Reaching her full potential
Moe Life Skills
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Georgia is much like any other 22 year-old – she works in a café two days a week, likes to spend her spare time on the computer, chatting on the phone and going to the footy. What’s different about Georgia is that she has an intellectual disability and, without the educational services of her Learn Local organisation, Moe Life Skills, she may never have had the chance of reaching her full potential.
Georgia and the other learners in her group often need to overcome additional barriers. For Georgia, it was a fear of travelling alone on public transport, which presented a huge stumbling block to taking up employment opportunities.
“We realised that this would greatly inhibit her dream of gaining employment in the hospitality industry and it became clear to Georgia that she would have to address this concern, which she well and truly has,” said Carole Burkett, General Manager of Moe Life Skills.
Through the Learn Local organisation, Moe Life Skills, Georgia is in the process of completing her Certificate III in Hospitality and travels by train to another town in the region where she spends two days each week working in a café. She also works another day each week in a local aged care facility.
Georgia’s father, Ian, is just as thrilled as Georgia with the Moe Life Skills’ services. “Her reading and writing have all improved steadily and her vocabulary is continuously increasing.” He now shares a dream with Georgia for her to continue to gain more independence and have even greater involvement in the wider community. “I believe centres like Moe Life Skills are vital to the community,” said Ian.