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Trying to find a job!
I am a 34 year old female and receive disability but I called social security to see if I could work since I have been on disability since I was 12 and they said I could work for 90 days to see if I could work without it affecting my check and insurance. My problem is that since I've never worked at 34 years old I have no references. I have volunteered with my church. Could I use my pastor as a reference? I volunteered with the kids church. Could I use the children's pastor as a reference? I need 3 references. Who else could I use use as a reference? I have babysat for family members but I know family members are not allowed for references. I have also volunteered at a thrift store but that was about 10 years ago. Is that old and half the people that was at the thrift store is not there anymore and I don't know how to get a hold of them. I do know it's hard to get a job with out references. Please tell me what to do. Thank you.
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If you recieve disability, then it is most likely that you have a social worker assigned to you to check on you yearly to see if you are the same, still in need or have improved some. I used to do care giving for a gal who had mental disability but was still able to do part time work. Since she also had no prior experience due to being born with her condition, through DSHS she was assigned a work counselor whose job it was to test her to see what her skill level would be. I can give a good example since our church weekly puts on a community dinner. Recently, 2 different counselors asked to use our program as a place to see how well their clients could work, whether it was cutting fruit for the fruit salad, or helping prepare garlic bread. They sat with their disabled person to keep helping them if they had a problem with any of the instructions. They were not trying to get placement to work since we are a volunteer basis only, just to measure the abilities. If a person can do more than kitchen work, then they find a place to take their client to test their abilities. You should be eligible for a social work counselor through DSHS. Try calling them instead. I do not know if it is much different in other states, and this was Washington state. The process you are thinking of with supplying resumes and a list of work contacts is something that you should not have to do, with a job counselor who does the job searches and find jobs that match the clients abilities.
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