S2 Ep1733: RNIB See Work Differently Placement - Aarifah & Eric

About this episode

Amelia interviews Aarifah Karim and Erik Matthies about the RNIB See Work Differently Placement program.

RNIB’s See Work Differently Placement programme offers placements across RNIB Teams and gives people with sight loss the chance to gain real work experience with supportive employers and move closer to the jobs and futures they want. Amelia is here speaking to Aarifah Karim who is on placement with the Policy team, and her manager Erik Matthies to learn more. Learn more about available See Work Differently Placements on the RNIB careers page Careers at RNIB I Information and vacancies | RNIB Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white and black background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font.

People in this episode

Host: Amelia

Guest: Aarifah Karim

Topics covered

• sight loss
• work experience
• employment support
• placement program
• RNIB

Keywords

• RNIB
• See Work Differently
• placement
• sight loss
• employment
• work experience
• supportive employers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNIB

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