Name:
Sarah Garside
Age:
20
Hometown:
Holmfirth
Secondary school:
Holmfirth High School
- Where do you live now?
- Holmfirth
- Which Kirklees College site did you go to?
- Huddersfield Centre
- What course?
- BTEC Diploma in Health and Social Care, completed in 2009.
- Where do you work now?
- Hollybank Trust, Rowan Court, Holmfirth
- What's your job title?
- Social care worker
- What do you do?
- I do the day to day care of residents who are young adults with disabilities I'm part of a team of carers who help to clean and cook for residents, take them out on trips and holidays and look after my allocated clients.
- What was Kirklees College like?
- I enjoyed the majority of the course and really enjoyed life at college. I didn't need the qualifications to get this job but these are the qualifications I would have got by training on the job here. Because I already have these, I was able to deputise for my line manager for six weeks recently.
- Has the course helped you get where you are now?
- Without the course I wouldn't be able to move on to the next steps and progress in the job I do now. I have the basic qualifications so now I can go on and learn about medication and other more senior roles.
- Why did you choose Kirklees College?
- It's not like school. It's all down to you to get your work done and you feel more independent, that's why I enjoyed it.
- If you could give advice to students in their final two years of school, what would you say?
- Make the best of the work experiences you get and don't be afraid to work hard and achieve.
