Jack Cheeseman

Jack loves being active, meeting new people, and can’t live without music. The best part of his day is talking to new clients and having morning meetings with his team.

Before moving to the disability sector, Jack spent three years supporting children as a Learning Support Assistant. Working in an additional needs’ classroom, each day presented Jack with a new challenge – he loved this. It taught him how to adapt, think on his toes, but most importantly how to create engaging and meaningful relationships with children. Jack learned that every child was different in their interaction and communication needs.

Towards the end of his time in education, Jack started to hear from parents about how they couldn’t find support workers that were the right fit for their child. Looking into this further, Jack found that it wasn’t a small problem. Most families in Canberra were receiving care from support workers that showed no interest in children, or who they had nothing in common with. Children and teenagers had become a forgotten demographic when it came to disability support services.

Jack decided to start Wattle Blue. In his words, it gave him and his team a goal. To provide every child, teenager, and young adult with the best fitting support worker possible.