How can I be a good facilitator?

Your main role as a Fun-da-mentals 4U Facilitator is to support participants to fully engage in the program so they can increase their employability and improve their opportunities in life.

Fun-da-mentals 4U is a personal development program. It provides participants with a step-by-step guide and tools to:

• Reflect on what is important to them.

• Question their own beliefs and fears.

• Increase their level of self-awareness and self-responsibility.

• Set goal/s for themselves.

• Manage their resistance to change.

Even people who are experienced in personal development and goal setting often need support and encouragement to go through this process. This is why your support is important for each participant in the program.

How can I support participants?

The best way for you to support participants is to experience the program yourself. So that you:

• Personally understand how the program works 

• Can guide and support participants from a point of knowledge and experience

• Can effectively answer participants questions. 

Meet participants where they are at, and help them feel safe about doing the program.

• Encourage them, in a friendly and supportive way, to complete the online program and do the activities in the workbook.

• Give them a firm and kind and push to move forward if they are making excuses and procrastinating.

• Balance this with understanding that some people may be triggered by some of the information or activities. 

• Some participants may not be ready to do all the workbook activities right now.

• Most participates will pick up knowledge from this program that will assist them at some point in their life.

What can I do if I think the program needs improvements?

You can let your supervisor know about your suggested improvements. 

IDEAL Placements has a change management agreement with Jennifer Emmett, the program developer, and aims to continue to improve the program. 

IDEAL Placement has appointed Brenda Harris as The Delegate to request changes and support from Jennifer Emmett.

The Delegate can request the following types of updates and support from Jennifer Emmett: 

• Corrections and updates to program content

• Updates to this Help Centre and Facilitators Guide

• Updates to the Delegates Guide

• In-house (Mackay site) and online support for staff