Step Up (SLES)

Lights, Camera, Work Experience! One needed headshots, another needed photography experience. Put the two together and what do you get? Great results for two participants at Mai-Wel! Musician and aspiring actor Christopher has previously launched two albums and has been wanting to delve further into the world of acting. To do this, he needed promotional headshots and a showreel to present at upcoming auditions. Enter Isaac, who has been attending supports to [...]

Mike and Tori had a goal to gain employment, but first they needed to get some experience. Mt Carmel, an Aged Care facility, selected Michael and Tori to take part in a 12-week work place learning opportunity, with the prospect for this to lead into employment. Over the 12-weeks Mike and Tori were busy, working across many areas of Mt Carmel Residential Aged Care. Examples of this includes group activities with [...]

Ashley and Samantha have been cooking up a storm at the Morpeth School Canteen! Building skills such as food preparation and customer service are extremely important in order to be prepared for working in the hospitality industry. Ashely and Samantha are learning new skills from cooking, baking, filling lunch orders and serving to implementing the importance of cleaning and maintaining a hygienically clean work area all apart of a Mai-Wel workplace [...]

Elaine’s changing her career Elaine was looking for a career change after working in Supported Employment. She engaged with Mai-Wel’s Step Up program, which assists participants to build their capacity, skills and confidence to join the workforce. Elaine’s passion is to work in the hospitality industry a goal she discovered while participating in work experience at Fibonacci Café in Rutherford. During work experience, Elaine was supported by Step Up to assist her where required and to observe her [...]

Dylan’s putting his forklift ticket to work Dylan has successfully gained his forklift licence and is making use of this in his workplace! While taking part in Mai-Wel’s School Leaver Employment Supports, Dylan is building skills, confidence and capacity for work. He identified that he was extremely interested in the transport industry, and that gaining his forklift licence would be a great first step to entering this industry. Dylan attended the [...]