Job Experience/Volunteering

flashy · 03-03-2009, 13:22

i went down to the joke shop yesterday...rang one employer up for a care assistants job, started talking to her and she asked me if i had had any experience in the last 6 months? my answer to this was obviously 'no' although i do have an NVQ II in care, she told me it would be pointless her sending me an application form because i wouldnt get the job anyway through lack of recent experience

it made me wonder if i actually want to do care work anymore...i've been thinking about this for a while, last week i applied for a job at outpatients at The Royal Blackurn as an auxilary

do i really want to do that though? i've also thought about retail or school work

if i do go down the retail route, other than charity shops, where can i get some experience from?

if i stay with what i know and go for care, where do i get the desired experience for that??

you'd be a bit buggered if you'd never ever worked before in your life wouldnt you

this is doing my nut in, anyone want to give me an unpaid job in retail for a couple of weeks?

AccyLass · 03-03-2009, 13:24

I can give ya a number for a woman that I am a volunteer mentor for Shaz.. see if she can give ya some organisations to be contacting?

pipinfort · 03-03-2009, 13:25

What about gardening Flashers.? you could come and dig my allotment over for me unpaid if you fancy....

flashy · 03-03-2009, 13:26

i've been registered with do-it.org for ages now Chelle, i've applied for several volunteer jobs, mentoring is no good really, i'm more into the retail bit i think, thanx anyway hun

flashy · 03-03-2009, 13:27

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

What about gardening Flashers.? you could come and dig my allotment over for me unpaid if you fancy....

dont get clever

lol

AccyLass · 03-03-2009, 13:28

Nah it aint just that they do... mentoring is the thing I do through one of their projects

The do other stuff too
I'll pop her name and number here and see if she can come up with somet for ya

Melanie Whitehead
CVS,
21 Cannon Street,
Accrington,
BB5 1NJ
Website: Welcome to the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley CVS website

flashy · 03-03-2009, 13:29

cheers cocker, i'll have a look at that in a mo

flashy · 03-03-2009, 13:38

lol i clicked on the 'volunteer vacancies' bit and it took me to........do-it.org.....

i'm going around in circles

AccyLass · 03-03-2009, 16:06

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Originally Posted by flashy

lol i clicked on the 'volunteer vacancies' bit and it took me to........do-it.org.....

i'm going around in circles

Oh lol yeah they have a lot of info on there

Just give her a ring
She's away as of Monday tho

emamum · 03-03-2009, 16:32

cook job going in cafe in town, the one near purevision if thats any interest to you?

turkishdelight · 03-03-2009, 16:48

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Originally Posted by flashy

i went down to the joke shop yesterday...rang one employer up for a care assistants job, started talking to her and she asked me if i had had any experience in the last 6 months? my answer to this was obviously 'no' although i do have an NVQ II in care, she told me it would be pointless her sending me an application form because i wouldnt get the job anyway through lack of recent experience

it made me wonder if i actually want to do care work anymore...i've been thinking about this for a while, last week i applied for a job at outpatients at The Royal Blackurn as an auxilary

do i really want to do that though? i've also thought about retail or school work

if i do go down the retail route, other than charity shops, where can i get some experience from?

if i stay with what i know and go for care, where do i get the desired experience for that??

you'd be a bit buggered if you'd never ever worked before in your life wouldnt you

this is doing my nut in, anyone want to give me an unpaid job in retail for a couple of weeks?

Just thought this was worth a mention, you say you have an NVQ in care at level 2 you could join NHS professionals on the their bank system and work as many hours as you wish plenty of work offered, until you get the job your looking for, not bad rates of pay their are other agencies too i know offering between 8-10 pounds per hour basic, better rates at weekends nights and bank holidays.
Its a way to see if you like this type of work, holiday pay too included i think you start with 6 or 7 weeks holiday pay.

flashy · 03-03-2009, 17:41

thanx for that TD but i cant do nights or weekends, i have a 12 year old son who would be home on his own all the time if i did that, i'm am constantly looking on the NHS website for jobs as i live quite close to The Royal Blackburn hospital

turkishdelight · 03-03-2009, 18:05

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Originally Posted by flashy

thanx for that TD but i cant do nights or weekends, i have a 12 year old son who would be home on his own all the time if i did that, i'm am constantly looking on the NHS website for jobs as i live quite close to The Royal Blackburn hospital

Their are plenty of shifts that are for people like yourself with young children like just working the times when hes at school, a lot of vacancies in the NHS are on a website thats you can only use when you are an employee but if you telephone human resources they can supply you with all the current vacancies. They also have policies on improving working lives, family friendly policies for people with children so you can work around those issues if you need too.

AccyMad · 03-03-2009, 18:39

I know the Sense shop in Accrington are always looking for volunteers Flashy, oh sorry - just seen that you said apart from charity shops - although it could be a start. They also have a part-time paid job going at the moment if you're interested.

jedimaster · 03-03-2009, 18:40

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Originally Posted by emamum

cook job going in cafe in town, the one near purevision if thats any interest to you?

youd have to give us the name of the caff so we can give it a wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide berth