Our Trainees

Hi, my name is Anna Marisa, I love baking, singing and drawing.
I was a trainee at Steps for 2 years before I started a work internship at a bakery shop. Now I have my own bakery brand called ‘It’s me Anna’.
Apart from baking skills, at Steps I learn about life skills, social skills, skills for work, and I learn about friendship.
At Steps, everyone accepts each other’s differences and treats each other with respect. Sometimes I help my friends understand that some of us may have different characteristics and that we should look at the positive sides and see what they can do.
I wish the school I went to when I was young knew how to support people who are different. So my friends had more awareness about Autism and understood me more.
I like the concept of inclusion because I believe that people with learning differences can be included in the society. It reminds me of what my dad told me that it doesn’t matter what you were born with, we all can live and laugh together.
At Steps, I feel like myself. I feel like people here accept me for who I am. I can adjust my environment so I don’t get interrupted when working, such as room temperature or noise.

I want to show that I can work like other people. I can bake and I can sell my products and people like my products.
My life goals are to be a good baker, be happy and be proud of myself.
And I want other people to see that.

I am 19 years old. I was born in Bangkok, Thailand.

In my free time, I love to practice football (soccer) by myself and I like to play Video Games such as GTA, Fifa and also I love Marvel movies.

My superhero is the Wolverine and X-23. My favorite movie is Logan and my favorite actors from this movie Logan is Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen and I love to read Marvel Comics.

Every Sundays, I go to play soccer at Arena 10 and it’s very hard but I love it.

I came to Steps because I like to make drinks and coffee and meet my old friends and new friends and in the future, I would like to be a Football Player, Barista or a Chef.

I finish at St Andrews High School in 2016 and I worked St Andrews for 2 years as PE assistant. I’m good at making brownies. I love baking and cooking. My favorite hobby is swimming because I have many competition in Thailand, New Zealand, and international schools.

I like Steps because they teach us a lot of thing about work. They teach how to make coffee and serve costumers and take order from costumer, also to be confident around costumer.

For my future career, I’d like to work in cafe baking and cooking and selling brownies.

I have two brothers and 1 sister. We are from Australia. We live in Bangkok near Prompong Sky Train station. My favourite food is pizza and sandwiches.

I like to come to Steps because I love to work with my friends. I learned how to come to school by myself. It is very excited from the beginning to be on the motorbike. But I enjoyed it.

My hobbies are drawing and playing a game. I want to be a veterinary. I love animals especially cats and dogs. I want to have a work experience where I can look after animals.

Hey, I’m Isabel. When I first came to Steps, I was scared. but I feel better now. Here, I like to be with my friends and to work as a teacher assistant. I have learned to make drinks that I like. I also like to meet new friends and job coaches. I had work experience outside of Steps too. I want to learn more about making coffee and cooking. In the future, I hope to be a chef in a hotel and a barista in a coffee shop.

I’m the middle child, the first child was strong hearted & intelligent, the third child was cheerful. Anyways as I grew older everything change, a witch curse me to have tons of disabilities but I won’t let that stop me to achieve my dreams to become an Artist. All types of Arts are my passion, I express my emotions of the way I feel. I don’t know how to use words, I just know how to show it. The things that makes me happy is having piercings, tattoos, helping others but most of all is seeing others happy.

I went to apply for a school last year none of them accept me because I was out of there league, the people couldn’t provide for my special needs. This year a place called Steps accepted me of who I am, it made me cry into tears of joys. I did many challenges at Steps, I learn tons of new things I never know before. I am extremely proud for myself for coming this far. Don’t be sorry of who you are. Be proud of yourself if others can’t accept that then those people need to change.

I’m a hugger not a hater, I may say mean things when I’m sad but I don’t really mean it. Super sensitive, I care so much for all of you even if I just met you I don’t care I will try to make your day special as everyday with the close ones I know as well. If need help I can try to provide your needs as well all I want from a return is a smile on their faces. Can’t blame a person for trying their best, I may sound crazy but hey at least I’m trying my hardest to achieve in something I want to do. Loving to see others happy

My skills are drawings, making ideas to help other with needs. Hobbies are writing poems, singing, acting, ballet sports (My
personal favorite are football, wrestling & basketball). I love learning new facts in everything. So much hobbies I have to keep myself busy. My motto “Dance your way to success”. To the people who read this you may ask any questions. I have nothing to hide in my mind.

I was born in Thailand, Bangkok December 22, 1975. I am 42 years old. My Mother passed away in June 22, 2015. My hobbies are walking with dogs and Bowling. I live with sisters Nima and Siri.

I have 4 Medals 100m Freestyle 50m Freestyle 50m Breaststroke and Freestyle Relay Special Olympics
Swimming Medal.

To Work at cafe is my dream. I want for Job at Steps . I love to work I love this Job So Much. My Favorite things to cook are Baking, Soup, Salad.

When I started at Steps, I was very flexible and comfortable while I doing jobs.

Right now, it’s good. I learn new things, while I doing my jobs. New skills like scanning barcode on envelopes, sorting the right box, and stapling on recycled A4 papers.

I will expect to find a job that suits me after this in the near future.

Hello, I’m Rajat. When I first started here, I was worried all the time, and my body started to find it difficult to breathe. Now it is ok. When I have a lot of work to do, I can concentrate and usually feel good. I learned many things like working in an office, being a cashier, and serving food. I think about work and I’m less worried about other things.
My goal is to be confident, take care of myself like working and cooking a meal.

