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Finding employment that will take into account chronic back pain
Im 63 and have just had an operation on my spine for stenosis. After having it done I was told my discs are degenerate and am still in pain ..have joined as I need help finding employment that can take into account chronic back pain. I was a carer for my mum who has mental health issues but has recently been taken into a…
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Why would an employer not let me work from home?
I have been working with my employer since 2011 and I became disabled in 2021, I have been recently felt put at a disadvantage because of my disability. I keep having sick leave off due to my disability and under my reasonable adjustments from occupational health, I have been told my job does not permit me from working…
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How do you find opportunities to upskil yourself for minimum wage jobs?
So in short, I'm looking to finally manage my workplace anxiety while upskilling myself so I can work a part-time customer service job (think along the lines of customer service in a cafe, shop, bar or similar). the long-term aim is so I have more options for what i can do while on a working holiday visa, so I can start…
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Firms OOC Health contradicting my doctor
Hi, my Dr diagnosed me with Fibromyalgia, as well as stress, arthritis et Al. However the firms OCC Health, has basically said it's treatable with X Y AND Z. I feel like I'm getting pushed back into work, where I know I will struggle. I've asked for a 2nd opinion, and my union is doing a lot. Anybody know what the…
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Access to Work Transport
Hi, I hope you can help and advise please? My son is a wheelchair user with CP and works 5 days a week. I take him to and from work in the car. I undeserved there’s an access to work transport grant from the DWP. He had this before on his College work placement 3years ago. Unfortunately, local taxi companies with…
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Hi, my name is Aligee! Employer refuses to take me off light duties. Is this legal?
I had been of with an injury and had a note from my doctor saying I could return to work with light duties they agreed but i was not allowed to do overtime ...however I am better now so asked my doctor to give me a fit to return to work note with normal duties I gave this to my employer but they won't let me off light…
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Upcoming Pip Review
Hi everyone, I hope someone can shed some light on my current situation. I have just been sent my pip review papers, I was awarded PIP from April 2022 to April 2025. I have suffered from Psoriatic arthritis/psoriasis and depression for the past 15 years. Before I won my pip claim in 2022 I had always worked but was forced…
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Problems at work
HI, I was diagnosed with autism as an adult (35) around a year ago. I have spent some time unemployed mainly caused by Covid lockdown. However, I have a job in hospitality that I have been at now for about 8 months. I will preface this with some context: I got this job through the Autism at Work Programme and though I…
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Transitioning from uc to full time work
Hello everyone! I'm here as I need advice, I have a schizophrenia and currently on uc and lwrca. I want to work full time, I got an interview on Tuesday for a full time job in a school. If I get the job, what all do I have infrom uc? How do I transition from uc and lwrca to work? Thank you
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Post college
Hi all. I am a little worried when my sons current college course ends (July 24). He is autistic and has Cerebral Palsy and needs support throughout the day with everything really. He is 21 and may be offered a 12 month Supported Internship but this is not guaranteed. My worry is what is next for him if the course is not…
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Employment post TBI
My partner suffered a traumatic brain injury a year ago. He currently has a senior role in the public sector. He has just left hospital Does anyone know what the next steps for him would be in terms of making a decision if he is (ever) capable of returning to work? Will this involve OT? Dr? How long does this process take…
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HELP!
I was diagnosed with ASD (Autism) at 37 during lockdown. It was a 7 year or so process of falling into destructive behavioral patterns, and a lifetime struggling at school and in work and social situations. I find myself so stuck and trapped at the moment. I am in a job which is just too much for me. Too much drama from…
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Finding a job
hi I have learning difficulties I am struggling to find a job any help would be appreciated thank you
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Moving to a new office - access issues
My workplace are moving us to a new office. I have mobility issues which make walking distances painful, getting up and down stairs takes a lot of effort and causes alot of pain. It's obvious to watch me that I'm having trouble and it's embarrassing. The office I work from now has a lift, and disabled parking very close…
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Becoming an apprentice at 57! Andy's experience with Scope's Support to Work programme
Andy discovered Scope’s Support to Work programme after losing his job. With his adviser's support, he found employment again. Read Andy's full story on the Scope website. I was initially positive about the redundancy, believing I could find something new. However, I soon discovered that applying for jobs had become more…
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Move based on friendships and favouritism?
Hi, so I am a TL who moved to my current department over a year ago. I became friends with my manager and the other TLs who happened to be her friends and 1 was her roommate. We had another TL move over a few months ago and 2 months later there was a business demand to move a TL she obvs didn’t want her friends moved and…
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Reasonable adjustments
I’ve worked for my employer for more than 20 years in an office based role. For many years I’ve had chronic pain - ulna neuropathy of shoulder, shoulder bursitis, CRPS shoulder, hyper mobility, carpal tunnel syndrome & now tennis elbow! Over the years I’ve had various treatments but am now reliant on medication though am…
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Reasonable adjustments (Epilepsy)
Hey, I have epilepsy and it was pretty much under control with meds until just under a year ago due to work stress (I work as a hca for the NHS) I had a few months off and then after seeing occupational health I went back to work and they implemented the reasonable adjustments and a seizure plan the main things were no…
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I'll health retirement - civil service employer - 2 ques
I cannot work in a 'pressure' job ever again, but might do part time or simple. Scheme retirement age is months rather than years away. Would any restriction 'expire' after scheme age? Would a compensation claim for workplace stress be dealt with automatically as part of IHR (part of the cause of IHR), or should I start…
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Promotion being delayed due to reasonable adjustments.
I'm a civil servant, and despite my ADHD and Autism have progressed very well in my career. February 16 I was made a provisional offer of a role following an interview. The new role is at a higher grade, and a different area of my department and so I expected the things to progress quickly. Once I passed the right to work…
