Andrew Docherty
Perth
Summary
Skilled Residential Youth Worker with background in providing emotional support and implementing care plans for troubled youths. Experience working in residential settings, demonstrating strong crisis management skills, and developing therapeutic relationships. Strengths include ability to manage challenging behaviours effectively, facilitate group therapy sessions, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure youth's wellbeing. Impact made through consistent provision of positive role modelling and effective behaviour modification strategies.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Residential Youth Worker
Key Assets
Bunbury
09.2023 - Current
- Supervision and support of children and young people placed within a residential care service ensuring the safety and protection of the children are upheld.
- Supporting and advocating for children and young people to progress and move towards their goals.
- Providing therapeutic care to children and young people to de-escalate and respond to critical incidents that occur.
- Experience working with high-risk children and young people and have the ability and knowledge to therapeutically manage their behaviors.
- Maintaining a clean and safe living environment.
- Ensuring all reports, documentation and medication was completed to a high standard following correct policies and procedures.
- Completed regular training to ensure I was TCI trained to provide the children and young people with therapeutic support and intervention techniques.
- Carried out following tasks to ensure the children and young person's needs were met, transportation, daily cleaning to high standard, booking appointments and preparing and cooking nutritious and home cooked meals.
- Implemented recreational programs to enhance physical and emotional well-being of youth.
Service Assistant FIFO
Sodexo
Cape Preston
07.2023 - 09.2023
- Mine Site Cleaning of Offices, Crib rooms and Ablution Blocks
- Providing customer service in the Tavern or Retail shop
- Maintaining cleanliness of outdoor areas and grounds
All Rounder
BP Nebo Junction Accommodation Village
Nebo
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Maintenance
- Perform building upkeep and repairs, building maintenance.
- Maintaining records of any work done on-premises, maintaining the site, assisting tradesmen with painting and decorating, Joinery work.
- Overall responsibility for cleaning rooms, laundering bed linen and maintaining furnishings and other equipment in all rooms within the campsite.
- Assisting chefs within the kitchen, maintaining a clear and healthy workspace, responsible for washing and cleaning dishes.
Removals Assistant/Crew Leader
Grace Worldwide
Perth
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Checking with customers which items are to be moved.
- Taking apart larger items of furniture for packing and removal.
- Packing items, loading them into container vehicle and securing them safely.
- Driving to a new location and unloading items.
Supervisor
AKC EVENTS
Glasgow
07.2013 - 12.2019
- Fulfilling various responsibilities to my staff.
- Ensuring the work is carried out in such a way that no one's security, safety or health is jeopardized.
- Making sure staff understand fire alarm and safety message and procedure.
- Making sure staff are briefed and understand their duties.
Door Supervisor
SecuriGroup Ltd
Glasgow
08.2013 - 04.2019
- Managing crowds to avoid crushing and queue jumping.
- Making sure people are keeping to the dress code.
- Asking for proof of age or identification.
- Searching people or bags for prohibited items like weapons.
- Patrolling inside and outside the venue.
Seasonal operative/Driver
Renfrewshire Council
Paisley
08.2018 - 10.2018
- Cutting of grass with a petrol lawn or ride on mower and tidying area after.
- Strimming of gardens and grassed areas.
- Cutting of hedges and pruning when required, taking care and attention.
- Working in a team of four, occasionally as part of a larger team of more than four.
Waste Operative
Renfrewshire Council
Paisley
08.2016 - 11.2016
- Overseeing the collection, sorting and safe disposal of client waste and recycling materials on site.
- Keeping the refuse and recycling compound area tidy, clean and safe.
General Labourer
Search Consultancy
Paisley
03.2012 - 07.2015
- Maintaining a safe and clean site.
- Ensuring that all health and safety is not jeopardized.
- Performing physical and manual work including slabbing, cleaning and other duties.
- Teaming up with other professionals such as plumbers, gas engineers, joiners in order to construct houses including different building systems.
Volunteer Support Worker
Renfrewshire Carers Centre
Paisley
03.2011 - 06.2015
- Establishing meaningful relationships with the kids and families.
- Working with kids twice a week in different age groups.
- Conducting a range of activities from taking the kids out bowling, cinema and doing activities within the centre.
Volunteer Youth Worker
One Ren
Paisley
02.2008 - 07.2012
- Delivering a weekly kid's group, creating fun creative arts & craft activities.
- Supervising the children each week at these workshops.
Trades Assistant
Renfrewshire Council
Paisley
09.2010 - 03.2012
- Assisting tradesmen with basic duties such as Plumbing, Joinery, Painting and Decorating, and Plastering.
- Undertaking a variety of General Construction tasks throughout residential and council properties.
Education
Certificate in Construction - Construction
Reid Kerr College
PaisleyGCSE -
St Andrews Academy
Skills
- Active Listening
- Conflict resolution
- Supervising experience
- Microsoft Office
- Therapeutic intervention
- Crisis management
- Behavior management
- Relationship building
- Safeguarding knowledge
- Problem solving
Certification
- Manual Driver Licence, 06/01/23, 06/01/24
- RSA, 02/01/21, Present
- Working with Children Check, 09/01/23, Present
- Introduction To Health and Fitness, 03/01/17, Present
Timeline
Residential Youth Worker
Key Assets
09.2023 - Current
Service Assistant FIFO
Sodexo
07.2023 - 09.2023
All Rounder
BP Nebo Junction Accommodation Village
06.2021 - 12.2021
Removals Assistant/Crew Leader
Grace Worldwide
11.2020 - 06.2021
Seasonal operative/Driver
Renfrewshire Council
08.2018 - 10.2018
Waste Operative
Renfrewshire Council
08.2016 - 11.2016
Door Supervisor
SecuriGroup Ltd
08.2013 - 04.2019
Supervisor
AKC EVENTS
07.2013 - 12.2019
General Labourer
Search Consultancy
03.2012 - 07.2015
Volunteer Support Worker
Renfrewshire Carers Centre
03.2011 - 06.2015
Trades Assistant
Renfrewshire Council
09.2010 - 03.2012
Volunteer Youth Worker
One Ren
02.2008 - 07.2012
Certificate in Construction - Construction
Reid Kerr College
GCSE -
St Andrews Academy
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