Colin O’Brien
Job Title: Area 3 Co-ordinator
Service Area: St Helens
March 2015
Colin started working on a Youth Training Scheme in September 1990 With Rocket training. During this time he successfully completed his Leisure and Recreation Management level One, Two, and Three, as well as his Swimming Teachers Certificate level One, Disabled Swimming Certificate level One and his One star Canoeing Certificate.
Colin also completed his Certificate in Further Education (post 16) in 2002, followed by his N.V.Q. Assessor training in 2003. He then gained a Certificate in Management level Three from Blackburn House in 2005, and went to Chorley to learn about the Person Centred Planning Facilitators course (2009). Colin went on to gain an N.V.Q 3 in care in 2009, and completed a Management Development Programme in 2013.
"I really enjoyed my time on a Y.T.S. I had a great experience and got to do a lot of things that I never thought I would. That gave me a great insight and taste of working with people with disabilities, and I realised how I enjoyed making a positive difference to their lives.
Working together as a team, with the support and necessary training, I was able to develop myself and progress personally in a friendly environment. My current role brings exciting challenges in the future, which I look forward to with relish"