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My name's Sam Goodman. I'm 19.
I work in children's services.
I'm a child-care worker.
I work in an early intervention program. I live in Newcastle.
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Yeah, I love it. It's great.
I'm currently doing my diploma... diploma in child services.
I've got, like, a set of books and I read through everything
and it gives you a big assignment package,
and you've got to go through it
and you've got to apply your practical knowledge
and what you're learning in the workplace
to your assignments.
Well, I go through the child-care college
and they send out a big, massive folder
of everything I need to read through
and then you've got an assessment booklet
and you fill that out and you work through that and you send it away.
So, it's all by correspondence.
I'd rather learn while I'm working
instead of being in a classroom sort of setting.
I find I take more in while I'm doing it.
Well, you've got to plan the day, you've got to plan the environment,
make sure it's all set out.
You've got to know how to manage the kids
and...like, different age-appropriate behaviours and...
Yeah. I like it. It's enjoyable.
It's always challenging. It's always different.
Yeah, I just...
'Cause I always wanted to do something where I'm helping somebody.
So, like, aged care, maybe, and then child care was one of my preferences.
I just...I want to make a difference, so...yeah.
And I feel that I'm making a difference in this,
'cause this program that I'm working for now,
it's an early intervention program.
Like, the families that are coming,
you can see the progress that they're making
and it's really, really good, and the kids...
And just... Yeah, it's great.
Just seeing the kids grow - that's the biggest thing -
and seeing them learn new skills and...
Oh, it's amazing...how fast they actually acquire
all these different things, yeah.
'Cause I'm still indecisive of what I want to do.
I'm really certain that I like this path.
The path I'm going down is really good at the moment.
But, yeah, just so many decisions that you have to make.
I want to try and go into teaching, go to uni, maybe, yeah. �