I have been offered a work placement at Sunflower Women’s Centre in Plymouth, which is a women’s only well being hub and provides for any women who needs help. They offer support in addressing and resolving substance abuse, childhood trauma, criminogenic behaviours, domestic violence or poor mental health (as stated on their website http://www.trevihouse.org/sunflower-womens-centre)
My Overall Aim:
- To gain experience and insight into an organisation that offers help and support to vulnerable people
- To understand the various types of help and support that is offered in different situations
My Objectives:
- To improve my communication skills with both colleagues and those that come into the Centre
- To improve my self confidence – from being in a work environment and around colleagues who have the same career interests as I do
- As identified in my preparation portfolio, managing conflict is a weakness of mine that I feel is very important in the career I would like and therefore my aim is to focus on how trained people do this so that I can work on my own skill
- To gain knowledge about this career path – find out from the people that work there the good things and the bad things about this line of work.
- I aim to find out what steps they had to take to be able to work as what they do (such as qualifications, courses etc)