Barriers, what barriers?

18th October, 2011

Lynne Love, from Thornaby is devoted to her family. During her children’s formative years, Lynne worked part time to enable her to be there for her family and have an additional income coming in to the household. As any family will tell you this in itself is hard work. It needs management and energy in order to cope with family life but together, she and her husband managed this well.

Tragically Lynne’s husband became very ill and for several years Lynne was his carer until his too early passing in 2008. Lynne was then thrown into turmoil and during those difficult days had the additional anxiety of having to return to employment. The Job Centre and benefit system was daunting for Lynne, who had no experience of this in the past.

Lynne came to Five Lamps to seek support in finding employment and asked “What can you do to help me?”. Jane Simpson, Five Lamps’ Intensive Support Worker signed Lynne onto ‘Communities Fund’. Five Lamps deliver Communities Fund on behalf of Stockton Council to support people who are unemployed.

Jane supported Lynne to prepare an Action Plan, update her CV, complete a job search and enrolled Lynne on various courses, including her first ICT course, Food Hygiene and First Aid. Lynne passed all her courses with flying colours.

Lynne is diligent in everything she does, is hardworking and determined and loyal to all her commitments. Jane reassured her that with all her endeavours to secure employment there would be a position out there for her.

This indeed was the case, in no time at all Lynne has reaped the rewards of her hard work and successfully secured employment as an Assistant Cook at Cleveland Alzheimer’s Residential Centre.

Lynne said “I couldn’t have done this without the support of Jane Simpson and her colleagues at Five Lamps”.
 

Photograph: Jane Simpson and Lynne Love

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