[mld]

Well, after a few letters of application I have finally got an interview for a teaching job. I next have to succeed at the interview, then the CRB check (and hope they don't get told about the 136's) and then I have actually got to do the job, aarrgghh! At the same time as this I am also having some physical health checks with the doctors and hospital, so I could be starting a job with sickness leave after 4 years out of work!

I'm telling myself not to get stressed out, as that is when the voices come back - So I'm also telling myself to keep focussed.

And then there will be the mile walk from the bus stop to the school, (that's if I get the job). Oh dear.

The interview is on Wednesday, and I've got to get the courage up to actually teach a lesson!

M.

[firemonkey]

Good luck. I hope it goes well for you.

[mld]

firemonkey, on 04 May 2012 - 09:50 PM, said:

Good luck. I hope it goes well for you.

Thank FM,

M.

[ChrisB]

Good luck Mld, rooting for ya!

I'm starting a school job on Wednesday so I'll be thinking of you!

[mld]

ChrisB, on 05 May 2012 - 10:39 AM, said:

Good luck Mld, rooting for ya!

I'm starting a school job on Wednesday so I'll be thinking of you!

Thanks ChrisB, I will also think of you.
M.

[mld]

Well, the interview is tomorrow and I'm really worried. I had asked my support worker if he would do a reference for me and he had agreed. He's been ringing me up this afternoon asking all sorts of questions because he's in the middle of writing the reference for tomorrow. I haven't disclosed sz, but he thinks he ought to put something down. I have put on my form that my disability is controlled through medication, and I've left it at that.

He even asked me if I had been ill at all over the last two years - well that's why I see him, or so I thought. Do you get a mental health support worker if you're not ill?

I was hoping that he'd be able to say that I turn up on time, that I am smart and dress appropriately for the activity in hand etc. Poor guy, I think that this must be one of the first references he's done for people. I'm trying to see the positive side of asking him for the reference!

I will let you know tomorrow how the interview went.

M.

[ChrisB]

Funnily my current boss did my reference today for the school job, equally confused!

Ok first thought - what happens when they ask why a mental health worker has given a reference - what will you say?

[CaptSpaceBat]

There is some helpful information on the impact of the Equality Act (2010) on employment at http://www.direct.go...ghts/DG_4001071 with interview specifics at http://www.direct.go...Work/DG_4000219

All best wishes for your interview

[ChrisB]

CaptSpaceBat, on 08 May 2012 - 06:03 PM, said:

All best wishes for your interview

Yeah fingers crossed for you!

[mld]

CaptSpaceBat, on 08 May 2012 - 06:03 PM, said:

There is some helpful information on the impact of the Equality Act (2010) on employment at http://www.direct.go...ghts/DG_4001071 with interview specifics at http://www.direct.go...Work/DG_4000219

All best wishes for your interview

Thanks for the heads up on these links, very useful.

M

ChrisB, on 08 May 2012 - 05:31 PM, said:

Funnily my current boss did my reference today for the school job, equally confused!

Ok first thought - what happens when they ask why a mental health worker has given a reference - what will you say?

Yeah, I've got that one sorted, but there was no one else who knows I turn up on time for stuff and that I'm now better - reference from last school will say I had two terms off sick, and that was four years ago.

Hope it goes well for you tomorrow too.
M.

[mias]

Well Wednesday has arrived. D Day! Thinking of you both. ((xx))

[Ellie - Rethink]

Wow mid, just seen this. Great news that you got an interview - that should be a great ego boost in itself. That'd be my advice, instead of each step feeling like getting closer to the scarey bit, see it as a step further you've made out of your 'comfort zone' and therefore another success.

Will check with interest later to see how it went!

P.s I dont think theyre allowed to ask you about disability until you've been offered the job....(the'equality act changed last year http://www.mind.org....e_equality_bill ) but then maybe its differnet when you're working with children - i dont see why.....

[mld]

Well I have had the interview and now I'm waiting for the phone to ring to see if I have got the job. I think it may be a long afternoon!

But in the meantime, this morning, another school has got in contact via email to ask me for another interview! The school is closer but I really enjoyed this morning.

At least I'll get a second chance if I don't get this one.

Thanks everyone for your comments,

M.

[mld]

Well, I didn't get the job - so glad I've got a second chance.

The feedback was excellent, just that I was nervous and needed more confidence! It was suggested that I need to get more recent experience. How do I go about getting that if they don't offer me the job!!

Anyway - onwards I go...

Prepare for the next interview,

M.

[mias]

A great big well done to you. I know you might not have got the actual job but you should be 'well chuffed' with yourself.
(((x)))

[ChrisB]

mias, on 09 May 2012 - 04:36 PM, said:

A great big well done to you. I know you might not have got the actual job but you should be 'well chuffed' with yourself.
(((x)))

Here here! Well done MLD

[mias]

Hi Chris, I hope your day went well too.

[ChrisB]

mias, on 09 May 2012 - 10:27 PM, said:

Hi Chris, I hope your day went well too.

Hi Mias, it was "interesting" - the highlight was entering a corridoor, and the door closing and locking behind me.............

Still, they have given me a really big room to work in - gonna get some of the kids to put some art on the walls for me too!

[mld]

I've got my next interview tomorrow, and it's raining this pm. I'm going to get wet walking to the interview. No buses go the way I need to go.

M.

[ChrisB]

A nice cosy umbrella should sort you out, give yourself plenty of time too, good luck!!!