{"id":391,"date":"2022-02-18T12:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/?p=391"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T00:32:34","slug":"rachel-parker-western-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/2022\/02\/18\/rachel-parker-western-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Rachel-Parker-Facebook-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Rachel-Parker-Facebook-02.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Rachel-Parker-Facebook-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Rachel-Parker-Facebook-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Rachel-Parker-Facebook-02-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/02\/Rachel-Parker-Facebook-02-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By<\/strong> <strong>Rachel Parker, WA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is Rachel and I have 2 paid jobs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I work in a school where I help in pre-primary. I also help in the office and the library. I love working here because I like the variety and everyone is very friendly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of my jobs are putting together children\u2019s work, laminating and tidying up. In the library I help prepare take home reading books. In the office I like using the shredder and tidying up the pigeon holes and lost property box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I work 2 days a week at a dental clinic and I love it there because it\u2019s very busy and I have lots to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m very organised and like things to be neat and the people I work with really appreciate this and tell me I\u2019m great at my job.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I prepare the bib trays for all the dentists and hygienists, and put together the hygiene packs that are given to the patients. I also do some computer work and I have a mentor to help me learn new skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>The best thing about having a job is that I get paid so I can buy things I want and can save so I can move out of home one day. I like working because I like to be busy and I want to be like everyone else.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think it\u2019s important to be included in the workplace to show people that everyone has gifts and talents. Even if I need more help to learn new things, I am good at my jobs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did a lot of work experience at many different places before getting paid work. It was a good way to meet new people, try new things and find out what I like doing and what I am good at. It was hard to want a job and not be given a chance to be paid but I kept trying and now I have 2 jobs where I earn an award wage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Parker is an administrative assistant and dental assistant, and shares her employment success story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"76","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[12,10,8,20,5,15,9,6,4,22,7],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employment","tag-canberra","tag-disability","tag-down-syndrome","tag-dswa","tag-employment","tag-inclusion","tag-intellectual-disability","tag-job","tag-right-to-work","tag-western-australia","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1137,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/1137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downsyndrome.org.au\/right-to-work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}