How many "disabled confident" job vacancies in your area ?

Wibbles

21 - in my area - covering a population of around 100,000

And that includes warehouse and shop jobs.. both involve heavy lifting and being on your feet for most of the day

That's according to the local Job Centre

Not very many

Disabled Confident means :

• the employer is committed to employing disabled people.
• you’ll be guaranteed an interview if you meet the basic conditions for the job

Which is totally meaningless

anisty

This is so true and one that has me fuming. A few years ago, when my son was 18, a council job came up for someone to work in the mail room.

I am pretty certain my son could do a job like that. He can read and has no physical disability.

He got an interview as there's a guaranteed interview scheme with the council.

But he did not get the job. It just so happens, my hubby works for the council and knew the people who interviewed my son. So he was able to ask how our son had done at interview.

Not well at all. Because they had made NO allowance whatsoever for his comprehensiom problem.

Wait til you hear this though: they offered the job to someone else who turned it down. Rather than giving our son a trial, it went out to re-interview with "previous applicants need not apply"

Had they given him a trial and he'd been unable to do it, fair.

But they based their impression on his weakest area - verbal comprehension and i doubt he needed that skill sorting and delivering mail internally.

Girl_No1

Another factor, beyond that of employers being willing to employ people with disabilities, is the reaction of the disabled person's colleagues.

I speak from bitter experience where my employer was happy (well, perhaps not happy but willing) to make adjustments recommended by Occupational Health specialist. Perhaps this was because there was zero direct finance implication to them, just some minor workload and desk position adjustments.

Colleagues, on the other hand, could only see 'special treatment' for me, discrimination against themselves, and me being 'selfish' by not being able to participate in some work tasks.

It was a very far from pleasant existence, dreading going in every day to face direct, and indirect, comments aimed at me/my limitations due to disability.

Whinging, whining, bitching, and nastiness from colleagues as a result of reasonable adjustments took me to my lowest point ever, and I've regularly known lowness.

A part of me really hopes they have not thought this through.

If they have thought it through, they are, imo, sadistic/psychopathic and should have zero control over the lives of others.

Santosha12

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1010225#Comment_1010225

I am so sorry to hear of your experience, mine was sadly very similar and I was dismissed because of ill health and treated appallingly two years ago. And mine was in the NHS and from nursing colleagues who are supposed to be the 'caring' profession. My situation took I would say a slightly sinister turn in that my boss shared my personal health information with everybody (including porters for instance who asked me about it/told me what had been said). Worse though, it's affected my ability to get healthcare now. I'm still pondering on what I can do about that but I don't think there really is anything.

egister

A disabled person, according to DWP, looks something like this - https://disabledcharacters.fandom.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker

Wibbles

Girl_No1

@Santosha12 Thank you.

Likewise, I am really sorry to hear about your experience which sounds hellish.

I'm confident you would have redress should you wish to pursue their major breach of confidentiality. And, I'd admire you greatly if do decide to pursue it.

I think what happens to us, working disabled people, is we get so worn down by having to commit/work at 150% it burns us out. As a result our self-care, and self-esteem, take a proper battering.

I'm sure none, absolutely none, of this has been factored into Kendall's Grand Plan For The Feckless Disabled.

As an aside, my employer was also a large employer. I resigned, they asked me to reconsider and offered me the opportunity of early retiral on health grounds, which I took. On reflection, they may have been concerned I would litigate given the many issues that drove me to resign?

I can only imagine smaller workplaces might be better/colleagues more understanding?

Slonvinton

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/132260/how-many-disabled-confident-job-vacancies-in-your-area

3 population of 26K
But Ive already worked for one of them and they messed up my reasonable adjustments to the point my condition got much worse. I dont set much store by "disabled confident".

Scrumptious67

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/132260/how-many-disabled-confident-job-vacancies-in-your-area

Population: 185,000 - 1 vacancy that I could apply for. This is a part time, hybrid role in my town. Vacancy advertised on 12th and closes on the 16th. I've only just seen it and I stand no chance of being able to apply in time.

There were other vacancies under the scheme but all were full time and many were highly skilled roles requiring specific qualifications.

I often wonder if anyone that has had a negative experience with the so called 'Disability Confident' employers have reported them to the scheme? I understand that actions can be taken, such as removing them from said scheme, if they fail to abide by the requirements. Perhaps if more people reported them, then changes would be made? Or maybe it's just whistling in the wind!