Hope Vale resident Reshmi Morris completed a Certificate III in Disability via distance education through her scholarship.
Vocational education scholarships and assistance grants are boosting the career prospects of Queenslanders employed or volunteering in the community service sector.
This includes people in areas such as disability and aged care, mental health, youth work, social housing, child protection and community sector management.
More than 360 people have now been helped by the grants or scholarships.
Hope Vale resident Reshmi Morris (pictured) completed a Certificate III in Disability via distance education through her scholarship.
Reshmi works at the Thawuun disability support service and at the aged care hospital in the remote Indigenous community of Hope Vale in Far North Queensland.
“I learnt skills that will help me to better talk to clients, respond to their needs and to use appropriate behavioural skills,” Rashmi says.
For more information call 1800 835 866, visit the Department of Education and Training website or email skillingplanenquiries@det.qld.gov.au for an application.
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