Good Samaritan Industries PO Box 1035 CANNING VALE WA 6970 Ph.: (08) 9463 0500 Fax: (08) 9455 3300 STEP Program has been funded by the Department of Education’s Non-Government Centre Support (NGCS)

STEP 2016

Back by popular demand!! Welcome to

the second edition of the STEP

newsletter. A great deal has happened

since our first Newsletter and we

wanted to let you know, how things are

progressing in the wonderful world of

STEP.

You may recall in the May Newsletter,

we celebrated reaching 100 students

participating in the STEP program. We

are please to announce that we have

now reached around 130 students and

are continually taking on new students

in various roles across our Retail stores,

within the Canning Vale Warehouse and

within our Good Sammys Café in

Canning Vale.

The feedback from Students, Parents,

Managers, Supervisors and Schools, has

been fantastic. We have watched

students make amazing progress across

the board, whilst building their

workplace skills and confidence.

SCHOOL EXPOS

Over the past few months Tanya and

Dani have been to a number of School

Expos and Parent Information Sessions

promoting and advising people about

the STEP program.

These schools have included:

Eastern Hills Senior High School

Armadale Education Support Centre

Gladys Newton School

Canning Vale College

Ursula Frayne Catholic College

Cannington Community Education

Support Centre

Belridge Secondary Education

Support Centre

Rockingham Senior High School

Education Support Centre

Carey Baptist College

As we aim to reach our next goal of 150

students and beyond, we continue to

promote the benefits of work

experience for students with a disability,

in a safe and supportive environment, at

Good Sammys .

If you would like us to come out to your

school to speak with parents, students

and teachers alike, please do not

hesitate to contact the STEP office on

9463 0560.

TRAINEESHIPS

We have had an exciting few months

with many students showing promise to

move into a School Based Traineeship.

Last month we introduced you to our

first School Based Trainee Danny, who

continues to progress in leaps and

bounds.

This month we would like to introduce

you to our two newest School Based

Trainees Jarret Salter and Hunter Nees.

Jarret is currently in year 10 at

Lesmurdie Senior High School. He

commenced work experience with us in

February.

Showing great enthusiasm and a solid

work ethic, Jarrett embraced the

opportunity to start a School Based

Traineeship, and (like Danny) will be

completing Certificate II In Warehousing

with Good Sammy’s through this

arrangement.

Good Samaritan Industries PO Box 1035 CANNING VALE WA 6970 Ph.: (08) 9463 0500 Fax: (08) 9455 3300 STEP Program has been funded by the Department of Education’s Non-Government Centre Support (NGCS)

We wish Jarrett all the best and we are

sure that great things will become of

him. Welcome Jarrett.

Our other newest Trainee is Hunter

Nees. Hunter is currently in year 10 at

Canning Vale College.

Hunter commenced work experience

with us in May and like Danny and

Jarrett, showed great enthusiasm and a

strong worth ethic.

Hunter started his School Based

Traineeship in late June and is also

completing Certificate II In Warehousing

Congratulations to Hunter. We look

forward to assisting you in moving

forward in your transition from School

to work, over the coming couple of

years.

KIRANA PTY LTD

Good Samaritan Industries (GSI) has engaged the services of Registered Training Organisation (RTO) - Kirana Pty Ltd, to provide the training for our School Based Trainees as well as some of our existing workers.

Kirana will provide the training

resources and the trainers, who will

work closely with our Trainees and Staff,

to get them through all aspects of their

training.

Kirana is a Recognised Training

Organisation (RTO), who delivers quality

training solutions to people and

enterprise through training, education

and related human capital services.

Kirana is community minded and is

involved in many great community

initiatives.

We are delighted to be able to work

with a like minded organisation to

ensure that the Staff and Trainees

receive the best possible training and

support, throughout their journey.

For further information on services

Kirana can provide, visit:

www.kirana.edu.au

STEP STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR

YEAR 10-13.

Nominations are now open for the 2016

GSI STEP Scholarship Program.

GSI is offering ten scholarships of

$1,000 to assist students with a

disability to access further training

and/or employment opportunities, to

get a head start in their training and

careers.

Previously, students have used their scholarships to assist with course fees and associated costs, as well as to purchase assistive technology to commence and complete further training in a variety of industries, including; Horticulture, business administration, science and technology and trades. Applications close on Friday September 23rd 2016 at 4pm. We will advise all applicants no later than Friday October 14th 2016 of results. Award ceremonies will be arranged in local areas convenient for the successful applicants in November.

If you would like to nominate a student, please request a nomination form from Tanya or Dani. Good luck

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

As mentioned earlier in the newsletter, the STEP program is always looking for students to become involved in work experience, across the Retail, Warehousing and Canteen areas of our organisation. If you have a student who would like to trial work experience in one of these areas in Term 3 and or Term 4, please contact us now and request an Expression of Interest Form.

FEEDBACK / SUGGESTIONS

Your feedback really matters to us! We want to know how you feel about your work experience with Good Sammys and ways we could improve your experience and opportunities. We also welcome any feedback from Schools, Teachers and Parents on their experiences with the STEP program. If you need to speak to someone about

STEP please see our contact details

listed below:

Tanya Matulich – STEP Project Manager

Phone: (08) 9463 0560 Tanya Mobile: 0424 166 585 Email: Tanya.matulich@gsi.org.au

Dani Congdon – STEP Project Administrator Phone: (08) 9463 0560 Email: Dani.Congdon@gsi.org.au

We look forward to hearing from you.

Have a great STEP journey.