Deanne Challenor
Cessnock
Summary
Dedicated Disability Support & Aged Care Worker with extensive experience at all previous positions, adept in providing exceptional personal and emotional support. Excelled in building trust through empathy, enhancing client quality of life, and mastering documentation and safety management. Achieved notable improvements in client independence and well-being, leveraging strong problem-solving and relationship-building skills. Strong Leadership and communication skills. All other skills have been mentioned in my Employment History.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Disability Support Worker
Able Futures
04.2023 - Current
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
- Drove clients safely to social activities and appointments.
- Developed strong interpersonal relationships with clients, earning their trust and respect through consistent empathy and understanding.
- Supported clients in maintaining a clean living space by assisting with household tasks such as laundry, meal preparation, and general tidying.
- Enhanced quality of life for clients with physical and intellectual disabilities through compassionate care and assistance.
- Maintained safety with tidy, clean, and hazard-free home environments.
- Kept detailed daily logs with care actions, patient behaviors, and incidents.
- Delivered exceptional personal care services, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and feeding assistance.
Aged Care Worker
Opal Specialist Aged Care
11.2015 - 04.2023
- Assisted residents with daily living tasks, promoting independence and dignity.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Maintained a clean and safe living environment for all residents and staff, ensuring their wellbeing.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores/pressure areas and maintain comfort levels.
- Enhanced residents'' quality of life by providing compassionate and attentive care.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Experience in palliative care/End of life care and supporting families
Disability Support Worker
Dolleina
03.2012 - 11.2015
- Provided assistance for people with high needs in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
- SPC & Peg experience.
- out of/in home respite.
- Drove clients safely to social activities and Medical appointments.
- Developed strong interpersonal relationships with clients, earning their trust and respect through consistent empathy and understanding.
- supporting Family members while caring for Palliative/end of life clients.
- Supported clients in maintaining a clean living space by assisting with household tasks such as laundry, meal preparation, and general tidying.
- Enhanced quality of life for clients with physical and intellectual disabilities through compassionate care and assistance.
Education
No Degree - Community Services-Aged Care Work Cert III
TAFE NSW
NSW09-2006
Skills
- Housekeeping and meal preparation/planning
- Personal care/ Household chores
- Independent living support
- Relationship building
- Disability awareness
- Documentation and reporting/Computer skills
- Client confidentiality
- Health and safety/ Mobility support
- Daily living requirements/Personal Care
- Risk assessments
- Emotional support/ Family Communication
- Transportation assistance
- Team leadership
- Social skills development
- Safety management
- Personal growth support
- Medication organization
- Elderly care/ Lifestyle support
- Feeding assistance
- Behavior support plans
- Progress documentation
- Respite care/Palliative Care
- Multicultural sensitivity/ Community Intergration
- Appointment and Time management
Timeline
Disability Support Worker
Able Futures
04.2023 - Current
Aged Care Worker
Opal Specialist Aged Care
11.2015 - 04.2023
Disability Support Worker
Dolleina
03.2012 - 11.2015
No Degree - Community Services-Aged Care Work Cert III
TAFE NSW
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