RISE Disability Support Mentors

🎉✨ ONE WEEK DOWN & ALREADY PART OF THE FURNITURE ✨🎉

Please help me welcome Caitlin to our Rise Team. Caitlin has officially wrapped up her first full week with our Rise Team and somehow skipped straight past the “newbie” status. It feels like she's been here for years.😄

From day one, Caitlin has brought warmth, energy, and a natural flair for mentoring that fits right in with all our core values. It honestly feels like she’s been part of the team forever.

Caitlin, we’re so excited to have you on board, our Rise crew just got even better! 💫

Here’s to many more laughs, growth, and making a real difference together

🪻THROWBACK FRIDAY 🪻

This Easter, we’re taking a moment to reflect, reconnect, and celebrate in all the different ways that make this time meaningful 💙

Whether your weekend is filled with chocolate eggs, quiet moments, time with chosen family, traditions new or old, or simply a well earned rest, we hope it feels right for you.

At Rise, we know that family, connection, and celebration don’t look the same for everyone and that’s exactly what makes our community so special 🫶

However you choose to spend this Easter, we’re wishing you a safe, gentle, and happy long weekend 😀

Hope you enjoy some throw back Friday pictures of your Rise Chosen Family.

🎁 That’s a wrap for 2025 🎁
Whilst the Rise DSM Team have officially finished for the year, our very important team member Inde, our emotional support dog, has been invited on a top secret adventure as Santa’s helper. 🐾🎅
So keep your eyes peeled, you never know where she might pop up next.
On behalf of all our staff, we would like to thank each and every one of you for your ongoing support throughout the year. We wish you all a Happy, Safe, and Joy filled Christmas and New Year, surrounded by love, laughter, and your chosen elves 🫶🤣

We look forward to hearing all about your festive adventures when we return from a well deserved break on Monday 5th January 2026.
Until then Stay Safe, Stay Merry and Stay Bright!
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🎄 Rise DSM Christmas Party = Festive Chaos, Team Vibes & Endless Fun 🎄

🎁We wrapped up the year in true Rise DSM style, with laughter, friendly competition, and a very festive takeover of Time Zone 🎁

We started the day with strikes, curved balls and definitely lots of gutter balls. We then went onto laser tag where voting took place for teams, with the majority ruling in MS vs PS. Teamwork and questionable hiding spots seen MS come out on top by just a fraction. The day was full of laughs and lots excitement. Arcade games were getting a good workout, bumper cars were bumping, and let’s just say there were no apologies given once behind the wheel.
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Fuelled by hotdogs, hamburgers pizza and Birthday celebrations our healthy eating policy was nowhere to be seen. 🌭🍕🍔 🎂

And of course, it wouldn’t be an end of year party without recognising our amazing Team and their achievements over the past 12mths.
We proudly welcomed our new staff and celebrated our 3mth, 1, 2 and 3 year employment milestones, along with our Employee of the Quarter Kyle and Angel and Employee of the Year Jessica. 👏👏👏👏

Massive congratulations to each and everyone of you, and thank you for everything you do. Your all Super Stars. "I see you, I appreciate you"
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A special recognition shoutout to Benji, who couldn’t make it on the day, but was still very much part of the celebrations as we honoured his 3 years with Rise DSM 👏 🥉👍

What a way to finish the year, full hearts, big laughs, and an even bigger appreciation for our incredible team. Here’s to another year of growth, teamwork and good vibes in 2026 💙🤣🤗🥳

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year however you choose to spend it. 🎄🎉

🌟 Please help us welcome our newest Mentor Mel, to our Rise DSM Team! 🌟

We are absolutely thrilled to have Mel join our Rise DSM Team.
From the moment she started today, she showed exactly why she’s such a great fit for our team. 🥳

Fantastic job today Mel.
You jumped in seamlessly between a double Pathways roster, squeezed in a lunch break, and still finnished your 1st day smilling. Your energy, flexibility, teamwork and positive attitude did not go unnoticed.👏

It was heartwarming to see how everyone welcomed you with open arms a true reflection of what Rise DSM is all about.💙 💜💚

Mel, welcome to the team. We’re so excited to have you with us!
Here's to an amazing journey ahead.

🌟Please help us welcome Connor to our Rise Team.🌟

Connor you jumped straight in and done a fantastic job even proving that no two days at Rise are ever the same by taking on two pathways in your first day. 👏👏

Your energy, and willingness learn speak volumes. Even our furbabies thought you were pawrific. We’re thrilled to have you on board and can’t wait to see all the amazing things you’ll accomplish. 🧹🐾😀

🎉 Please help us welcome Sarah back to our Rise Team! 🎉

We missed you! It’s wonderful having you back on our team. We’re excited to have the opportunity once again to be helping you achieve your goals and follow your dreams.
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🎉 Please help Us Welcome Colin to the Rise DSM Team! 🎉

We are so excited to have Colin join our Rise Team. Today was his very first day, and he absolutely crushed it. 👏 👏

Not only did he jump right in with a fantastic attitude, but he also earned the ultimate seal of approval from our furbabies, who gave him the paws up! 🐶👍🐾

We’re lucky to have you on board Colin, we can’t wait for you to meet the rest of the Team. Welcome to Rise you’re already rising to the occasion! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

This week, our team at Rise DSM proudly wore blue to show our support for National Diabetes Week and to stand beside the many Australians and families whose lives are impacted by diabetes every single day. 💙

We see first hand the impact diabetes can have on a family. One of our own Rise family fights this battle everyday with courage, strength and determination, reminding us why awareness and support is so important. 💙💙

Even our furbabies joined in on the blue action, proving that support comes in all shapes, sizes and wagging tails. 🐾 🐾🐾

To everyone living with or supporting someone with diabetes, your resilience inspires us, we stand with you, today and always 💙💙💙💙

Today, our Rise DSM team took a moment to pause and honour the courage, sacrifice, and service of those who have fought and continue to fight for our freedom.

On this Remembrance Day, we stand together in gratitude and reflection. Lest we forget.

No matter how you choose to spend your Halloween, we hope you have had an AMAZING week with lots of CLOWNING 🤡 around. We know our team has at Rise DSM