Disabled person looking for work.

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Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

fork lift driving tends to be in warehouses which can be quite a high-pressure time-driven environment.

Provided you don't think you'd strangle puppies or drown kittens, could you work with animals? That might not involve too much contact with people or money.

Or gardening/landscape work?

Most of the agricultural work is ran by Eastern European groups. They work really hard. To get into that kind of work force I would have to be very social which is kinda hard for me.

I know the farmers round here but most are going the automation route because most Brits won't work in the fields.

The only places where they still use pickers tends to be down near Sleaford and the Fens. So its quite far away for me.

I work very well with animals. For some reason they tend to understand me more than humans do.

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sangie595 wrote: »

And you actually expect to gain employment with these skills? Whilst not wising to belittle your disability, even were you to be offered employment, I cannot see it lasting. Employers tend to frown on these sorts of things .If you are genuine, and your user name suggests not, then you need your condition under control before looking for employment.

To be honest my username isn't relevant. Your conclusion there is just a end product of your inner prejudice and ignorance. I'll do what I see fit. Its better than wasting away in 4 walls on the dole.

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elsien wrote: »

controversy wrote: »

I have a past of strangling fellow staff members, using payment systems wrong and most times being a rather vocal disrespectful worker.

So what self management strategies have you developed to prevent this from happening again?

Medication plays a huge part in managing the yokes and sudden bursts of aggression. I take a drug called Risperidone which is a anti-psychotic. The effect only lasts a couple of hours so its a case of taking it when I need it. I always have it on hand.

The other thing is keeping out of crowds because when I am in a crowd I get extremely territorial and any sudden movements tend to trigger fear & then aggression. So I should avoid jobs which involve being around lots of people like in a Supermarket or a Pub.

I also have issues with incontinence and wear adult nappies. For this reason the majority of the time I need to be near a toilet with private washing facilities. Im not joking about this and I wish people would learn to take me seriously on forums because its not like I can just drive down to the Citizen Advice Bureau. At the moment I am stranded in my own home.

It is mission impossible but it is my dream to have just a simple 16 hour per week job. The self worth it would give me would actually stop me getting so depressed which is a problem in its self.

bugslet

sangie595 wrote: »

Employers tend to frown on these sorts of things ..

Understatement award goes to sangie:)

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

fork lift driving tends to be in warehouses which can be quite a high-pressure time-driven environment.

Provided you don't think you'd strangle puppies or drown kittens, could you work with animals? That might not involve too much contact with people or money.

Or gardening/landscape work?

Being a forkie can be very full on, I did it for 5 years and it helps to be social. I can't imagine it would suit the OP and wherever I've worked it's been a full-time job.

I don't want to sound negative, but the animals thing, even if you find them easier to deal with than people, I suspect that could be a quick way to lose customers.

Like the landscape/gardening idea - something that could be done on a solitary basis and on a 16 hour week if need be. Self-employment a possibility? Then you can set your own hours. Apart from the initial contact, you wouldn't need to be social. The only downside would be toilet arrangements but if you work in a radius not far from home, that might be possible?

tomtontom

controversy wrote: »

To be honest my username isn't relevant. Your conclusion there is just a end product of your inner prejudice and ignorance. I'll do what I see fit. Its better than wasting away in 4 walls on the dole.

I'm sorry, it doesn't work like that. In an employment context you'll only do what your doctors/ occupational health and the employer believe you are fit to do.

Self employment is a possibility but you have to consider all the circumstances - for instance, how would you react to a customer complaint, or if someone wished to terminate your services? You can't pause the situation to go and take a tablet, you need coping mechanisms that you know will work. Otherwise the potential for extreme reactions seems far too strong.

redvision95

Sorry but Fork Lift Truck Driving probably wouldn't be a very good idea.

I hold Counterbalance, Reach and VNA licences and occasionally do the odd bit here and there to earn some money to put into savings when my business is having a slow few days.

You NEED to be social as you would be working in a warehouse and as part of a team, you'd have to be able to cope with people shouting for you and telling you where they want pallets and it can be very very fast paced/stressful. From the sounds of it you wouldn't be able to cope with this.

Unfortunately there arent many jobs out there where you dont have to work within a team or deal with customers, Especially with the hours you would like.

As a employer myself with what you have said, I would not take you on as a employee as you would be too much of a risk not just to other staff but to the general public/customers.

I do think its really good that you do want to work though

DomRavioli

Hi OP,

As a fellow PDer who has worked for the last 14 years, you need to put RECOVERY as your first priority, not work. Work can help give you some skills, but you need to know you aren't going to become violent at any time before you put others in a situation they may be unable to deal with.

Concentrate on recovery (its very possible) with the health professionals around you. Once they feel you are in a position to have any capacity for work, then you can start on this road, but you are nowhere near where you need to be right now - anyone, regardless of mental health condition or not, is clearly not fit for work if their health professionals state they have no capacity for it. Bide your time, get help, Open Uni is a good place to gain skills (although I wouldn't attempt that yet, as you seem to have some control issues still, and they will not tolerate that behaviour).

Learn to get better, then learn to work. Don't try it the other way around, its a sure fire way for a one way ticket into sectioning.

RuthnJasper

Could you do something working from home? Not ideal perhaps, but at least relieves the prospect of potentially throttling some poor bod to death.

Owain_Moneysaver

controversy wrote: »

Most of the agricultural work is ran by Eastern European groups. They work really hard. To get into that kind of work force I would have to be very social which is kinda hard for me.

I was thinking grass-cutting and weeding etc rather than farm work.

DCFC79

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

I was thinking grass-cutting and weeding etc rather than farm work.

Yes that's what I was thinking too.