Joanne
Joanne is currently undertaking a work placement as a Kitchen Assistant at Watcombe Primary School in South Devon. She is a very positive lady, with a great work ethic. Joanne was Pluss’ first customer to produce a video CV. Joanne has a learning disability.
Joanne’s
words
“My job here includes making the fruit salad, laying the
tables, washing the dishes, getting the fruit that you want to put into a fruit
salad and chopping up.
I have just moved into my own flat.
I love card making, any sort of cards – birthday cards, christmas cards. I use the pictures you get from computers. I got taught how to do that by a friend. I am still a beginner, but I am quite good. I have sold a couple but I want to make a profile of the cards I have done to sell them and see if people want to buy them.
You get to know people when you work in a team and it’s a friendly environment to work in.
I am honest, hard working and willing to learn. I have got a catering qualification – NPTC (City and Guilds) and that’s given me a bit more confidence.
I would love a job because I am hard working and willing to learn new skills - maybe another catering job. I have done a lot of work placements in catering.
A job coach would come with me in the first few weeks, to give me a bit of confidence and help me learn new skills and tasks. There is also funding available to help me - and different training.”
Sam
Corben
Kitchen Manager
“It’s a very busy kitchen. It gets busier every week.
Today we are cooking for 150.
Joanne is a very happy girl, a very willing girl. She is a good timekeeper and is happy to try something new. She also fits well into a routine and she knows her job very well.
When she first came to me, I was frightened she wouldn’t talk to me because she was very timid. But within a couple of weeks she was very happy to talk to me.
I think the fact that you only have to ask once, and you know she is going to do it - which is a good quality in everybody isn’t it!”
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