Barkuma are off to a great start with the class of 2020.  Week 4 has just finished, nerves are easing and new, positive friendships are beginning to develop.

Learning how to manage without lunchtime bells, sharing facilities with Barkuma employees and heading out at lunch to find favourite lunch spots are some of the exciting and perhaps scary first steps to independence for these students.   Seeing many students arrive via public transport for the first time has been a real buzz.

Over the past 4 weeks students have started looking at resumes, identifying jobs, goal setting, learning how to read job advertisements and discussing the skills they have and skills they want to improve.  Each week students reflect on their learning and their achievements.

This week groups navigated through the Adelaide Metro website, planned a visit to the Central Market and headed there for a scavenger hunt and lunch.  A fun way for students to improve transport skills, how to read maps, money handling and at times managing being in crowded spaces.

Students will soon be visiting work sites to experience different industries, more guest speakers to listen to and engage with, mock job interviews to take place, 1:1 career counselling and much more.

The 2020 Transition Program has commenced with 41 students, 21 of these being from Catholic Education SA. 20 schools have students participating in this year’s program with 9 from Catholic Education SA. Barkuma’s Transition Program has been collaborating with Catholic Education SA for over 19 years, who have assisted with making the program more accessible for SACE.

If you would like more information about the Transition Program, please call Barkuma on 8414 7100 and ask for a member of the Transition Team.