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I am Nia O'Marah
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and I am the Practice Learning Co-ordinator
at Conwy local authority.
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In summary my job is to support students
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on their qualifying course
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so we have the MA course at Bangor
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and the Open University
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and seeing them on their journey.
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And then supporting them afterwards
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when they are doing post qualifying
programmes in the workforce.
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Because in a way the path does not end,
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there are development opportunities,
there is further process for them
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and there is more training and learning taking place.
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What I really enjoy about the job is
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seeing the growth.
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Seeing someone go from
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"I can't do this, I can't knock on someone's door,
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I've never done it before."
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Getting from that point to being qualified
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and myself feeling so proud of them too,
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seeing them come into the workforce with confidence
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and then continuing on with their career
and going from strength to strength.
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I love seeing that,
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And seeing their journey take place]
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in a way that someone can see the growth.
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People that perhaps say "I don't want to work with children"
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and then they go on a placement to work with children
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and they say "I love it, I don't want to leave this placement now."
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The fact that I'm almost 40 years in now
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it's just so varied.
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And it can take someone down a completely different path,
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You can work with children and specialise in children's work.
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Someone can move to work in the mental health field,
with adults with disabilities
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there are so many different settings
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hospitals, schools, council offices.
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There are so many opportunities
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the training world and workforce development, managing staff
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there is no lack of opportunities, different experiences
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and I think that's the thing that enriches the sector the most.
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We all have our story,
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and to help vulnerable people in our society
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if we have our own story in a way we have empathy
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what better in a way, don't think you must
have had a perfect life to help others.
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