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This is an excellent opportunity for a disabled person (including D/deaf) to gain valuable experience of coordinating a research project that will contribute to policy development as well as gaining experience of working in the office of an MSP. Payment:          UK Living Wage rate of £9.30 per hour Accountable to: Mary Fee Labour MSP… Continue Reading Research Assistant Internship with Mary Fee MSP (Closing date: 10:00 am Monday 21st September 2020)

Callum Hendry is completing his internship with Angus MacDonald MSP. He has written a blog about what it has been like to work at the Scottish Parliament, included the highlights and detailed the flexibility that’s made it a great place to work! Before starting the internship, I had been unemployed for 2 years. Since graduating… Continue Reading My Internship experience, the first step on a new journey.

Eleanor Macleod is completing her internship with The Scottish Government in the Communities Analysis Division. She has written a blog about what it has been like to work at the Scottish Government, included the highlights and detailed the adjustments that’s made it a great place to work! Panic, Fear & Dread. These were the three… Continue Reading My Experience as a Social Security Intern

Lily Pattison interned with the Scottish Prison Service for 4 months in the Equality and Diversity Team. Lily details below about what it was like to work at the Scottish Prison Service, what her internship included and the adjustments that made it a great place to work! Working at the Scottish Prison Service over the… Continue Reading This internship will shine on my CV for many years to come!

Rebecca Farren interned with Neil Findlay MSP for 4 months with an Parliamentary Internship. These internships give disabled people a chance to get experience of parliamentary research and processes in the Scottish Parliament. Here she tells us about working at parliament, settling in to Edinburgh, managing PAs and adjustments in work, and where she is… Continue Reading I found my new normal and it was fantastic!

Laura Chapman, aka ‘Mole’ was an intern with Christina McKelvie MSP for the SNP from January to April 2018. She did parliamentary research on Universal Credit, speech writing and worked on a parliamentary bill about domestic abuse. Below, Mole tells us about what the internship has meant to her. Hope you enjoy the read, we… Continue Reading Mole’s internship blog “Thank you for joy!”

Susan is doing an internship with The Care Inspectorate at their offices in Dundee. Her project involves looking at the tools the inspectorate is using when evaluating the service of care providers. Susan has been an active member of Inclusion Scotland for some time now, and is keen to see more disabled people taking on… Continue Reading Disabled people- Internships are yours for the taking! (Susan’s blog)

Lead Scotland is a charity that empowers disabled people and carers and those who experience exclusion to improve their lives through learning. They approached Inclusion Scotland and SCVO to set up an opportunity for a disabled person under the Disability Equality Internship Programme, and Chris Purnell was recruited as Information Service Communications Intern. Chris’ role supported… Continue Reading Lead-ing the way on inclusion! Chris and Rebecca’s internship story