Please don't criticize, I hate myself enough without that. I'm not sure if I'll even be able to communicate the problem, because as well as it being different in the UK verses US the fact is I don' even know why I can't get back into work.
I've been unemployed for ten years. Various factors contribute to this including some time out of the country and disabilities, it's a long story but I can kind of explain away my employment gap to employers up until two years ago.
Disability/mental barriers:
Despite disability I can work and I'd not need adjustments, but my disabilities are neurological which includes executive dysfunction: I struggle to self-regulate and see steps to a process, thus I struggle with job search...I know how, but getting my brain to cooperate to allow me to job search regularly is another matter. Not just that but depression and anxiety cause me to struggle at the mere thought of job search so that's a barrier too (yes I'm in therapy for this).
Practical barriers:
One big barrier to getting into work was lack of recent work experience and references. For years I couldn't even get a voluntary job as I had no references, but I managed to get two really well respected voluntary roles - one working with child sex offenders to prevent re-offending (so I've had full training from police and child protective organizations), one with a legal charity providing free legal advice, and I also worked as an IT trainer for a bit too. I get a lot of positive feedback about my work so I know I'm capable, I've also gotten over a serious phobia of phones (I couldn't even be in the same room with a phone without a panic attack) thanks to volunteering, and I'm using volunteering for case studies for a college course I'm doing to help me get back into work too.
Loss of benefits is a risk:
I'm on disability benefits (UK), being on disability is terrible but at least it's fairly secure - if I go back into work I'd be without any income for the first month, if things don't work out (going from no work to 35 hours a week will be hard) I don't go back onto the same benefits...so I'd lose a third of my income and it'd take time to get back on benefits.
I struggle to know what jobs to apply for:
There's little to no support to help people back into work, less again for someone in my situation. I know how to write a CV, etc. but I'm not sure what jobs to apply for - due to disability things like working in McDonald's or call centers is out, I'm going for a lot of social-focused jobs like working for homeless charities, ironically I tend to focus on employability roles...I know if I can't get myself into work this seems foolish but I've experience in this role and I've no problem getting other people into work. I don't find many jobs I can apply for but when I do manage to apply for jobs I do get interviews and I get good feedback, but it's just that they always chose someone with more recent experience.
I'm just not sure how to overcome these things - primarily it's about needing to job search, figuring out what other jobs I could apply for to open-up my options a little more, and getting over practical issues like the employment gap. Any ideas?
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