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Colin Matthews

South Dudley,VIC

Summary

Creative, hardworking, compassionate, attention to detail, reliable, caring.

Well-educated and a good listener, strong communicator and time management. Sense of humour and always a curiosity and willingness to learn new things.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

Disability Support Worker

Yooralla
Wonthaggi, VIC
08.2023 - Current
  • Assisted clients with activities of daily living such as eating, toileting, dressing, and grooming.
  • Provided emotional support to individuals with physical or mental disabilities.
  • Understanding challenging behaviours
  • Sleeping over at residential address to assist 6 clients who require intensive care

Gardener & Handyman

Sole Trader @ Garden Flow
Wonthaggi, Victoria
02.2020 - Current
  • Maintained gardens and grounds of private properties, ensuring proper care of trees, shrubs, flowers, and turf.
  • Planned and planted flower beds and borders according to customer requirements.
  • Performed regular pruning and trimming of hedges, bushes, shrubs, trees and other vegetation.
  • Assisted handyman with a variety of maintenance and repair tasks, including painting, carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, and appliance installation.

Professional Musician

Colin Matthews music
Melbourne, VIC
07.1990 - Current
  • Developed song concepts, structures, and stories to create original music.
  • Performed live shows in various cities across the country for audiences of all sizes.
  • Recorded, mixed and mastered albums in professional studios.
  • Practiced improvisation techniques to enhance musical arrangements.

Support-worker and Carer

SIMPLY HELPING
03.2020 - 01.2021
  • Assisting a quadriplegic with bowel-care, catheter changing, showering and respite
  • Careful compliance to company policies and procedures with consistent respectful care to the client.

Community Care Worker

BASS COAST SHIRE COUNCIL
10.2013 - 12.2019
  • Respite, cleaning, shopping, meal prep, planned activities, driving clients to medical appointments and outings, installing smoke alarms in clients homes
  • Writing safety audits, communication sheets, informing the office of unusual events within clients day to day lives, factual report writing
  • Building trust and rapport within relationships with long term clients
  • Understanding confidentiality with sensitive information
  • Regular up skilling on topics from First Aid, Dementia, (ABI) Acquired Brain Injury, understanding LGBTI community, using walking aids lifts

Supervisor

MOONYA GARDENING
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Driving groups of up to 6 clients with intellectual disabilities to various locations around Gippsland to mow lawns and perform garden maintenance
  • Teaching people how to maintain lawn mowers and other machinery, be mindful of surroundings whilst out on job, creating quality work whilst looking out for each other
  • Driving medium rigid truck, tractor with slasher, zero turn mower
  • Computer skills, condition reports, thorough understanding of clients limits within their disabilities
  • Understanding pride and place clients feel as workers.

Bar Manager

KILCUNDA OCEANVIEW HOTEL
Kilcunda, VIC
01.2007 - 03.2012
  • Trusted to open & close the establishment, cash handling
  • Customer service, responsible service of alcohol
  • People skills, listening skills, conscientious of being responsible with large groups
  • Stocking shelves, tapping beer lines, maintaining pleasant atmosphere
  • Resolved escalated customer complaints to maximize satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Monitored cash intake to reduce discrepancies.
  • Maintained detailed inventory of bar supplies and stocked work areas.

Education

Diploma - Community Services

KIRANA COLLEGE
Sydney, NSW
01.2021

Cert IV Community Service Work -

CHISHOLM INSTITUTE TAFE
Wonthaggi, VIC
12-2009

Advanced Diploma - Electronic Engineering

CHISHOLM INSTITUTE TAFE
Dandenong
11.2005

Skills

  • Gardening knowledge
  • Gardening tools
  • Welding proficiency
  • Deck building
  • Broad range of musical styles
  • Sound mixing expertise
  • Recordkeeping proficiency
  • Mobility support
  • Personal care assistance

Interests

ADDITIONAL SKILLS , Professional Musician, instrumentalist & song writer- electric & acoustic guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, percussion, vocals, recording artist & live performer. Computer skills, Web savvy, social networking CFA Member Member since 2016, Kilcunda CFA, firefighter and communications officer.

Timeline

Disability Support Worker

Yooralla
08.2023 - Current

Support-worker and Carer

SIMPLY HELPING
03.2020 - 01.2021

Gardener & Handyman

Sole Trader @ Garden Flow
02.2020 - Current

Community Care Worker

BASS COAST SHIRE COUNCIL
10.2013 - 12.2019

Supervisor

MOONYA GARDENING
01.2011 - 01.2013

Bar Manager

KILCUNDA OCEANVIEW HOTEL
01.2007 - 03.2012

Professional Musician

Colin Matthews music
07.1990 - Current

Diploma - Community Services

KIRANA COLLEGE

Cert IV Community Service Work -

CHISHOLM INSTITUTE TAFE

Advanced Diploma - Electronic Engineering

CHISHOLM INSTITUTE TAFE

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