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Allan faced multiple complications with his diabetes. He had both his lower legs amputated, and this had a significant impact on his confidence and self-belief to find employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Approaching OCTEC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Allan was in his fifties when he came to OCTEC DES in Wentworth, Western NSW. Here he met with consultant Allison Allen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite his disability, Allison found Allan to be friendly and willing to give anything a try. Allan was eager to get back into work, so Allison assisted him to update his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and began contacting employers.
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Getting back to work<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Allison met with the owner of a local takeaway shop, presenting Allan\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and offering a Biz Support package \u2013 including a DSS wage subsidy \u2013 to assist with their costs. She also arranged for a chair to be provided for Allan, to allow him to rest during quieter periods at the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allan was hired to work at Kiely Take-Away on a part-time basis. Through post-placement support, Allison was able to reassure both Allan and his employer that assistance was available whenever required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allan is now doing what he loves \u2013 working with store customers and sharing a yarn.
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\u201cThe best thing about OCTEC is they got me back out into the community, and gave me a bit of my self-esteem and self-worth back, and my independence as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>Allan<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you live with a disability, illness, or injury and are looking for work, please feel free to reach out to your local employment specialists for assistance<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Through the support of OCTEC, Allan has regained confidence and independence at his new job with a local takeaway shop.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2638,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.octec.org.au\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}