My NDIS Journey: Liam Knight My Time at First Services
First Services is a NDIS registered business delivering
excellence in disability support and training. First has 2 centres one at 27
Kelly Street, Eagleby the other one at 17 Cairns Street, Loganholme, Unit
36-38. The First centre at Eagleby provides more high needs support while the
Loganholme provides of a work skill based one. There is another centre opening
at Coomera early 2023. I usually go to the First Services centre at Loganholme
where they provided me with a lot of support and opportunities whilst I’m on
the NDIS. FIRST believes all people have the right to participate in and
contribute to society.
FIRST strives to meet the needs of individuals, improve
quality of life, focus on ability, promote community awareness and acceptance,
empower people with disabilities, their families and indeed the whole community
to address in a positive manner disability related issues. FIRST Service provides meaningful training
opportunities across a wide range of interests that are realistic, achievable
and fun. We also provide meaningful community engagement opportunities. All of
this is done within a friendly, inclusive and fun environment, ensuring members
are comfortable and involved.
I usually go to First Tuesday and Wednesday and. On Tuesday
I participate at the Loganholme centre on Cairns St, houses a large,
purpose-built woodwork room including a wide variety of tools. Members learn
fine motor skills and work skills, repurposing recycled timber. Items made in
the woodwork room are then sold in our store to support further material
purchases. I also have participated in SOAPS & CANDLES where Members learn
to make soaps, candles, diffusers, bath salts & more. Members learn to use
numbers, count, measure and more. We do our best to use all natural
ingredients. The items our members make are sold in our shop and proceeds go to
funding for providing more materials to make more products.
On Wednesday they offer SEWING & TEXTILES located at our
centre in Loganholme on Cairns St, members learn to be able to follow patterns,
cut fabric and sew. Fine motor skills are enhanced while members learn to hand
sew and use sewing machines. They also go to Substation33 is a social
enterprise initiative of YFS that has operated since 2012. It was founded by
Tony Sharp to respond to the need to provide a workplace where people from long
term unemployment and marginalised backgrounds could gain confidence and skills
to transition to sustainable employment.
At Substation they recycle technology and electrical waste
off at Substation33 where we will dismantle it and separate the components into
parts that can be recycled, reused or repurposed, and diverted from landfill.
That’s what they do that First on Cairns St as well.
There is also Lighthouse Care volunteering at lighthouse I
pack trollies full of food to provide for the community for lower income
people. At lighthouse I receive, unpack, arrange and store goods, and gather,
pack, prepare and load goods for people that need the food. I check the food
for damage or errors, report faults and discrepancies to relevant parties, and
organize.
My Duties and responsibilities include:
• Prepares
orders.
• Processes
order requests.
• Packing
boxes.
• Maintains
a clean and safe work environment.
There is also cooking program I do there every Wednesday
where we cook meals for people at lunchtime and we prepare at cook the food.
Kitchen hand volunteering experience at First Service. At First Service there
is a cooking program I do every Wednesday I assist kitchen and service duties
in preparing and serving food, and clean food preparation and other service
areas.
My duties and responsibilities include:
• Assisting
cooks in the preparation of meal ingredients
• helping
other people with food items, and washing and drying the utensils, dishes, and
cookware.
Waiter Experience as well. My duties and responsibilities
include:
• Greeting
guests and taking drink and food orders.
• Staying
attentive to the needs of guests in the dining area.
• Delivering
food from the kitchen to the guests.
• Ensuring
the food order is made correctly by the people cooking and looks presentable
for guests.
There is usually fitness done every Wednesday where a PT
personal trainer comes in gets to encourage us to do exercise. First does so
much more and if there is anyone looking for a fresh start on the NDIS First
Services is the place for you where they will deliver you quality care and
support. If you are looking where you can find their information on their
website which is
Eagleby PHONE NUMBER: 07 3382 6923
Loganholme PHONE NUMBER: 07 3382 6923
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