When
Ashleigh Daniels took on her new career as a carer with us, she already
knew the difference our services can make to a family’s life.
Her late great-nan used to praise the services we provided for her around a decade ago.
Ashleigh,
19, decided to start a new role last year with our Heacham team after
becoming fed up being furloughed from her hospitality job during the
pandemic and took the opportunity to join our team.
Now
she has been named as one of our ‘Rising Stars’ of 2021, along with
Kerry Williams who is the recipient of the award from our Broadland
office.
Our Rising Star awards acknowledge and celebrate the work of our newest employees, who have joined within the last year.
Ashleigh
previously worked as a waitress in a restaurant, but being on furlough
during the pandemic made her reassess what she wanted to do.
She said: “I used to work in hospitality before, but with covid we were on furlough for about a year and I was fed up of it.
“I thought this is the perfect time for a new job opportunity and to gain more skills and more understanding about the world
“I wanted a bit of a change and my family had always been into care.
“Around 10 years ago before my great-nan died, she used Extra Hands’ services and she used to speak highly of them.
“I decided I would take the opportunity to join the company.”
Ashleigh
said she had taken on the new job at Extra Hands with an open mind and
no expectations of how it might differ from her previous waitressing
role.
She said she had enjoyed getting to know her service users and building up a rapport with them.
“You
can see how conversation brightens up someone’s day, especially when
they are on their own for the majority of the time," she said.
“I
mostly visit the same people and when we do have new service users, it
is about learning what they want and their preferences.
“I
ask them about their family, how their day has been. It brightens up
their day as well when they know they will see me tomorrow.”
She
added: “The highlight of the job has been getting to know service
users, getting to know how their life works and how they want me
involved in that, as much as I can be.
“I think that is the best part. I love getting to know them.”
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