hi guys welcome back and look who has joined me today "Hello" this is Jessica
she has an amazing channel Jessica out of the closet and you may have seen us
filming together last year those videos are linked down below so go and check
them out after this video. But today Jessica is with us because we wanted to
film a video together all about working and employment when you have a
disability, because I've had a lot of questions about this from you guys J"and
we have stories" "we have many stories" so jessica has filmed part one over on her
channel, J "where we talked about our experiences of working disabilities and
how great that was!" G"they denied me waster!" J"DUM DUM DUM" so if you want to know what
what that's all about.... J"that was that loud! G"that was quite
loud" go and check that out linked in the description box and
Ill put a card here! But in this video we're going to be talking about some tips
we're going to be giving you some advice about how to find a job, what to do when
you've got an interview. So after watching the video if you've got any
questions or any stories that you want to share then please drop them down
below. As you know I have a t10 incomplete spinal cord injuries so I
have to use a wheelchair so I'm physically disabled, Jessica would you
like to share with everybody what disabilities you have? J"Yeah sure um I
have two genetic disabilities one from each of my parents ,because I won the
genetic lottery! (shower me in gifts!) and I have a disability affects my nerves and
one that affects my muscles and the symptoms of these include things like
chronic pain chronic fatigue and also deafness! That does make work quite hard. I'm also
blind in one eye but that makes no difference." So these are the disabilities
that we have obviously we're going to be talking about our experiences and the
tips we can give you with our physical
disabilities but if any of you out there have any sort of mental health problems
or mental disabilities then please feel free to drop your tips down below or
share any.. J"yes we'd love some advice from you guys as well"
this is just from our own experiences you have to know what you think - yeah
so yeah it'd be really really handy for people reading through the comments to
see that. Let's discuss the benefits of working. J"Okay well I think the number one
benefit of work is it just makes you feel useful!!!
It does I mean I always need to be doing something and I think too often with
disabled people it's not even expected that we get a job just live off whatever
paltry little benefits you've got, you don't need a life for anything!!
Excuse me! NO disabled people can be incredibly useful to the workforce." G"if
not more useful because we see things a completely different way. Its also really
really good for our mental health, I know that if I'm feeling a bit down and out
and sometimes you've if you've got a job and you've got a purpose you've got
to push yourself and sometimes just coming back from being there you can
actually lift your mood." J" I make videos full-time and if I'm having a
really bad day health-wise you know just been super disgusting really sick
or I'm in terrible pain, when I get a video completed or I get the
plan or the script or something done theres always just that rush of yes I
achieved yeah I did well today." G"Yeah I am totally with you I can feel
really rubbish and then I do One!!" YAS J"so the next one I think is that money! Money
is good we like money. money is good yes. So yeah we can we're able to go out and
like enjoy experiences.
J"you have a video on this channel all about how being disabled is actually
Really expensive" "yes it is, also by going out to work you build up
relationships with people that you wouldn't necessarily build relationships
with, you can build up a support network, meet new people and also it gives you a
certain identity as well ,"yes" and something to talk about with people as
wel.l So the next sort of thing we're going to talk about is how to find a job!
How do you start? It can be really overwhelming especially when you hear
things like "there are no jobs" and there is fierce competition, J"and I think you
always feel like you have to do twice as much to be half as good as anyone else
because, once you had your interview instead like if interview two candidates
one of them is disabled and one isn't you do kind of get the feeling that you
have to be so much better as a disabled person to be considered
level" G"yeah it's just that's just the way it feels. G"yeah so we're I mean,
where would you start looking for a job?"
J"I'm not the best person to ask.... I've never got a job
because I got head hunted or my mother found me a job" G"you have to watch the video"
and you'll know exactly what we're talking about" "It wasn't a great job It didn't end well.
My mum got involved. "my mom got my first job" "your mom" yes they're you go
our first tip, go to your mum, magazines also have a look in sort of
disability magazines like the lifestyle magazines
local magazines then there's also the jobs website
yes well also be proactive think about what you can do how that could be
adapted into a job and then contact people directly, "yeah that's true"
think about your skills first and then how that can create something, that's the
other thing, you could also look into it (if you didn't want to commit
yourself to a contracted job and part-time or full-time because of your
disability) you can also have a look at casual work and voluntary work as well. I
did some voluntary work and that was really beneficial for me sort of mental
health wise really helped me give me a sense of purpose and feel like I was
doing something good and giving something back hmm
"yeah if you have the kind of disability that is very episodic you can
also think about crafty jobs and Etsy I think that's a good" "yes" "so yeah,
like if you have days where your not able to get out of bed, but mentally you're fine
maybe do a job that involves something like sewing.
