February 2006

I have now finished doing my development plan and I had to write down on my form what I wanted to achieve. After talking to my host organisation, I decided that I would like to do First Aid training. I think it will be useful, especially as I am now working with toddlers and I will know what to do if anything happens or if there is an emergency. Also, if any of the customers choked or collapsed, I will learn what to do, things like putting people in to the recovery position, and other things which I wouldn't know what to do before the training.

The next things on my development plan are: the Self Care course, Health & Hygiene and Health & Safety. Having course in these areas will help me in my post and give me useful skills. It is also an essential part of my training for work at the centre. I have never done anything like this before and it would be great to achieve something, and just for a change it would be me showing my kids my certificates of achievement, and not the other way round! My kids and my husband are proud of me and are telling friends about what I am doing. Together with my family, they are all very happy for me and share my sense of pride in what I am achieving.