Hi Nick glad you posted.
Keep looking, have you tried posting or searching the local JobStreet or employment site local to your place.
In Singapore where I hail from, we are always short of workers right now, but there are others still not able to put themselves into a job. For myself after I wrote and wrote I finally decided to change "stream" or line of work and looked up job advert under "others" category and have done so many interesting jobs so far. I have done Korean restaurant kitchen helper, laundry folding, horse stable cleaning and set-up for riding ( for want of a short word!). But finally I am driving in the airport as apron driver, which is a very enjoyable job.
Some interesting jobs in Singapore we can find by looking into the "others Section" right at the end of classified job ads. I got that horse job there ( it was and is a very memorable job that I think not people have experienced before). All the best friend.