Oh this is a friend of mine did this because she got really ill and but
she was just physically unwell so she didn't kind of have that that going in
out consciousness being very tired it was just that she couldn't move her body
very much, so she I she became a copy wrighter.
she just got sent things from companies and then
she just read them, yeah which she would have been reading stuff anyway,
but she got paid. this is such a good idea and also keeping with that theme there is actually
a website called people per hour.com and what it is is people will put up
little jobs that they need ,so Jessica you may need someone to..." work out my
schedule" yes or proofread something for example or I may
need a video editing so I can put advertise that on people per hour
someone comes along and says yes I can do this for you this is the fee and so
you're not commited you know to constant work, you can pick and choose what
you want to do when you feel able exactly.
they've got authors on there who will help write books for people
there's photographers you know advertising so you can advertise jobs or
you can advertise yourself to do jobs as well, so it's definitely worth a look
"that is it good recommendation" yeah you're thinking of using it now!!!
so when you're filling out an application form, and there's
the little box that lots of people have been discussing when we've been
discussing this on my community tab, do you tick yes or no or leave it blank
that you have a disability? "I used to not disclose the full extent of my
disability so I've had I've had three jobs my current job where I'm just
self-employed and I worked myself whatever but the one before was an
employee and I didn't from the start really explained to them what was wrong
with me and how it affected different areas of my life so I didn't but they
explained I have an energy condition um I went in with deafness because you
can't really probably hide that one so like yeah I'm deaf I don't need to sign
language interpreter but that's fine because she comes from access to work
anyway we'll get more than that later so you don't have to pay for that that's
all fine and then like slowly as I worked there and it became more obvious
perfect Oh also I have terrible pain Oh also
sometimes bits in me stop working, oh also I have an energy condition so
sometimes I just can't do stuff also I get ill really easily because I have a
suppressed immune system. so I might just be off work for three weeks because I'm
really ill! That wasn't the best idea.
wasn't the best. Now whenever I am taking a job from a
different brand or a company or whatever we make sure we put on that email
Jessica has disabilities including a an energy condition and a chronic illness
and this means that she may have to be flexible about deadlines, and always now
just the full extent this is what Ive got this is what I am take it or leave
it. um so that's I guess a bit different but I do think it is just she just got
to say because you're only harming yourself yeah and also if you don't
declare it if something was to happen further down the line hopefully it won't
you're legally responsible if you don't declare.
I always tick the box I'm proud of Who I am
I don't mind that I have got a disability and I always play it to my strengths, you've got
to work with what you've got So I tick the box because even
though I'm applying for a job that I know is going to be wheelchair
accessible, they might decide to hold the interviews on the first floor where they
don't have a lift, but you might never need to go up there ever again.
"yes that's true" and I think also it's down to us as well not to just (I know we
should expect things) but we can't just expect things and I would hate to turn
up to an interview and they'll be like really awkward and make them feel bad as well.
Yeah I do you have anything like this thing about being proud of being
disabled and part of who you are I think if we put ourselves into the position
where it seems like we are ashamed about disabilities or we are unwilling to talk
about it because we think it's a bad thing then it plays into other people
believing that and you don't want to allow able-bodied people to continue
to have that mindset!!" "well said Jessica I don't really like
that"
"So you've found a job you like the look off you've applied, you've been accepted oh
you've got an interview! Now you can worry cuz you've got an interview. what
do you? Do research the type of work that you'll be doing make sure that you know
as much as you can about all the different areas of this job. What they
will entail and also make sure that you're actually capable of doing it
because this is gonna be a question that will play on the minds of the
people who are interviewing you just have an answer ready for everything will this effect the job?
like no disability will affect this part of the job and you're like yes my
disability will only affect this one area but it won't actually affect any of
the work that I produce, I just need to make sure I have a more accessible desk,
but otherwise good yeah things like that yeah so you've thought about the
different areas of the job and how disability will affect them and keeping
it really positive yeah really but don't say oh I've got a
disability so that prevents me from doing XYZ, you've got to go in
there and you've got to be really positive and show that you really want
the job, and that you are better than anybody else for the job which you are.
put everything in a really really positive light, and you know there
may be some equipment that you're using because of your disability that makes
you more accurate more precise and faster than anybody else so make sure
that you play the disability to its strengths.
another thing that you guys have been asking me about which I saw over on the
community tab is access to work which is something that we have here in the UK I
don't know about the rest of the world so if it sounds something similar that
you have in your country then make sure you drop it down below so that other
people can read through but Jessica you seem to know a little bit more about
access to it than I do yeah I've used access to work ever since they got a
proper job and left University it's basically a government scheme that
allows people dispersity is to get the help that they need at work to enable
you to do the job to the standard that an able-bodied person would be able to
do it so they can't actually do your work for you obviously but they can send
a helper, if you're deaf they can send sign language interpreters they
can if you have a learning disability that affects you in certain ways so
maybe you're great at writing but you're not grate at compounding thing,
they can send someone who will help you go through the brief or whatever you
need to do and break that down for you, they also help you with physical
things like they can put ramps into your work place handrails and the toilets
that sort of thing it's basically making sure that no employer says "oh no I can't
hire a disabled person that's super expensive" so it's basically just
the government filling in the gaps there and they can go 50/50 with your
employer on some things so again like ramps because it is obviously a legal
necessity so the government could go haves with that employer and make
sure that that happens, Access to Work can also provide help for interviews
anything that requires that you to need another person to be there with you "I
personally use access to work for a few things within my workplace and I found
it to be very helpful if you do want to find out more about it it is on the gov.uk
websites if you just search Access to Work on there
you can find out how to apply and how it can help you so I think that's it for
this video yeah I think we have added a lot of tips
please be sure to add your tips down below whether you've got a mental
disability mental health problem or a physical disability and also please make
sure that you go over to Jessica's Channel and subscribe there and if you
haven't subscribed here we'd love to have you so make sure you hit that
subscribe button I filmed two videos a week thank you so much for watching and
I look forward to seeing you in the next one
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