Hi all - hoping your collective wisdom can help us out here.
I'm trying to help my DS (17) to get a job that fits in with his college routine and we're a little bit stuck for ideas.
A little background first, he is (mildly) autistic and is also attending CAMHS for anxiety related issues along with depression. His move to college last year was pretty difficult for him and we've been focused on trying to get him at the level where he is coping with his college work.
However, with support from the college and CAMHS he is now getting there and myself, his counsellor and actually he himself feel it would beneficial on lots of levels for him to try to get a job - increased independence, his own income, increased confidence and also might sharpen up his motivation for what he wants (or doesn't want) to get out of college / potentially Uni.
The issue is, I don't really know where to start. The complexities of his situation have probably clouded my judgement as to what he could / couldn't do - i.e while his autism is mild, he will need someone who understands this and can take the time to teach him the ropes of whatever it is he does - but also lots of the places I would have automatically gone to (our local McDonalds / Costa, for example) seem to have overly complex recruitment processes that just don't fit in with his current studying.
We've tried the local library and looked at council website too so I suppose I'm just here for some other ideas of where your teens have ended up working and any advice on helping them into work? I'm likely missing something really obvious!
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Dealam · 23/04/2017 09:34
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