Jobs helping people with disabilities?

I really want a job where I’m helping people who genuinely need assistance. I’m an administrator and have always enjoyed the elements of my job where I provide help and guidance to people with disabilities. Have worked in a conference centre, bank, cruise company and two training providers. In these jobs, nobody else has wanted to provide assistance and I have always stepped in with no reservations. e.g., in one job, we had some students with dyslexia and according to my colleagues ‘a pain to deal with’. I do not find this the case. I spoke to a couple of dyslexic students and helped them with their queries and really felt happy that I was doing all that I could to help them. There are occasions where I’m unable to provide assistance, but I always try my best.


Would love to work for a charity. Unfortunately, unable to work voluntarily. Are there any good websites that I should look at for more guidance? London/Kent based jobs. Maybe moving to Dublin, so that is also an option.

Jobs helping people with disabilities?
Go on to the MENCAP website.


Talk to them and see if they can point you in the right direction. You may be able to get a post as Disability rights adviser.





Best of luck.
Reply:Why not try classroom assistant/SEN assistant, I work in a mainstream school as a SEN- Special Education Needs, I help with a young girl (10 yrs old) with cerebral palsy, she needs some help with toileting and getting around the playground and also academically, I also help the class teacher with other children that have learning difficulties, nothing diagnosed but are that far behind the rest of the class they need additional support, I went into the school to get experience before I studied for my post grad to do Primary Teaching and honestly I couldn't be a teacher, their job is a varied and hard job, yeah the holidays are good but the term times are long, I believe I get more job satisfaction from what I do, I don't get paid accordingly but the look on the kids faces that I help really out weigh the wages at the end of the month...follow your dream, your will be rewarded as will the kids...
Reply:nebrakase mosaic help people with disable people
Reply:There are some programs around helping people with disabilities living independently (I'm in one). With your background, either teaching as part of a course for the disabled or doing that sort of thing (helping people with paperwork and such) might be a good idea.





I'm not sure about jobs in UK or Ireland exactly though - I only know we have both of these projects done by several organisations here (Belgium), and as far as I know the people in it get paid, unless they're only volunteering for three hours a week (minority, about 2% of all those I know who do that). Try asking Social Services or an employment agency, they might be able to tell you where to ask.





Good on you for wanting to do this, there should be more people like you around!








Add: Latte's idea is pretty good, try that and give her best answer, she deserves it for all she's done already from the sound of things.
Reply:ive been using remploy they help disabled people get back into work and help with training there brilliant i reckon you could see if they had any jobs, there's also new deal for the disabled at the job centre
Reply:Instead of thinking charity - which is rather limited - think non-profit.





http://www.publicjobsdirect.com/Charitie...


http://jobs.thirdsector.co.uk/


http://www.chapelyork.com/directory/jobs...
Reply:So many disabilities - make a list of all the ones you can think of then go for one which will interest you and find contacts for that particular disability.


If you want to work with deaf people, for example, many colleges offer leisure courses in various levels of signing - always a useful skill; I spent some years working at exhibitions and because I had a little signing, visitors to the exhibitions were always directed to me. Not so much because my signing was good, but because I understood the problem of communication for them.


The more skills you have to offer, the more jobs you will find available.
Reply:Before getting a job supporting people with disabilities I suggest that you do some reading about disability rights and the independent living movement. It's great that you want to help but disabled people don't need charity, we need independence. One great website to check out is: www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/
Reply:Look in the phone book to where you will be living. Ring up and send out resumes to companies listed under "disabilty support." This is how I have always got a job in less than two weeks of moving somewhere new.





I've been in the industry for 11 years and employers are crying out for new staff. Most companies will pay for and organise your training.





Just go in with the right attitude:


*People are people first, disabilty second.


*Support people to help themselves as much as possible.


*Be flexable and a good sense of humour/fun helps too.





P.S. I love my job, the clients are awesome!!!
Reply:I hope you get the job that you want, people with disabilities need folk like you.