City LLEN News
Novotel Student Visit
On Thursday 20 June the LLEN facilitated a visit to Novotel, South Wharf for a group of interested students from St. Joseph’s Flexible Learning Centre. Students toured all areas of the hotel and heard presentations from the concierge, HR, chef, food & beverage manager and head of housekeeping. Students were fascinated by the complexities of a large luxury hotel and the range of career opportunities available. Students learnt about the different pathways into the industry, including the range of training options. They particularly enjoyed visiting the luxury apartments and the amazing views across the city of Melbourne. Over lunch provided by the LLEN students discussed what they had learnt and how it related to their own career aspirations. Feedback from the students and their teacher indicated it was a very valuable learning experience. Thank you to HR Manager at the Novotel for providing this great opportunity and their continued support for the LLEN’s Structured Workplace Learning program.
Visit to the Metro Tunnel Project
On Thursday 27 June the LLEN facilitated a visit to the Metro Tunnel Project for a group of interested students from the Hester Hornbrook Academy & River Nile School. Visitng a site in Kensington, they were met by a group of engineers and community engagement officers who explained the massive infrastructure project. Students were able to ask questions and discover the wide range of career pathways available in the industry. Each presenter outlined their own pathway which helped students understand that there are multiple ways of reaching your career goal and there are always lots of twists and turns along the way! Students then visited the perimeter of the construction site where they got to talk to a number of workers ranging from traffic control to engineering. The students discovered new jobs such as an electrical spotter and learnt about the entry level qualifications. Over lunch the group discussed a range of options, with many keen to explore the industry further in the future.
Careers Counselling Sessions for students from the Royal Children’s Hospital
As a follow up to the Royal Children’s Hospital Youth Forum the LLEN facilitated free careers counselling sessions for students from the hospital who wanted to explore their career pathways in more details. Seven students and their parents were involved in sessions conducted on the 8 and 9 July. Feedback was extremely positive and the LLEN will continue to provide information and support to the students as required.
Synergy
Congratulations to Synergy on celebrating five years providing a program to divert young people away from a life of crime and into meaningful employment in a field that matches their interests.
The City LLEN looks forward to many more years of supporting this fantastic initiative.
River Nile Wellbeing Expo
Recently City LLEN's Wendy and Andrew visited the River Nile School for their student run Health and Wellbeing day on the 19th of June, the event was run by the VCAL students at the school who were responsible for planning and delivering the day with the assistant of their teachers. The event was a success with the student’s delivering a myriad of services and activities including; massage therapy, meditation sessions, makeup tutorials, dance classes, health and wellbeing cooking classes and personal development tutorials. Students were able to apply their VCAL studies to the planning and delivering of the Health and Wellbeing day to create a successful and meaningful event. We thoroughly enjoyed our time at the Expo and wish the students all the best with their studies
