I’ve often worked because I’ve used employment agencies for the disabled and specifically the mentally ill. They prepare you for work and find you jobs where the employer hires the mentally ill. It’s ideal because you go into the job and they already know you’re ill but they hire you anyways. I don’t know if other areas beside Silicon Valley have these agencies but it’s worth looking into. I also belonged to some vocational programs for the disabled or mentally ill where they held classes and groups focusing on how to get and keep a job and taught you how to fill out an application, make a resume and held mock interviews. Again, I don’t know if other places have these but it’s worth looking into. These places will get you full time work or part time.
I get help from my mental health team to look, but there’s not many jobs I compete with everyone it’s so frustrating
I’ve had all that help but i still struggled, I tried is all i can say, hopefully my next ventures will work out as an artist & an author, its early days but you never know.
I just want to work at home and gradually work in a medical office. I was driving 30 miles every day for six dollars an hour. I’d say it’s up to the individual whether they work or not but it’s good have a purpose.
I found my current job on my own, completed bachelor after my diagnosis, am now preparing for my masters degree, i am planning to take cobenfy when i can and i can say that without being on a low dose of abilify instead of risperidone, olanzapine etc i wouldnt be able to do all these
I’ve worked as an assignment worker for employment agencies. Temping ( temporary work ).
My current job found me. Ugh.
My area doesn’t have quite the same thing. The county mental health services I go to helps find jobs to apply to, helps put together a resume and also practice interviews. But they don’t let employers know you’re disabled or mentally ill.
I’m on a waitlist for this help