A day in the life of…
Training Co-ordinator – Amy Clark
Amy is a Training Co-ordinator working at the Brick Project, she works to help train clients and trainees via group session and qualification courses – Part of her daily effort to improve the lives of the Brick clients.
“So I’m a Training co-ordinator. I organise group sessions, activities and training for clients and trainees at the Brickworks. This can involve anything from gaining qualifications, to arts and crafts sessions. We have a wide range of groups active at the Brick”
“My aims are, that I’d like to enable people to gain any skills there looking to obtain and gain a level of confidence that they might not have had before. I also like to find activaties and work, that clients haven’t enjoyed before or they think they won’t like and motivate them to give it a go, because often people find that enjoy things they never thought they would.”
“I try and achieve this by listening to the people I’m working with and finding out what they want to achieve. I then try and orientate them towards those goals and find training sessions such as the Bricks Step to Success program, which teaches skills such as wood work, cooking and food preparation, it can also provide qualification in areas such as I.T, health and safety or anything that matches with what they do.”
“I enjoy working with the clients in groups. What keeps me passionate is learning what they enjoy and what they like to do and then seeing people each day, grow and find ways to connect with their own passions and also gain confidence in their ability to achieve there goals.“
“I can remember working with a girl and we directed her to the Brick café; I push her to get her food hygiene qualification to level two and now thanks to that placement and qualification the café is looking at keeping her on for full time placement.”
“The Brick today, has a lot more services available, that they didn’t have when I started such as Asset Coaching and the Step to Success program; each new service means we’re increasing the number of ways in which we can support people.”
“We always need volunteers, particularly in group sessions as we often have leaders but it’s nice to have another person in the room as it provides the people with that extra support.”