Work support

Blue said:

I've also had negative issues with the Shaw trust the last three months as well, they keep trying to harass me into working with livestock again or in a slaughterhouse or seasonal work which is not a realistic long term employment goals either.

Genuis Within have been awful. They keep closing my referrals down and only offering group sessions, the basically offer pointless advice of the phone.no practical support whatsoever.    

I'm in Norfolk too.  I was referred to Shaw Trust in early 2020 for the current 'Work and Health Programme' with the hope that I could have got onto work trials, but then Covid lockdown hit and all I got was phone calls, and phones are the means of communication I find most difficult.  Shaw Trust just kept suggesting "do online courses", "have some video-call coaching" which all feel futile as these do not get me in front of an employer and able to show what I can do.  I too encountered Genius Within as this video-call coaching was with them, I found that really difficult.  With my very hesitant speech, being put through Zoom calls and asked a lot of questions was difficult and I clammed up many times. I was often unable to fully think through answering one question before another would be asked.

There have been many threads suggesting a consensus that DEAs in DWP and associated providers such as Shaw Trust and Genius Within have a lack of understanding of Asperger's.

I am lucky enough to be getting Post Autism Support at the moment from the "Autism Service Norfolk & Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust" which has been actually been rather good. Because my situation was complex they changed their strategy towards me. They are currently during my sessions creating a health passport and list of reasonable adjust for future employment.

I've had the same experience with the Shawtrust they keep setting up online sessions with other people and cancelling them at the last minute. I've been with them since april 2020 and they have not help at all. They reviewed and altered my CV and i am now seeing someone from an organisation called chances and she agrees they are not helping me they are using me to achieve their targets. 

Genius within is basically where the shawtrust send people with Autism and Learning disabilities because the Genius within was built to support autistic individuals and people with learning disabilities and honestly as useless as the shawtrust. It's not a lack of understanding it a lack of everything.      

I am lucky enough to be getting Post Autism Support at the moment from the "Autism Service Norfolk & Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust" which has been actually been rather good. Because my situation was complex they changed their strategy towards me. They are currently during my sessions creating a health passport and list of reasonable adjust for future employment.

I've had the same experience with the Shawtrust they keep setting up online sessions with other people and cancelling them at the last minute. I've been with them since april 2020 and they have not help at all. They reviewed and altered my CV and i am now seeing someone from an organisation called chances and she agrees they are not helping me they are using me to achieve their targets. 

Genius within is basically where the shawtrust send people with Autism and Learning disabilities because the Genius within was built to support autistic individuals and people with learning disabilities and honestly as useless as the shawtrust. It's not a lack of understanding it a lack of everything.