Wie in jedem Jahr, verleihen wir auch in diesem Jahr wieder den Apex Social Care Professional of the Year Award.
Wir freuen uns, dass der Preis für den australischen Apex Social Care Professional of the Year an Anna Reen geht.
Anna ist eine Erzieherin, die am Marienschule Berufskolleg Lippstadt ausgebildet wurde. Sie verbrachte zwei Jahre bei einer Apex Social Familie in Washington DC und dann ein Jahr bei einer Apex Social Gastfamilie in Bargara, Australien.
Anna wurde von ihrer Gastfamilie in Australien für den Award mit folgenden Worten nominiert:
"We write this letter as Anna’s Reen’s host family, she was with us for a little over a year and
has provided support to my son William (who is profoundly disabled) and to our daughter
Eva. She is our second care professional from Apex and arrived right at the height of COVID,
requiring two weeks quarantine and all . During her time in our family, she has shown that
she is a very caring and exceptional human being. Hopefully, below indicates just how
special she is.
It is difficult to know how your care professional will fit into your family. Anna has a
reserved and thoughtful temperament which I was aware of during the interview process, and
I wondered how she would find her way among our family chaos but she did, and she did this
maintaining her patience.
When I have stopped and thought about our journey with Anna, many things come to mind
however I think the real highlight is the relationship her and my daughter created. When you
have a child with special needs so much of the care goes into making sure their needs are met
and quite often the other children miss out. I often think about this for our daughter and
recognise the sacrifices that she makes without even knowing she is making sacrifices and
they range from small kind off irrelevant things i.e. having to spend only short periods of the
time at the park because your brother experiences sensory overwhelm in certain
environments, to big things like having to defend your brother frequently because he is
disabled and being a target from bullies for the same reason.
Anna was able to create a very special sister like relationship with Eva but without the fights
or sibling rivalry!! She listened to her and gave advice, she provided comfort and was the first
person after Graham and me to buy a ticket for her end of year dance concert. She was one of
Eva’s biggest cheerleaders. She connected with Eva on things that Eva found fun and did
activities that Eva doesn’t really get to do because of Will’s disability for example, they went
camping tent and all, albeit in the backyard.
Anna did this whilst also providing regular and consistent care for our son which is quite a
big job on its own, so it truly was unexpected and a bonus for both Eva and Anna that they
created such a lovely friendship."
Wir danken Anna Reen für ihr Engagement und ihrer Apex Social Gastfamilie für ihre Nominierung und freuen Anna den Award für Australia Care Professional of the Year 2022 verleihen zu dürfen.
Du möchtest auch die Möglichkeit bekommen ein Apex Social Care Professional of the Year zu werden und einer Familie wie Anna Reen's Gastfamilie helfen ihr volles Potential zu erreichen? Entdecke noch heute unsere Gastfamilien in Australien und starte den ersten Schritt in dein neues Abenteuer: