Living with cerebral palsy-What career pathway did you choose?

SaraC_Scope
SaraC_Scope CP Network, Scope Posts: 340 Empowering
in Cerebral Palsy Network

Hi all. I'm supporting the Employment team here at Scope.

After a meaningful conversation about cerebral palsy, the team wondered about the career pathways of people with CP .

Alongside people’s employment history, the team wondered how long people have been in those positions and if they required any reasonable adjustments.

They will be supporting some people with CP to access employment.

I understand reasonable adjustments is a more personal question, so if you would like to share your story, please email me sara.edwards@scope.org.uk

Any information we gather will help the employment team support people with CP into work, improve confidence and raise awareness, and look to close the disability employment gap. Many thanks.

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  • trouble5316
    trouble5316 Online Community Member Posts: 96 Connected

    I was told years ago i cant work

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,606 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1078650#Comment_1078650

    But that doesn't fit into the cosy narrative, must try harder…

  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 3,836 Cerebral Palsy Network

    I have had lots of jobs, but not a career as such.

    My first job was a YTS at a sports centre. After I decided I was no longer interested in sports science, I switched to retail and worked in a dedicated wine shop. I also worked in Ibiza for the summer season. Which was very different to the two years I spent in Mablethorpe running an amusement arcade 🤣

    I then spent a few years at various call centres across different sectors, until I settled in at my local authority, where I dealt with anti-social behaviour and abandoned vehicles. I was happily made redundant from there after 7 years.

    My next stop was Warwick University, where I worked in Undergraduate Admissions. I read for many courses and supported applicants. Before leaving Warwick, I got a promotion to Senior International Admissions Assistant, where my role was to work with the Home Office to ensure people at the University had the right to be there.

    Fast forward to today, and I am working with Scope! There are many other jobs I could have listed here, but they were either rubbish or I was. 😂

  • trouble5316
    trouble5316 Online Community Member Posts: 96 Connected

    I used be trainee chef before got diagnosed. Then had to leave it for medcal reasons

  • SaraC_Scope
    SaraC_Scope CP Network, Scope Posts: 340 Empowering
    edited October 28

    One of the best reasonable adjustments I (or probably my team had) was when I first started as a youth apprentice age 18 at the council. A

    At the time I was experiencing epileptic seizures every couple of days. Our office was in a 1970's style building with concrete floors, so one of the first adjustments was to have our office floor carpeted in case I fell during a seizure. Having a carpet in an office was highly unusual in 1994 but my colleagues loved the warm room.

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