LCWRA and support into work

Paulineram24

I’m here as I support my adult son with his MH. He has a diagnosis of ADHD and Autism, which came at age 18 , he’s now 21.
How does he go about looking for work that might suit him, he’s on LCWRA , he has no relationship with any kind of work coach or anything. What are his options rather than jumping into a job that is too much too soon and getting burnout?
Thank you for being willing to read and share your experiences.

Ray212

There are services like Livewell IPS(not sure what area you are in) and Scope Support to Work .

They help people like your son find and stay in work, support them with CV's and interviews etc. I am currently using Livewell Individual Placement Support but I am not sure what are you are in or if that is available but Scope's support to work is very similar

JoannaJoanna

Hi, I've had same thing but I'm very qualified. Have an MA, etc. But I got temp jobs and an Access to Work grant where I could work from home. I loved working so much and couldn't bear the thought of not working, even if on benefits. LCWRA lets you work if you want to and it automatically deducts. There is no pressure to stay in a job or if something goes wrong and he's fired or something, the benefit will just adjust. I'd recommend learning a skill online and staying local. Volunteering for a charity and learning to Code or learning a platform. I worked in the charity sector part-time my whole career and although I ideally was educated to go into banking and wanted to. Charity wasn't my passion but it was something and you can learn some great skills to hewn which are very flexible - like writing, research, or if he is good with numbers you can do something like accounting, etc.

Volunteering is a great way to take pressure off and I had a great set up for like two years - I recently stopped working as was made redundant unfort and they are moving my role digital to AI but I had a 7 hour per week set up from home for like 2 years which was perfect as I could work online in the middle of the night, etc and still felt normal.

There is always that caveat though of wanting to truly accept disability. If you are on LCWRA they don't expect you to look for work and you are technically 'not fit for work.' I've tried to balance truly accepting this too so as not to push yourself and then get sicker after. I did see that cycle. I'd say maybe taking things slow. Hope this helps. xo

Paulineram24

Thank you to you both. All these suggestions are helpful. It gives me something to talk with him about. He is bored and wants to work , but I see that he can’t manage many hours at this time.

Andi66

We have a wellbeing job club in my area. But jobcentre should have a disability employment advisor who should help