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Disability Confident Employers

Eliza67
over 1 year ago

Hi,  My daughter is 23, autistic and looking for work.  We have been applying to Disability Confident Employers with no luck.  Two days ago at her Universal Credit appointment we had a new member of staff who told us 'I'm surprised that you haven't even had an interview as Disability Confident Employers are bound by the agreement to at least interview 'disabled' applicants.  This was news to us.  Can someone tell me why she hasn't had an interview?  Are we doing something wrong?  Are we missing a step?  We never got the chance to discuss it with the job centre as we were interrupted but I will be asking next time.   Thank you 

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  • over 1 year ago

    I applied for a job with a local NHS trust who according to all their publicity are a disability friendly employer and have a scheme which guarantees an interview for all suitably qualified candidates. I didn’t get an interview and I accept with the benefit of hindsight that I failed to demonstrate that I met one of the criteria (although I think they could have overlooked it if they had genuinely been following the spirit and not the letter of the scheme) When I queried it though I was told that I couldn’t possibly be disabled because I had managed to apply for the job. If that’s the attitude of people making hiring decisions on the ground it doesn’t really matter what the scheme says - if they don’t want to employ someone they will find a way not to employ them. (I eventually got a (partial) apology from the acting head of the trust but no interview although if the comment is typical of the way their staff think I don’t think I want to work there any longer anyway.) Fortunately I have substantial savings and am in the fortunate position of only having to work for someone who wants me to work for them and not to have to work otherwise but I sympathise for those just starting out.

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  • over 1 year ago

    I applied for a job with a local NHS trust who according to all their publicity are a disability friendly employer and have a scheme which guarantees an interview for all suitably qualified candidates. I didn’t get an interview and I accept with the benefit of hindsight that I failed to demonstrate that I met one of the criteria (although I think they could have overlooked it if they had genuinely been following the spirit and not the letter of the scheme) When I queried it though I was told that I couldn’t possibly be disabled because I had managed to apply for the job. If that’s the attitude of people making hiring decisions on the ground it doesn’t really matter what the scheme says - if they don’t want to employ someone they will find a way not to employ them. (I eventually got a (partial) apology from the acting head of the trust but no interview although if the comment is typical of the way their staff think I don’t think I want to work there any longer anyway.) Fortunately I have substantial savings and am in the fortunate position of only having to work for someone who wants me to work for them and not to have to work otherwise but I sympathise for those just starting out.

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