{"id":888,"date":"2010-09-11T16:47:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-11T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=888"},"modified":"2010-09-11T16:47:12","modified_gmt":"2010-09-11T15:47:12","slug":"try-being-over-50-and-having-mental-health-issues-then-try-and-get-a-job-with-a-mental-health-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2010\/09\/11\/try-being-over-50-and-having-mental-health-issues-then-try-and-get-a-job-with-a-mental-health-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Try being over 50 and having mental health issues. Then try and get a job with a mental health charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Try being over 50 and having mental health issues. Then try and get a job with a mental health charity as you have exactly the skill set required then wait for them to not even bother to contact you although they say they run a <strong><em>guaranteed interview scheme.<\/em><\/strong>..<\/p>\n<p>Legislation does no good even those supposedly in the business of helping people with mental health issues discriminate against the very people they are supposed to be helping.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I suspect a lot of these Charity&#8217;s are run by 30 somethings who have never had any issues in their life. I think I may have to expose some of these people.<\/p>\n<p>Any one from Mind Sane or any of the other lot care to contradict me&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try being over 50 and having mental health issues. Then try and get a job with a mental health charity as you have exactly the skill set required then wait for them to not even bother to contact you although they say they run a guaranteed interview scheme&#8230; Legislation does no good even those supposedly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2010\/09\/11\/try-being-over-50-and-having-mental-health-issues-then-try-and-get-a-job-with-a-mental-health-charity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Try being over 50 and having mental health issues. 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