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Welcome SupportToWork_Scope!
Scope
has many different services available, and we have noticed in our Online
Community that many users are asking about getting back into work. Our
Support To Work programme is a free, online and telephone support for disabled
people in England and Wales. I
wanted to introduce you to Jennie today, who works as an…
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"Wing-Mounters mate" job
I have been doing my family tree via Ancestry for many years and have come across a weird job title of my great uncle being a "Wing-Mounters mate". I have absolutely no idea what it entails.. It was in the 1921 Census Anybody got any idea what this job was ?
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Savings Threshold
I can't remember if I've asked about this or not. Is the savings threshold of £6000 out of date? I thought I saw somewhere on here that that £6000 figure is going by 2007 rates? Am I right?
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Remote work
Hello I need to work remotely due to my disability. Can anyone suggest any job sites that may be helpful in my job search or any hints or tips? Thank you in advance
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Hi, my name is jazmine19! Do I still have to send a fit note to my employer after receiving SSP1?
Hi all.🙋♀️ I have been on long term sick.just received ssp1 Do I have to still send fitnote to my employer?
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Disability and work from home
Ok hello there I like to ask and need real and honest help and advice please' I'm Ben I want to know and understand how this may work I am disabled and on UC and full lcwra and pip And I can't get about and walk and handle to work out but would like to work in doors on a laptop or something I don't know what atm but as I'm…
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Getting help with reasonable adjustments case?
Just joined today Does anyone know of free lawyers who can assist in reasonable adjustments case or point me in another direction Thanks
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Newbie looking for advice re employment
Hi folks, I'm new here. I'm in my mid 50s with a chronic back condition which now means I need crutches to get about. Nearly three years ago I lost my job as a result of this and have been trying to manage the constant pain and the changes that have arisen. I receive the lowest level of PIP but I am struggling financially.…
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Hi, my name is infoNeeded!
Need guidance to get back to work. I have been diagnosed with B12 and hypothyroid and have been out of work since 2022. I am self employed so not sure what i can claim
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Hi, my name is laura
hi I’m currently looking for work
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Access To Work
Does anyone know whether Access to Work are still providing coaches or support workers? I heard today they no longer offer coaches, and have also read a few times about people having their support worker hours reduced.
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Hi, my name is NESD! has anyone successfully appealed NHS ill health retirement refusal?
Good morning May I ask has anyone successfully appealed NHS ill health retirement refusal and won at the 1st stage of appeal . Ive recently been refused as no one can say for certain that my condition is permanent! I have heart failure and heart disease and may possibly need a heart transplant in the future .Although…
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How will my income affect my parent's UC?
Hi all, I hope this is an okay place to ask this - if not I apologise. I have just recently finished college, so we know about losing the "child"/dependent or whatever related bits, and have a job interview lined up in early July. My parents are convinced they will "lose all of their Universal Credit" - which I know is…
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ill health retirement NHS
I am thinking of applying for ill health retirement in the NHS. I’m 47 and have been working in the NHS for 27 years. I have type 2 Bipolar, type 1 diabetes, and a severe back injury. As I have gotten older my back is worsening and I am on very heavy medication regime which now makes me extremely drowsy and sedated. I have…
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Hi, my name is Sid09! Fit note query.
Hi all, just a question about the fit note I sent to my employer a week ago, they are now saying I need to have a final meeting with the boss, I have previously had a meeting to discuss everything , my fit note was a phase back to work for the first two weeks, by the time they allow me back this time will expire, what do I…
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Work adjustment
Hi everyone, I just wanted to check if anyone has been through something similar and could offer advice or share their experience. I didn’t want to disclose that I’m autistic to my employer, so I initially spoke to my manager about applying for a change in my contract to work from home. Her response was that I could apply,…
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advice and others experiences of being invited to a formal capability hearing in relationto sickness
Hi I'm new to.here. im looking for advice and others experiences of being invited to a formal capability hearing in relationto sickness not because of performance. I've been employed for 13 months. Had several Sickness absences and most of my sickness is related to my disabilities. I had an Occupational health appointment…
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Struggling with juggling self-employment tasks - Where can I get support?
Hey all, I realised recently that the reason I'm struggling to get my online self-employment off the ground is that I'm trying to do everything myself with no help. I'm autistic with adhd and complex trauma, and my executive dysfunction, alongside my limited capacity to juggle everything is why I'm not being as productive…
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Civil Service and chronic fatigue syndrome, ADHD
Hi, I'd like advice from anyone with chronic fatigue syndrome or M.E. plus ADHD who works in the civil service (or even outside the Civil Service). What roles are you able physically and cognitively able to do? I work in Policy and will be requesting a managed move due to disability, but have no idea what role is be…
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NHS ill health retirement appeal retrospectively
Hi all. Hoping someone can advise me on this issue. I injured myself in 2012. (nhs nurse) prolapsed discs nursing bariatric patients. I plodded on with these prolapses until 2015 when I finally received spinal surgery - which failed, leaving me with permanent nerve damage to my leg and spine. I returned to work 6 weeks…
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HOW DO I FIND EMPLOYMENT
Hi all, iam an electrician with cpod, cant do this work anymore so looking for a part time job, check outs on a till would be ideal how do you stating finding time work at 58yrs, iam so in a hard place feel useless.
