{"id":2337,"date":"2025-09-05T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/?page_id=2337"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T02:16:23","slug":"amys-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/work-with-us\/staff-stories\/amys-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Amy-Ebert-25.8.25-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Amy-Ebert-25.8.25-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Amy-Ebert-25.8.25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Amy-Ebert-25.8.25-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Amy-Ebert-25.8.25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Amy-Ebert-25.8.25-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Amy Ebert returned to her hometown of Echuca to be closer to family. Motivated by a strong desire to give back to her community, she enrolled in a\u202f Diploma of Community Services, drawn to its broad scope and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy brings a diverse background to her role as Support Coordinator, having worked in the\u202fmusic industry,\u202fretail and\u202foffice management. She holds a\u202fBachelor of Arts (Music Industry)\u202fand an\u202fAdvanced Diploma of Music Business, experiences that have shaped her adaptability and people-focused approach.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her journey with CLRS began as a\u202fstudent on placement. Although new to the disability sector at the time, Amy was eager to learn. \u201cCLRS had such a great reputation in Echuca,\u201d she says. \u201cI thought it would be a great place to start\u2014and I was right.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now completing her\u202fDiploma of Mental Health, Amy continues to grow professionally while staying deeply committed to supporting others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of the example I\u2019m setting for my children. They see me helping others and promoting inclusion. Seeing someone achieve a goal after months or years of effort\u2014that\u2019s the best feeling.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, Amy Ebert returned to her hometown of Echuca to be closer to family. Motivated by a strong desire to give back to her community, she enrolled in a\u202f Diploma of Community Services, drawn to its broad scope and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2474,"parent":2308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2337","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4014,"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337\/revisions\/4014"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clrs.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}