WORK EXPERIENCE WEEK TWO
26TH- 29TH Febuary
Place of work - St Dympnas
MONDAY -When I arrived for my first day of work experience I was greeted with Gerry my supervisor and he introduced me to the people I would be working with that day, Aisling, Jackie and Karen. The first service user I met was Ita, I was told that she could try and hit you if you standed to close to her so if I was talking to her I would have to hold her hands down. I was then introduced to the other service users in this room including Fiona, Lorraine, Geraldine, Bernard and Paul.
I started off my day talking to Fiona and Paul, I asked them how their weekend was. Aisling and I then walked down to O’Meara’s with Paul and Lorraine. I linked arms with Paul as he wasn’t very steady on uneven ground. When we got to Omears, we ordered our teas and coffee and shared our news. When we got back I was given the job of sorting out the receipts. Each service user has a book of how much money goes in and out, so I had to take the money that was spent at O’Meara’s out and balance it out. After we had our lunch I painted Itas nails as she loves getting her nails done. I then did Fiona’s hair and cleaned her face for her. I was hen brought on a tour of the building with Paul where I was introduced to the other members of staff and service users who were there.
TUESDAY- Today I was introduced to my supervisiors for the day Paula and Marie. They introduced me to the service users in this room David, Jamie (Who I had known from school), Joesph, Ann Marie and Saoirse. Marie introduced me to them all and told me abit about them and how long they’ve been here for.
The first job I was given was to photocopy worksheets for them to complete. When I came back from the photocopier I sat with Jamie at the laptop and helped him answer questions on various tests he was doing. Every time he would get one right he would give me a high five. Throughout the week they all have assigned hours to go on work experience for an hour. On this day David went down to Pierces barber and Joseph went to SuperValu. The rest of the group started their worksheets, but Ann Marie wasn’t taking part in this activity, so I helped her make a jicksaw. I then had to go into a separate room with Ann Marie, here I had a bunch of pictures with a person doing something e.g. brushing their hair or just a picture of a cup or a spoon. I had to give Ann Marie the picture and she had to work out what it was and if she got it right I had a list of the pictures and I would tick if it was correct and put an x if she got it wrong. After lunch, Mike Denver’s mother Roisin came in and we all went into the one room and sang and danced with each other. This took abut an hour then we went back to our room where I played Jenga with Jamie for the last 15 minutes of the day.
WEDNESDAY-
Today arrived in on a very snowy morning. I went into the RT room where everyone had arrived in. Paula was unable to come in as her car had broken down, so I was with Marie and I was also introduced to Bernard, another member of staff that was there today. On Mondays there’s usually drama and work experience, but due to the snow these were cancelled so there wasn’t much going to happen this day.
I started of the day by making tea for each of the service users. I then played snakes and Ladders with Joseph while having various chats. I learned that he used to go to the school when he was younger. I then went on to make jigsaws with Ann Marie and Saoirse. David wasn’t feeling very well this day, so he was very upset, and I really felt for him. At lunch we all chatted, and Marie and Bernard were asking me what I wanted to do when I left school and how they got into these types of careers which was useful. After lunch we all gathered around the tv and watched a movie. Because of the snow there was no much we could do.
Overall Review:
I really enjoyed my 3 days working here and I thinks it’s a possibly career choice for me in the future. Unfortunately, my time was cut short by two days day’s due to the snow, but I thought I leaned loads and gained a lot of experience in my 3 days there.
This type of job involves a lot of communication with people and caring for people. This was something I was interested in doing before doing work experience but after it I think it’s something I want to do. At first, I thought I was going to find it difficult to talk to some of the service users, but throughout my time that changed, and I realised their the same as everyone another person id talk to.
I started off my day talking to Fiona and Paul, I asked them how their weekend was. Aisling and I then walked down to O’Meara’s with Paul and Lorraine. I linked arms with Paul as he wasn’t very steady on uneven ground. When we got to Omears, we ordered our teas and coffee and shared our news. When we got back I was given the job of sorting out the receipts. Each service user has a book of how much money goes in and out, so I had to take the money that was spent at O’Meara’s out and balance it out. After we had our lunch I painted Itas nails as she loves getting her nails done. I then did Fiona’s hair and cleaned her face for her. I was hen brought on a tour of the building with Paul where I was introduced to the other members of staff and service users who were there.
TUESDAY- Today I was introduced to my supervisiors for the day Paula and Marie. They introduced me to the service users in this room David, Jamie (Who I had known from school), Joesph, Ann Marie and Saoirse. Marie introduced me to them all and told me abit about them and how long they’ve been here for.
The first job I was given was to photocopy worksheets for them to complete. When I came back from the photocopier I sat with Jamie at the laptop and helped him answer questions on various tests he was doing. Every time he would get one right he would give me a high five. Throughout the week they all have assigned hours to go on work experience for an hour. On this day David went down to Pierces barber and Joseph went to SuperValu. The rest of the group started their worksheets, but Ann Marie wasn’t taking part in this activity, so I helped her make a jicksaw. I then had to go into a separate room with Ann Marie, here I had a bunch of pictures with a person doing something e.g. brushing their hair or just a picture of a cup or a spoon. I had to give Ann Marie the picture and she had to work out what it was and if she got it right I had a list of the pictures and I would tick if it was correct and put an x if she got it wrong. After lunch, Mike Denver’s mother Roisin came in and we all went into the one room and sang and danced with each other. This took abut an hour then we went back to our room where I played Jenga with Jamie for the last 15 minutes of the day.
WEDNESDAY-
Today arrived in on a very snowy morning. I went into the RT room where everyone had arrived in. Paula was unable to come in as her car had broken down, so I was with Marie and I was also introduced to Bernard, another member of staff that was there today. On Mondays there’s usually drama and work experience, but due to the snow these were cancelled so there wasn’t much going to happen this day.
I started of the day by making tea for each of the service users. I then played snakes and Ladders with Joseph while having various chats. I learned that he used to go to the school when he was younger. I then went on to make jigsaws with Ann Marie and Saoirse. David wasn’t feeling very well this day, so he was very upset, and I really felt for him. At lunch we all chatted, and Marie and Bernard were asking me what I wanted to do when I left school and how they got into these types of careers which was useful. After lunch we all gathered around the tv and watched a movie. Because of the snow there was no much we could do.
Overall Review:
I really enjoyed my 3 days working here and I thinks it’s a possibly career choice for me in the future. Unfortunately, my time was cut short by two days day’s due to the snow, but I thought I leaned loads and gained a lot of experience in my 3 days there.
This type of job involves a lot of communication with people and caring for people. This was something I was interested in doing before doing work experience but after it I think it’s something I want to do. At first, I thought I was going to find it difficult to talk to some of the service users, but throughout my time that changed, and I realised their the same as everyone another person id talk to.