Neurodiverse people on benefits to be helped into work in bid to cut welfare bill
Neurodiverse people on benefits to be helped into work in bid to cut welfare bill
Minister Stephen Timms cites 'negative experiences of interviews and prejudicial opinions' putting neurodiverse people off work
Interviews are such a big problem. I'm autistic, mid-30s, I've been working full time since I was 17, but I've almost never succeeded at a job interview. I've always gotten new jobs by either knowing someone or starting as an agency temp and then getting made full time, with the one exception being an interview where I'm pretty confident that the hiring manager was also autistic.
Same with me, except every job I got was from employers who were desperate and would take anyone. The only exception is the job I have now, which ironically enough, I'm kinda crap at.
Traditional job interviews are very much geared against autistic people. I was absolutely awful at interviews, until the job centre actually sent me to a coaching service and I had it spelt out exactly what each interview question meant and what kind of answer I was expected to give.
Turns out "tell me about yourself" doesn't mean tell them where you were born and what your hobbies are 😅
this seems like an excuse to take benefits from ND disabled people imo
Sir Stephen Timms cited a reluctance among employers to introduce adjustments as a reason behind the low employment rate.
It's this that will help reduce those "negative experiences". And improving the whole recruitment process too. They've made progress with gender and race on this front, they need to do better.
Getting employers to do so will probably require improved labour laws and investment, which doesn’t look forthcoming yet.
Instead I fear we will end up with some more unbinding guidelines employers will ignore, and then those who still cannot find work will have the rug pulled from them with the cuts.
Hey, Australia basically just did this.