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in her local charity shop. she worked for a major supermarket for 25 years but was made redundant. is this the kind of thing that you do, katherine? i do, putting things in the right sizes. how much do you love this particularjob here? i know you re volunteering. i like it. would you like this kind ofjob to be like your full time job, i suppose? yes, i would like to have it full time. yes. so, there s your labels. for people with learning disabilities, like katherine, the rate of employment in england is just over 5%, and that has gone down over the last decade. do you want me to come in with you or can you do it on your own? you can come in. katherine s being supported by a local organisation. they work with employers to try and overcome negative attitudes and some of the many barriers disabled people face. there s a job going for you, jeff. you know, you apply for a job and it s like, you have got to apply online and often people with learning disabilities, that s going to be a barri
it has been five years and she has still not got a job. she has even struggled to get voluntary work. i was told that the office was not suitable for me as a blind person, that they wouldn t be able to accommodate a desk for me and it wouldn t be safe. the difference between the number of disabled people in work compared to non disabled people is what is known as the disability employment gap. although it has slightly narrowed in the last few years, experts say this is in most part down to the fact that more people already in work are identifying themselves as disabled. turn around, go on, katherine, turn around, look at that, look at that. katherine loves volunteering in her local charity shop. she worked for a major supermarket for 25 years but was made redundant. is this the kind of thing that you do, katherine? i do, putting things in the right sizes. how much do you love this particularjob here? i know you are volunteering. i like it. would you like this kind ofjob to be like your
ofjob to be like your full time job, i suppose? yes, i would like to have it full time. yes. so, there s your labels. for people with learning disabilities like katherine, the rate of employment in england is just over 5%, and that has gone down over the last decade. do you want me to come in with you or can you do it on your own? you can come in. katherine is being supported by a local organisation. they work with employers to try to overcome negative attitudes and some of the many barriers disabled people face. there s a job there for you, jeff. you know, you apply for a job and it s like, you have got to apply online and often people with learning disabilities, that s going to be a barrier to them. thank you so much. you do see that there can be a lack of support, a lack of empathy with some employers, and that is really sad because you just think, oh, if only they could just. help that little bit. katherine, what would be your dream? just get a good job and hopefully get a great go
and hand picked hotels are offering a £500 welcome and shake. that puts the biggerfirms had a big advantage. it is harderfor small and seasonalfirms to advantage. it is harderfor small and seasonal firms to offer extras. it is the first year we will be selling trees, which are actually grown here. so, that s created a whole set of new problems, really, because we need extra staff, we need qualified staff for using chainsaws. and i did think it would be reasonably easy. it hasn t been, actually. how weekend staff are pretty regular. that s never been a problem. they enjoy coming here to work. customers are happy. but the full time staff, that has been an issue this year. so why is it happening? 0fficial so why is it happening? official figures out last week gave us a clue. the overall number ofjob vacancies rose a00,000 to a new record of 1.2 million in a three month period to august. at the same