Care worker Beth finds Armstrong the right therapy

Care worker Beth Dutton might be new to the home-buyer market but she’s a well-seasoned traveller who knows just what she wants.

The young Highton-bred occupational therapist, recently graduated from Deakin University, has bought in at Armstrong Mount Duneed and is investigating designs and builders before her property titles next year.

At just 23, Beth has managed to fill her passport with a solid stock of stamps – Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Hawaii, Vietnam, Thailand, The Philippines, Cambodia, New Zealand, New Caledonia – before taking the plunge into the property market.

As a care worker, she deals with a range of clients across a range of ages.

“I’m dealing with the entire life-span, from kids of five and six to people over 60,” she says.

“They have all different types and disabilities – physical, mental, psycho-social. They’re all through the NDIS.”

Right now is proving challenging with the coronavirus prompting more tele-consultations, a measure that while handy for some is not entirely welcomed by all.

“Some people find tele-cons really positive but some won’t even look at it, they don’t want a bar of it,” says Beth.

“Some are the participants, some are who get nervous with technology.”

Beth is one of a growing bank of care workers at Villawood’s Geelong and Melbourne communities and saved $20K under Villawood’s careworker program.

She joins paramedics, teachers, nurses, firefighters, police and care workers in helping build the human resources of our communities.

The careworker program helps also provide assistance to people who might not always be able to access the residential market.