u/Zombiehacker595

I'm currently on jobseeker with a medical exemption due to ongoing treatment for a spinal condition that causes chronic 24/7 pain, and cost me my previous job that I really enjoyed.

While I can probably do a few more medical exemptions as I'm receiving consistent medical treatment, I know there's a limit and I'll need to figure something out sooner or later. My question is, do mutual obligations take into consideration conditions like that? Or once your exemption has expired do they just expect you to be 100%?

I know DSP is an option, but I don't know if it'd be considered severe enough for that. I can still get around and do things, and I keep up with my PT program. It just hurts, oftentimes debilitatingly so, depending on the day and activity.

I guess my big fear is they would try and force me to accept work or do work for the dole activities that I am not physically capable of doing due to the state of my spine. I'm happy to look for work / attend interviews, so long as it's suited for my condition.

Thanks.

Hi, I'm looking at doing the Cert III in community services, as i'm currently off work for a long period due to injury. I'm curious to hear from people who have done it or are currently doing it. My only concern is the roleplays, how hard are they and how strict are they when being graded? For example if my acting is stiff would that be enough to fail me? I've got years of customer service / initial client contact experience so that's no issue, but those are real interactions, I think i'd struggle in fake scenarios.

Do the roleplays typically only require 1-2 people, or do you often need whole groups of people? 1 or 2 would be easy to organise and probably pretty fun, but getting a whole group together might be trickier for me.

Also, would I be at a disadvantage if I chose online over in campus? For the sake of my injury, doing everything at home is probably better, but If campus is a substantial improvement I could probably deal with it.

Thanks for anyone that can provide some insight.