I’m from Japan.

I like to study math, English, and cooking. I like to play game too. I like coming to Steps because I feel happy and I like my friends here.

In the future, I want to help people and do other welfare jobs.

I like to play on my phone. I like English and Maths. I want to be a Mailwoman and I like Percy from Thomas the tank engine.

At Steps I like Art and Life Skills I like to see my new friends.

My name is Maddie. I’m half Thai and half Swedish. I live in Bangkok, Thailand.
I come to Steps because I want to work. Here I learn to try new things, new skills that I’ve never tried before. I do feel a bit uncomfortable sometimes when there are too many people but I can already handle the hard work. Now I still feel like I have a lot to go through to be better at things, but I am trying.
My main goal still remains; to be able to work in Phitsanulok (my favourite city). I like to work somewhere peaceful and quiet to concentrate.To work, make money, and help the needy. So maybe work in a cafe but I don’t think I’m skilled enough to be a doctor!
My short term goal is to increase self-advocacy and be prepared for any situation, especially unpredictable situations.

Hi, my name is New, I’m from Thailand.
I love Japanese animation and I want to open my own anime shop and earn a lot of money.
I like to be at Steps because I love to meet new friends and job coaches.
Here I learn about communication, talking makes me feel good and happy. I have improved my communication skills in both English and Thai.
I want to be better at counting, using money and how to cook different kind of food
I would like to work in a place where they accept who I am..

สวัสดีครับ ผมชื่อตาตั้ม
มาสเตปส์ผมชอบเล่นเกมกับเพื่อนๆ เช่น เกมตอบคําถาม ฟุตบอล ได้เรียนป้ายสัญลักษณ์ความปลอดภัย และการฝึกงานในออฟฟิศ ผมได้ทักษะใหม่ๆ เช่น สร้างตาราง สร้างไฟล์ google drive กรอกข้อมูลในตาราง สร้างสไลด์เพลงโปรด สร้างอาหารโปรด สร้างสไลด์แนะนําตัวเอง ออกกําลังกาย
เล่นดนตรี
ก่อนหน้านี้เคยไปโรงเรียน มีเพื่อนมาแกล้ง ครูดุนิดหน่อย ชอบที่สเตปส์ สนุกกว่า ได้เรียนอะไรเยอะกว่าที่โรงเรียน เพื่อนๆนิสัยดี ชอบคุยกับเพื่อนๆ ชอบคุยกับจ็อบโค้ช ไม่ดุ ทุกคนใจเย็น
รู้สึกสบายใจ ผมได้เป็นผู้ฝึกยอดเยี่ยมประจำสัปดาห์ สองครั้งแล้ว

ถ้าเรียนจบแล้ว อยากทำงานออฟฟิศ ทำงานในบริษัท ใส่ยูนิฟอร์ม
อยากทำงาน เพราะมีกำลังใจ และได้รับเงินเดือน

Hi, I’m Blessing. I like to work in an office. I’m good at quality checking and finding errors. At Steps I have learned to make smoothies, cooking, making coffee and working with documents. I also like team building because I learned team building skills like group games and working in a team. I like job coaches and friends.
I want to talk more to friends, play team building games with friends. I want to work in an Office and Steps. My life goal is working in a Business Service Center, I want to work with paper. I like to work in the office.

สวัสดีค่ะ ฉันชื่อเอ๋ย ที่เสตปส์ฉันได้ทำขนม ร่อนเเป้ง ทำสมูทตี้ เเละฉันได้ฝึกการใช้เงินจ่ายค่าข้าว ใช้คอมพิวเตอร์เเละอีเมลล์ ฉันชอบเสตปส์เพราะได้ขายขนม ที่นี่ฉันเจอเพื่อนเเละโค้ชที่ใจดี ในอนาคตฉันอยากดูเเลพนักงานขายรถ เเละเสิร์ฟน้ำให้ลูกค้า เเละฉันอยากลองทำขนมทอฟฟี่เค้กเเละเป็นบาริสต้าทำกาเเฟ

Hi I’m Kenny, I’m Steps’ graduate. Now I’m working in Steps Business Service.
At first, I didn’t know how to work on documents but now I can do many different tasks such as sorting documents into different categories such as company name, type of document and preparing documents to be ready like staple small paper on top of big paper. Sometimes it is a lot of work, I support others with counting the documents, scan and prepare the files to be delivered back to clients.
Now I have more work to do, but I can do it fast because my friends help out a lot. I also learn to solve problems, work collaboratively, not working alone.
In the future, I hope I can work for a larger company so I will have new challenging experiences.

Hi, I’m Ter. I’m interested in history, politics and humanity. After I graduated from university, I joined Steps. I never worked for a real job and I’m not sure if I can work. Employers and colleagues might see that I am inferior but luckily everyone here accepts each other. 

When I started working here, I still felt like being a trainee. It took me some time to adapt myself to be a full-time employee. Working at the Business Service Centre is my first experience to see the working life. I see myself not ready to work at a normal private company because I still cannot adapt 100%. But I learned about a job that I might not like but it is necessary to do and some job might be what I like but also might not be a job that I feel connected to. 

After a while, I can now improve myself and organize work better. I’m more responsible, have more intention. The job I work is very important because the client is a big company in Thailand. I try to work without any mistakes or the client would be greatly affected.

I hope to continue to work here or move to another company that suits me.