Glen Michael dies aged 99 as tributes paid to Scots TV legend<\/a><\/p>\nTia, a member of a WSHA household in Barrowfield, will complete a fully-funded Introduction to Housing qualification through the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) between June and October this year.<\/p>\n
She said: “The Irene Robertson fund is a great opportunity for me.<\/p>\n
“I was brought up in social housing so I know what a difference getting a social home can make to people.<\/p>\n
“You are part of a community and your neighbours are like family; we are always helping each other out.<\/p>\n
“I really enjoy helping people and that\u2019s what drew me towards housing as a career.”<\/p>\n
Alongside her studies, Tia will complete a 16-week placement at WSHA\u2019s head office in Barrowfield.<\/p>\n
She will be mentored by housing officer Suzanne Quigley, who has worked at WSHA for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n
Ms Quigley said: “The Irene Robertson fund is an excellent entry to working in housing and we\u2019re delighted to have Tia as our first trainee.<\/p>\n
“Tia is very motivated and already showing great understanding of what we do here at WSHA.<\/p>\n
“Over the next few months she\u2019ll be gaining a huge amount of knowledge and experience between her studies and the practical experience gained during her placement.<\/p>\n
“All I can say is that she should immerse herself in all of it.”<\/p>\n
She also offered advice for people looking to step into a career in the housing sector<\/p>\n
Ms Quigley said: “Housing has a great range of opportunities, but there isn\u2019t always a clear route into the sector.<\/p>\n
“Taking on a temporary role or apprenticeship is a good first step, and then there are also many levels of housing qualification for those who wish to get more involved too.”<\/p>\n
The CIH\u2019s current campaign, Choose Housing, offers resources and advice to raise awareness of careers in the housing sector.<\/p>\n
Callum Chomczuk, national director for Scotland at the CIH, said: “The Irene Robertson Qualification Fund is a brilliant initiative.<\/p>\n
“It pays tribute to a dedicated housing professional who was committed to lifelong learning and it provides a great opportunity for a young person to make their mark in housing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A young woman from Glasgow has been selected as the first recipient of a new qualification fund. Tia…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[97530,748,97527,97531,918,4884,97525,97533,97532,712,13977,97528,16,15,97526,97529],"class_list":{"0":"post-253521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-barrowfield","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-chartered-institute-of-housing","11":"tag-cih","12":"tag-glasgow","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-irene-robertson","15":"tag-practical-experience","16":"tag-qualification","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-social-housing","19":"tag-tia-coutts","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-west-of-scotland-housing-association","23":"tag-wsha"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114829067831945212","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}