duckster
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Post by duckster on Mar 23, 2016 13:01:41 GMT
So, following on from my previous threads about not being a trainee teacher anymore my tutor told me that I needed to carry on with placement and although I would fail, it wouldn't matter as long as I passed my placement file. The file has something to do with the Ba hons education degree. In the placement I have had 5 days off due to ibs and migraines which have both been made worse with stress the 5 days have been 1 day here and there sort of thing. Anyways, yesterday was one of those days. Felt like utter shit and phoned the school to let them know I wouldn't be in and emailed my uni tutor to update her on the situation. I then got a reply later in the day to say I had now failed placement as well as my file and that I won't be going back into school unless I need to pick some stuff up. To be honest I have a history of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety and I feel these have also played a part in all of this. A part of me is annoyed as the resubmission is a 1000 word assignment, which if I had been told I would have preferred to have done that as it is much less work than the file. Another part is feeling devastated and embarrassed about how much of a mess I have made of placement and how a friend of mine has actually seen it all. I don't really know how to feel or if I will get past this mentally.
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Post by clubby on Mar 23, 2016 18:09:13 GMT
Hi duckster I am so sorry you have had such a tough time. It really isn't fair. Try to think about the positive experiences you have had on your course and take them forward to whatever you do next. I failed miserably in my chosen engineering career and ended up getting the sack. Life takes us on many twists and turns and rarely leads us directly to our goal. Twenty years after my career ended with a bang, it was reignited in a different engineering form more suited to the way I am. I got there in the end. Don't be too downhearted. Many of the most successful people have shared your experience. Hang on in there. We are all here for you.
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Post by anopheles on Mar 26, 2016 23:16:35 GMT
Sorry to hear this. I couldn't cope with teacher training, which was partly my energy limit of three months robbing out and partly the joy sucking paperwork, most of it identical.
Some good news. Things should be looking up for those of us who can work.
You count as disabled. Reasonable provisions have to be made. It offers some protection from simply being fired (if you can skip around any 'gross misconduct' instafiring.
So, your next position has to take at least half the responsibility of keeping you employed (ideally, an O.T should be hired for you and they can be your buffer).
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Post by merrial on Mar 26, 2016 23:29:26 GMT
Hi Anophels how do "we" go about getting this help please. I haven't had any. I'm pretty sure that I'm going to have to stop working because I don't
& have never had any help.
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Post by merrial on Mar 26, 2016 23:31:36 GMT
Does this apply to all people with ADHD?
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Post by anopheles on Mar 27, 2016 0:12:26 GMT
Yes! If you have an official diagnosis from a second level specialist (usually a consultant referring sideways to another specialising consultant, though other paths may be available). Basically, if you were told by a person in smart clothes in an hospital or a clinic that isn't your GPs (if it isn't the only medical building for 50 miles), then you're good to go.
Opinions differ on whether or not to disclose at interview or at first day. One is more upfront and give you a bonus to quota filling (in things like public services, charities, corporations, etc), but can be (though you'll never know) a barrier to getting employed in the first place (more likely in smaller private firms). Day one reveals can feel like pulling a fast one, but if it's the choice you made stick with it. Mentioning it later, say after your first boo-boo, will look opportunist.
In law, all firms have to make 'reasonable' adjustments where possible (so no wheelchair firemen fighting fires or verbal tic Tourette's newsreaders), to help the disabled (and that's us, as these things are counted) find and keep jobs.
There are schemes at the jobcentre where any necessary expense for your needs will be paid by the government so firms don't lose out. You can even have a part of the job description removed if it is the one thing that prevents you from taking that job. (example, if you have a social phobia then you don't have to go on the rota for Reception duty).
Once you are in, they have to employ or direct you to an in house Occupational Therapist who will go through what you may need.
These, naturally, are going to differ between individuals and occupations, but if office work: No tidy desk or hot desking (because of organizational difficulties), longer deadlines, understanding of facial and verbal impulses, extra breaks or less rigid start/stop times, permission to doodle/knit in meetings (it anchors us and prevents us missing info) and looser targets.
If you can avoid really stupid self inflicted 'Gross Misconduct'sackings or jobs that absolutely do not suit our wiring (air traffic control, endless data entry) and you get fired for being disabled... Well, it's the kind of thing that make employment lawyers send you flowers and sing in the bathroom.
Check out the web for specifics in your case.
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Post by merrial on Mar 27, 2016 8:05:47 GMT
Ok thanks for that. I'm going to check it out.
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Post by anopheles on Mar 27, 2016 8:19:32 GMT
Naturally, if you are already in work and receive the diagnosis (of this or any long term/ life long psychiatric disorder) then contact your manager/ human resource department immediately and research what will help. don't worry, the equal opportunity/anti discrimination law is stood behind you like a big friendly giant.
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