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Staff Matters

September 2, 2016- Issue 70 Week 10

Belmore Client, Sean, Growing In Confidence

In this Issue Page 1 • Belmore Client, Sean, Growing In Confidence

Page 2 • Staff Profile • Daniel Gets Down To Business • No Barriers For Windsor Client, Scott Jeffery

Page 3 Sean O’Leary is an individual who has been receiving Afford services at Belmore for several years.

Before starting with Belmore, Sean resided in a hospital and found it extremely difficult to make new friends, meet new people, try new things and places, and socialise with anyone.

Sean moved into his group home and begun 1:1 support with Afford Belmore staff, slowly getting used to new people and experiences.

• Club Afford Kicks Off In Style!

Page 4 • Raffles Meet Afford Superstars • Afford Selfies • Have A Laugh

Amongst Sean’s greatest achievements he has tried experience at a Retail Nursery for a number of months, office work at Belmore and is currently an active member of Belmore’s Meals on Wheels volunteer group.

Sean has stated that volunteering at Meals on Wheels is now his favourite activity because he gets to meet and “talk to the old people”.

Sean is now in the process of trying to “come to Afford more and making new friends” and trying new and exciting group activities.

The growth and development of Sean’s social skills is due to the dedication of our great staff members Ibrahim, Kamil, and Vinnie who have been supporting Sean over the past year and half.

T 02 8805 3700 E info@afford.com.au 12 Marieanne Place, Minchinbury 2770 afford.com.au

Reminder Don’t forget to send your/clients achievements and good news stories & photo’s to CELEBRATE@afford.com.au

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Staff Profile

Daniel Gets Down To Business

Canley Vale Lifestyle Centre client, Daniel Huynh, successfully graduated TAFE after completing his Certificate ll in Business.

Daniel was travel trained by Canley Vale staff members to the TAFE he attended at Campbelltown, which involved learning how to catch public transport and navigate timetables.

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We would like to give a big congratulations to Daniel on his great achievements and to the staff at Canley Vale for supporting Daniel throughout his studies.

Favourite Movie: Any Mr. Ben.

No Barriers For Windsor Client, Scott Jeffery

Lifestyle Assistant Cherrywood Village Favourite Song: Last Christmas.

Favourite Hobbies: Running.

Favourite Foods: Traditional Nepalese.

If you could be an animal what would you be: Any animal no choice.

What is your dream holiday destination: Want to visit 8 wanders of the world, few left now.

If you had the power what would you change about the world: No religion, No politic, No power, Everybody treated equally.

What is the nicest thing someone has ever done for you: My parents enrolled me in school.

If you had to teach something what would you teach:Treat everybody the same.

Something no one knows about me: I’m a small time gambler.

Windsor Lifestyle Centre client, Scott Jeffery, was introduced into our work experience program earlier this year with Coles.

With great encouragement from his peers and Coles staff, Scott has found a new passion learning different skills including face-ups and collecting empty boxes for crushing.

After his hard day at work, Scott, joined his peers for a well-earned lunch and rest at the Windsor Riverview Centre.

Well done Scott and keep up the great work!

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Club Afford Kicks Off In Style!

August saw the roll out of Club Afford activities across three of our hubs. Canley Vale and Belmore Lifestyle Centres and Cherrywood Village all hosted out of hours Zumba classes supporting Affords healthy lifestyle initiatives.

On Saturday the 27th of August a group of 20 clients from our group homes, Cherrywood Village and Canley Vale and Blacktown Lifestyle centres took part in a day trip to the Powerhouse Museum at Darling Harbour and they absolutely loved it. The group was supported by passionate Lifestyle Assistants who went out of their way to ensure our clients had a fantastic time.

Our Campbelltown hub has also held some great activities such as trips to the movies, museums, restaurants for lunch and is growing in popularity every week.

Club Afford activities will be growing over the coming months to include more out of hour’s activities at our Lifestyle Centres and weekend activities departing from our four hubs. Our September calendar includes Zumba dance classes across four sites, a disco at Green Valley, movie night at Kings Park and trip to Richmond Jubilee and steam train ride from the Cherrywood hub.

Be sure to keep an eye out for expressions of interest to staff for upcoming activities and spread the word to our clients to become a Club Afford member.

For any enquiries or interest in staffing these activities contact Paul Mitchell at paul.mitchell@afford.com.au.

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September 2, 2016 - Issue 70

Raffles Meet Afford Superstars

Recently our 3 new group home residents visited our Raffles Call centre in Penrith for a suit fitting as they prepare for the Afford Ball.

During their time at the call centre, staff recognised the three stars from the Penrith City Gazette which published an article on the residents moving into their new group home.

Due to their new found fame, staff got them to sign the newspaper copy, telling them how famous they are now because they were in the paper.

The signed article can now be seen in a frame displayed on the wall at the Penrith site.

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In this Selfie Above: Staff Member, Amar Sabboun with DES client Rachel and her father Leon, before her beautiful performance at this year’s Affords Got Talent.

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