. Coaching to support ADHD or AuDHD-related workplace performance is a recognised Reasonable Adjustment under the Equality Act 2010. Many of my employer-funded clients are commissioned explicitly under this framework.

What does a typical engagement look like?

Most engagements are Evolution (6 sessions, up to 3 months) or Momentum (12 sessions, up to 6 months). Sessions are weekly or fortnightly, by Zoom. Session content is confidential, but I can provide a summary report on completion if useful.

Can we trial it with a single employee first?

Yes. A single Evolution programme is often the right first step. If it works, scaling to other employees over time is straightforward.

What if the employee doesn’t engage?

The free chemistry call is the safety net. Coaching only proceeds if the employee chooses to. I do not take on a programme that the employee does not want.

Can you work with multiple employees from the same organisation?

Yes. Each employee has their own confidential coaching relationship with me. I can hold multiple engagements in parallel.

Do you offer group coaching for ADHD teams?

Not as standard. ADHD coaching works best one-to-one. If you have a specific group need (a team, a leadership cohort, a peer group of ADHD or AuDHD employees), I am open to discussing it.

How does invoicing work?

Standard 30-day payment terms. Purchase Order numbers accepted on invoices. I issue clean, itemised invoices that match what your finance team needs. Programmes are paid in advance of starting.

Are you VAT registered?

No VAT payable on fees.

What about civil servants specifically?

Since April 2022, civil servants no longer apply through Access to Work. Coaching is commissioned through your department’s HR or Reasonable Adjustments budget. The simplest route is to ask your HR Business Partner or your line manager about commissioning external ADHD coaching as a Reasonable Adjustment. They can contact me via the Contact link in the menu to discuss. For more on coaching for civil servants and public sector staff, see my dedicated page.

What about Access to Work for non-civil-service employees?

Access to Work funding is still the primary route for many private and public sector employees outside the civil service. If your employee is exploring ATW, see my Access to Work page for the rates, session caps, and how the scheme works.

Get in touch

If you are HR, a line manager, or a Reasonable Adjustments officer:

Contact me via the Contact link in the menu to discuss the engagement. Include the role of the employee, whether they know about this conversation, and any timing or budget constraints. I will reply within two working days with a proposal.

If you are an ADHD employee considering this and want to talk to me first:

See full pricing and funding options.

Book a free Discovery Session

Twenty minutes by Zoom. We can talk through whether commissioning ADHD coaching through your HR is the right route for you.

Find out more

• ADHD coaching programmes
• ADHD coaching through Access to Work
• ADHD coaching for civil servants and public sector staff
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