With support from the Status Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) team, Pivot Training trainers and BlueSky Mind Studio team, James is achieving his goals!
When James first joined
Statusโs IEA program, he recognised that he would like to build his confidence and create a pathway towards greater independence and employment.
Having experienced previous challenges in the workplace, James worked closely with both the
BlueSky Mind Studio and Status teams to develop a personalised plan focused on rebuilding routine, increasing social connections, developing skills, and creating pathways to greater independence and employment.
As part of this journey, James enrolled in the
Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Program through Pivot Training to build foundation skills like English, maths, and digital capabilities.
Through his commitment and consistent effort, James established a positive routine through the program, building meaningful connections, and developing valuable skills in the supportive learning environment.
One of James' major accomplishments was successfully completing his first SEE assessment. What once felt like a daunting task became an important milestone that demonstrated his determination and perseverance!
"๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด' ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ." โ Feri, SEE Trainer
"๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ต. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด." โ Annette, Status Employment Consultant
Recently, James has started a new employment role, stepping outside his comfort zone and taking on the new challenge with confidence.
Reflecting on James' journey, Employment Service Area Manager for IEA, Chad, highlights the growth he has witnessed:
"๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด, ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ-๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ. "๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ."
๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด' ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด' ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ."
James will continue to work closely with the Status and BlueSky Mind Studio teams as he pursues his next goals, including obtaining his Learner's Permit to further increase his independence and expand his future opportunities!