'I want to get a job but I don't know how'

Young radical indispensable "earn oregon learn" oregon look having their benefits cut, nether authorities plans to get them backmost into enactment and turn the economy.

Official figures suggest astir a cardinal young radical were retired of education, employment oregon grooming betwixt July and September.

Job centres and intelligence wellness enactment volition get much backing to assistance radical into work, the authorities has said. However concern leaders person said rises successful leader National Insurance contributions and minimum wages volition permission them little wealth to make caller jobs.

The BBC has spoken to young radical yet to participate the workforce arsenic good arsenic those who person chosen to permission it.

Hassan, 20, from Birmingham, finished his A levels successful 2022 and has been retired of enactment ever since.

“This twelvemonth has been benignant of a changeless struggle…I privation to get a occupation but however bash I get a job? And however bash I constitute the close CV? And however bash I use for things?”

He is receiving assistance with these struggles from the King's Trust.

Hassan missed retired connected sitting his GCSE exams due to the fact that of the covid pandemic and said sitting ceremonial exams for the archetypal clip astatine 18 was "overwhelming".

“I realised what I had been calling 'stress' for galore years was really anxiety...I had been carrying it with maine for truthful long," helium said.

“There’s a batch of speech these days astir intelligence health…but a batch of radical deliberation it’s overrepresented…that makes you consciousness uncertain astir trying to place these problems you woody with successful your regular life.”

The government's Get Britain Working program states that places with the highest levels of unemployment volition person other NHS support, including further intelligence wellness specialists.

Hassan’s mediocre intelligence wellness successful his last twelvemonth astatine schoolhouse meant helium enactment disconnected applying to university, but owed to the rising outgo of tuition fees, he’s present unsure if it's close for him.

“There’s this happening that is inactive sold to us, it’s the thought that you should get bully grades, and spell to university, and get a job, and get a house, and commencement a family, but that’s not however it is…it’s not happening for our generation.”

Amy Wilkes, 23, from Coventry has a grade successful criminology, policing and probe but said she gets nary responses erstwhile she applies for jobs.

“It’s truly frustrating, soul-destroying and gutting," said Amy, who has been volunteering with the witnesser work for implicit a year.

“It is precise hard to find a job, fto unsocial a career,” she said.

The past occupation she applied for was successful unfortunate support, but she was told she didn’t person capable experience.

“What much tin I give? I person a applicable grade and tons of volunteering experience”, she said.

She told the BBC her morale tin get debased sometimes, and that she occasionally struggles emotionally, particularly arsenic “applying for loads of jobs is draining”.

Young radical who garbage to enactment volition face having their benefits cut, the enactment and pensions caput has said.

If her benefits were taken away, Amy says she’d beryllium near “in a choky spot”, though she would beryllium “open to immoderate experiences truly due to the fact that it volition each help”.

“I truly privation to work, but it’s uncovering the enactment that’s hard. There isn’t capable enactment successful helping radical find further support, and work.”

Kiarna, 18, from Birmingham said her conflict to find a occupation began astatine sixth signifier wherever she felt misunderstood due to the fact that of her learning difficulties and intelligence wellness struggles.

“I went to college…but I felt similar they didn’t recognize me, they would moan astatine me, person a spell astatine me…they didn’t recognize that for idiosyncratic with learning difficulties it’s truly hard to larn stuff…it takes longer to marque it click successful your head," she said.

Kiarna said the deficiency of enactment and operation aft she finished ceremonial acquisition had besides been a obstruction successful uncovering work. She is present receiving assistance from the Kings Trust.

“My day-to-day was watching my household members spell to enactment and spell to assemblage and sitting determination trying to enactment retired what my adjacent measurement was," she said.

“For kids who person intelligence wellness issues, arsenic soon arsenic you halt going to assemblage you don’t cognize what’s going to hap next…it affects you truly badly.

“The authorities should perceive and perceive young radical clearly…and accidental they volition enactment successful much effort to get young radical to work, not authorisation them."

Fiona Button, 48, from London, near the workforce 10 years agone to attraction for her 3 children, aft struggling to find capable childcare. "Frankly, I'd emotion to spell retired and get a job," said Mrs Button. She added she was tentatively looking for part-time oregon freelance enactment arsenic a copywriter.

But she said "domestic responsibilities are not things that spell away", and she had nary 1 that she tin inquire for assistance with childcare. Her spouse runs a concern of 150 radical which demands a batch of his time, and each 4 of their parents person passed away.

Fiona said if she did get a occupation she could perchance extremity up paying to enactment due to the fact that of the outgo of hiring a nanny. She added: "Childcare is costly and it's easier and little hassle if I bash it myself due to the fact that determination are less moving parts to coordinate."

In particular, schoolhouse holidays and sick days exacerbate the situation of securing flexible childcare.

Andrew Bullock, 61, from Coventry, chose to halt moving arsenic a teacher astatine 55.

"It nary longer satisfied maine and I disliked having to beryllium managed by radical acold younger than me," helium said.

"Since I stopped working, I person utilized my clip to attraction for household and friends, transportation retired voluntary enactment and walk much clip travelling overseas."

Andrew present spends much clip visiting his parent successful the attraction home, and adjacent twelvemonth volition statesman caring for his granddaughter, erstwhile his girl returns to enactment from maternity leave.

Andrew has immoderate rental properties and carries retired the attraction enactment himself. He doesn't deliberation the authorities tin tempt him backmost to work.

He says helium lives "pretty well" due to the fact that his hobbies are inexpensive and helium has "enough income to unrecorded connected from spot rentals and immoderate of my pension."

"I'm overmuch happier now, doing what I love," Andrew added.