DENNIS KIRIAGO
Lurnea,NSW
Summary
A reliable, driven care worker with love of what I do. I am highly capable of working independently and under pressure with the ability to adapt to variable environmental requirements to provide the best care possible.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Residential Support Worker
SOTERIA Independent Living
01.2019 - Current
- Providing daily support to customers using a person-centred approach
- Acting as a positive role model for customers
- Monitoring customer wellbeing
- Promote good health and support customers in making healthy food choices
- Encouraging customers in becoming more independent in their daily lives
- Providing Social, Physical and emotional support to customers in both assisted and independent living suffering from a Mental Illness
- Assisting customers with their daily living skills and supporting them in living a happy and healthy life
- Transporting customers to medical appointment, outings and social events
- Administering required medication
- Planning daily activities
- Maintaining all required files and documents such as Daily Notes, medication record
- Working with Health Professionals such as Doctors, Mental Health Case Workers to provide the best support for people in care.
Disability support worker
Just Better Care
09.2018 - 01.2019
- Working individually with clients on a day to day basis in working towards their goals recording their progress and evaluating and identifying the next steps required to achieve their goals
- Understanding the goals of clients and how they lead in increased quality of life and independence in the community
- To continuously encourage, motivate, acknowledge and validate the clients in every aspect of engagement
- To portray values and attitudes in line with those of Respect, Equality, Dignity and Understanding as well as professionalism
- To take responsibility in the manner and tone in which you speak, engage and work with clients and their families
- Report all incidents both verbally and written as they occur to coordinator
- Monitor all client participation and intervene where necessary utilising a strength based approach
- Responsible and maintaining cleanliness before and after program activity and reporting potential facility issues immediately.
Education
Skills
- Able to communicate with people from widely different backgrounds
- Capable of active listening and showing empathy
- The ability to develop new ideas, proactively seek opportunities and taking actions
- Ability to provide innovative and appropriate solutions given
- Able to prioritize duties, multi-task and work to set timeframes and deadlines
- Experienced in rostered and shift work
- Able to learn new things quickly and efficiently
Timeline
Residential Support Worker
SOTERIA Independent Living
01.2019 - Current
Disability support worker
Just Better Care
09.2018 - 01.2019
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