Jasmine is striving for her dreams at every opportunity Posted by Posted by Imogen Loakman on 6 March 2016 Posted on: 6 March 2016

Jasmine’s dream job is to work in a childcare centre, even though her Nan has tried to dissuade her. So when Jasmine received an interview for one, her Nan couldn’t believe it.

Jasmine attended Riccarton High School and while on a hospitality course field trip to the Copthorne Hotel Commodore, Jasmine enquired about a job. She worked there during two school holidays before leaving school, and currently she is there part-time.

Jasmine is keen to study NCEA Level 1 and will look at achieving more qualifications through her work. Jasmine passed all of her CPIT classes while at school, including a Plunket course and a woodwork class among others.

Jasmine would love to build her own bed, and she is determined to attend night classes or Tas-Tech to build up her skills to achieve this.

Jasmine is keen to investigate using assistive computer software and is looking into Te Pou funding. Jasmine’s EGL budget has helped her attend a Porse course and to buy a new computer.

After researching, Jasmine emailed ABC childcare about the possibility of working in a childcare centre and she succeeded in securing a job interview
for an on call casual basis at a variety of centres.

Jasmine uses the bus and so she has been working with an outreach worker from Independence House to map out different routes to get to the different workplaces.

Jasmine has a busy and exciting future ahead of her; getting engaged to Warren this year, living in a busy family household and taking every opportunity to follow her dreams.

Story taken from Christchurch's Enabling Good Lives Newsletter | August – September 2014