Inclusion ScotlandInclusion ScotlandInclusion ScotlandInclusion Scotland
  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Our Mission
    • Our Board
    • Our Funders
    • Vacancies
  • What We Do
    • Employability and Civic Participation
    • Policy Work
    • People-Led Policy
    • Research
  • Resources
    • Employment
    • Human Rights
    • Poverty and Social Security
    • Reports
    • News
  • Become a Member
  • Contact

What Are My Limits?

    Home Blogs What Are My Limits?
    NextPrevious

    What Are My Limits?

    By admin | Blogs, Internships | Comments are Closed | 5 January, 2016 | 0

    Roisin is an intern raising awareness of Social Enterprise in East Renfrewshire. Here she talks about figuring out what to do having decided not to become a teacher, and how doing an internship helped.

    Will I be able to? Will others notice? Will it be different? These were just some of the thoughts running through my head on my first day.I was so worried about not getting noticed and hiding part of who I am. I was in fact, probably too worried to actually really appreciate the amazing opportunity I had just been afforded. I needn’t have been worried at all, as it turned out! Now I am more than half way through my internship I really don’t want to leave. I feel like part of the team, a valued member of staff and just the same as everyone else. This is all thanks to the whole team, who have welcomed me, and made me feel that way.

    My journey probably really began in my last year university when I finally realised that teaching was probably not the right path for me, although the skills learned during my degree course would always be very useful in other fields. Not that I wasn’t able to do it, just that my heart was not truly in it anymore. It was about this time I started to question, well where is my place? If not here, where? I had spent the last few years working towards one goal, and now that was not there anymore. I was just generally lost, if truth be told, and I was now about to go into the big world with only the knowledge I had gained over this time, with no real path ahead of me. So I started to question: Where is my place? What would I do in this place? Where do I see my self?

    And over a few months I came to the decision, I want to work with people. I want a job where everyday is a challenge and it provides me with varied possibilities and learning opportunities. I want a job I that can immerse myself into. I really want a job I can be patient about and take time to learn and develop within.  After a few months of searching and keeping a few part time jobs down. I came across this opportunity, purely by chance (“what is for you won’t go past you”, as they say!).

    At first I was nervous and apprehensive, as the job was nothing like I had encountered before, and once again I was starting from scratch. A newbie! But like everything else in life, you have to start somewhere, so I decided to start, I would never know until I did so.

    This has turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made in my life. Everyday there is a new challenge and a goal to achieve. Everyday I feel valued and part of something bigger. It is not easy, but nothing worth doing ever is! I am learning and growing becoming more confident as the days go on. I once believed that I wouldn’t be able to do a job like this, but in the course of the couple of the last few months I have been here, I have grown to realise the only limits are those that I place upon myself. Now I have a whole new goal and options available that I never thought possible. I plan to make the most of the time I have left in the internship, to pick up new skills, ideas, contacts and relationships, which will hopefully help with any future moves and plans.

    I will document the rest of my journey

    -Róisín

     

    Inclusion Scotland is funded by the Scottish Government’s Equality Unit to deliver the National Disability Internship Programme “We Can Work”. 30 internships will be created for disabled people per year as per the Scottish Government’s A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People Delivery Plan. You can find out more about the plan by clicking here. 

    blog, equalityinterns, intern

    Related Posts

    • Call for urgent radical action to transform Scotland’s social care support system

      By Lynne Wham | Comments are Closed

      Disabled people’s organisations and carers’ organisations have come together to call on Scottish Government to take urgent, radical action to create a social care support system worthy of the name. In an open letter to… Continue Reading Call for urgent radical action to transform Scotland’s social care support system

    • Helping to create a new Scottish Social Security Benefit System through lived experience.

      By Naomi Waite | Comments are Closed

      “For anyone thinking of applying for this internship in the future, my advice would be don’t be hesitant, as it is a great opportunity for disabled people.” By Laura  Murdanaigum Before my internship I was… Continue Reading Helping to create a new Scottish Social Security Benefit System through lived experience.

    • Human Resources Intern Experience Blog with Skills Development Scotland

      By Naomi Waite | Comments are Closed

      “I would strongly recommend that any disabled person seeking employment apply for an opportunity on this programme as it really helps to build confidence and has such a diverse range of internships. The programme empowers… Continue Reading Human Resources Intern Experience Blog with Skills Development Scotland

    • Services For Who?

      By Lynne Wham | Comments are Closed

      Our new report, ‘Services for who?’, is the culmination of a 2 year DRILL funded research project which explored the experiences of disabled people with other characteristics when accessing services. We spoke to disabled people and service… Continue Reading Services For Who?

    • Blue background with white writing saying 'What is it like to be a disabled person at work?''. An orange box is underneath with white writing saying 'Add your experience using #myworkstory' an Inclusion Scotland logo is at the bottom of the page which has outlines of disabled people in different colour

      #myworkstory campaign

      By admin | Comments are Closed

      What is the #myworkstory campaign? On Friday 1 December 2017, Independent Living in Scotland, part of Inclusion Scotland, is launched #myworkstory, a social media campaign to encourage disabled people to get talking about being themselves at… Continue Reading #myworkstory campaign

    • Another Step on My Way

      By admin | Comments are Closed

      My name is Annamaria De Felice, I am 30 years old and I have currently completed an Internship as Marketing Assistant in Open Secret. I would like to share my experience with this blog. My Background… Continue Reading Another Step on My Way

    • The End is Just the Beginning

      By admin | Comments are Closed

      As my time as Momentum’s digital intern comes to an end I can’t help but reflect on the benefits I have got out of the last three months and the stereotypes which are all too… Continue Reading The End is Just the Beginning

    • Me, Myself and I

      By admin | Comments are Closed

      Allison is a Digital Media intern with Momentum Skills in Glasgow Deciding on what you want to do with your life is a tough decision, when I was little I wanted to be a vet then… Continue Reading Me, Myself and I

    • Image of the garden lobby inside Scottish Parliament. There are stairs to the left of the image and seats in the distance

      My Internship experience, the first step on a new journey.

      By Naomi Waite | Comments are Closed

      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… Continue Reading My Internship experience, the first step on a new journey.

    • My Experience as a Social Security Intern

      By Naomi Waite | Comments are Closed

      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… Continue Reading My Experience as a Social Security Intern

    NextPrevious

    Navigation

    Home
    Who We Are
    What We Do
    Resources
    Become a Member
    Contact

    Address

    22-24 Earl Grey St
    Edinburgh
    EH3 9BN

    Contact details

    info@inclusionscotland.org

    0131 370 6700

    Social media

    • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    © 2018 Inclusion Scotland | All rights reserved
    • Home
    • Who We Are
    • What We Do
    • Resources
    • News
    • Become a Member
    • Contact
    Inclusion Scotland