Sunday, December 15, 2013

Morning Tea with Premier Giddings

Premier Lara Griddings invited students of the Work Pathways community skills class to Parliament House on Thursday 14 November to watch question time and enjoy some morning tea.
Joel Braybon, John Hay, Isabel Duharte, Premier Lara Giddings, Bridget Coyle, and Tim Calwell-Browne

Work Placements in 2013 - Part 2

The Work Pathways program would like to thank all our work placement hosts from 2013...

Dome Cafe, Royal Hobart Hospital, Ultra-Shine Bodyworks, K&D City & Cambridge, Basket & Green, Top Shop, Lyrebird, Coles New Town, All Tools, Cutie Cups, Department of Consumer Affairs and Training, Resource Tip Shop, Playgroup Tasmania, Tahune Fields, Best & Less, Hobart Pet Centre, Hobart Sports Centre, Good Price Pharmacy, Mitre 10 Kingston, Coffee Club, Pet Barn, Tasmanian Principal Computers, Southern Cemeteries, Coles Eastlands, RSPCA, BlueLine Laundry, Tasmanian Greens, Walkabout Industries, Hobart LINC, The Beach Restaurant, and Glenview Community Services.  Sorry if we've left anyone out!  

Here are some photos of Work Pathways students on work placement.
Stacey Geard managing stock at Pet Barn, Derwent Park
Brooke Carter re-stocking displays at Best and Less
Isabel Duharte pricing stock at Lyrebird
John Hay arranging a display at K&D Cambridge
Sam Beattie car detailing at Ultra-Shine Bodyworks
Tim Calwell-Browne preparing food at Basket & Green




Sunday, August 18, 2013

Work Placements in 2013

Here are some photos of Work Pathways students on work placement.
Naomi Wood working at Hobart LINC

Adam Mapley constructing cardboard boxes at Foodbank Tasmania

James Minchin performing grounds work at Cornelian Bay Cemetery

Friday, August 9, 2013

Work Pathways featured on ABC TV's 7.30 Tasmania

The Work Pathways program were invited by Ability Tasmania to be part of a news story on employment for people with an intellectual disability.

The story was on TV on Friday 2 August 2013.  You can watch it on the ABC website - Push to expand intellectually disabled workforce