What is your favourite thing about being a support worker?

I get inner happiness that I’m able to help and support people with their care needs

You can actually look after someone and are able to make a difference towards that person’s life

I love working with my participants, I love getting them out and about. Like we go to different coffee shops and we go all over the coast. We don’t just sit at home in the four walls or go to the same places all the time we get out and do everything

I’m happy when I see the support that I give to people and the smile and the difference that it comes with it or the difference that it affects their lives

When you do these roles, you get to learn a lot of things. It’s not like food industry where you just see people and then you forget about them. It’s kind of building relationship and how you uplift their daily living and help with all kinds of activities they want to do

I have passion in supporting people with both physical and intellectual disabilities

I get to go out and about, do some fun stuff and also get to teach the person responsibilities

Doing personalised care so you can actually look after them to be able to make a difference towards that person’s life, making lives better

When I can see their skills developing and can see them happy

I’m finding it really rewarding, really satisfying job to do. I was in the hospitality sector before I joined the industry. And this industry is much better in helping people that is gives you satisfaction

I find the work very rewarding with a lot of variety

When I see the client and when they’re happy. Their smiling they’re communicating their way that makes me most happy

Every day is not the same. And what I love about working closely with different clients is being able to treat them as normal as possible. I don’t feel ashamed of who they are. I think that’s what I love, connecting with clients

I really enjoy helping people. My dad works in that business and I kind of want to follow in his footsteps and he’s always been helping people.

I love the impact I have on their wellbeing and you know their happiness

I just love it to be honest. I love helping out my clients.

I became family to them and just seeing them smile from taking them out for a bbq, to beaches or wherever it may be

Seeing a smile on their face

Being able to help people achieve their goals and see them break through boundaries and watch them focus on the strengths

It’s just meaningful to me

The flexibility, since I’m a student and studying, and there’s just this feeling that it’s really good to be able to help out those people in need

I just love going out with the person in public. I love to see their faces change when go out. They love the scenery. They love to go places.

Seeing the client living life and enjoying their life