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This is an excellent opportunity for a disabled person (including D/deaf) to gain valuable work experience with the Employability services, at East Lothian Council in Haddington. Payment:           UK Living Wage rate of £9.07 per hour Accountable to: East Lothian Council Contract:            455 hours, equivalent of 13 weeks full time (all forms of flexible… Continue Reading Employability Project Assistant, East Lothian Council (Closing Date: 14 November 2019)

This is an excellent opportunity for a disabled person or D/deaf person to work in Broadcast Technology and Operations at STV in Pacific Quay, Glasgow. Payment:              £9.00 per hour Accountable to: Director of Broadcast Technology and Operations Contract:            12 Weeks or 420 hours Fixed Term Location:            STV Group… Continue Reading Content Preparation Internship with STV (Closing Date Monday 11 November 2019)

This is an excellent opportunity for a D/deaf or a disabled person to work in Ministerial Private Offices in the Scottish Government. This role sits at the heart of Government and involves working closely with Scottish Ministers. Payment:        A3 (£19,314 – £21,482) Accountable to: Scottish Government Contract:        6 months… Continue Reading Office Administrator/ Assistant Private Secretary Internship, Scottish Government (Closing Date Friday 1 November 2019)

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!”