Grace Bamford
Frankston South,Victoria
Summary
Dedicated and empathetic professional with experience at Nepean Special School, skilled in enhancing student independence and fostering a safe environment. Highly motivated to support individuals with disabilities, demonstrating initiative and an optimistic outlook. Proficient in personal care and communication strategies, ensuring clients achieve their goals while feeling respected and valued.
Hello, I'm Grace, I have a down to earth caring nature with an extremely strong passion and love for working alongside children, teenagers and adults with disabilities. I am a compassionate Teachers Aid at Nepean Special School aswella lotalot of confidence to help and understand individuals across a wide range of ages and needs support their current goals.
outside of work I like to spend my time participating in numerous gym classes, surrounding myself in nature and have a strong passion for anything traveling, hiking and animals.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Nepean Special School
Teachers Aid
02.2024 - Current
- Providing support to students who require additional help with tasks as well as school related education.
- Assist with personal care (toileting, manual transferring, hoisting)
- Help support the students to enhance their independence as much as their physical and mental ability.
- Aid teachers, physios, psychologists to help create education and safety provided to each student when necessary.
- Communicate through devices, pods, reading body language, behaviors, understanding importances to give waiting time to process information to allow for an answer.
- Assist with mealtime on green, yellow and one red profile of a student.
- Work with a variety of children with physical and mental disabilities of high functioning to low functioning.
- Can understand and reciprocate ausland
Disability Support Worker
Encompass House & Salt Program
11.2023 - Current
- Provide physical and emotional support to clients with disability
- Encourage independence
- Help individuals achieve their goals and aspirations within their needs
- Assisting clients with medicine management
- Help assist clients with personal care (showering, toileting,
manual transfers.
- Support participant with physical or intellectual disability to help reach confidence and independence
- Helping individuals access the community and reach there required goals and tasks whilst maintaining independent as possible
- Ensure safe and respectful environment for each participants needs and create and maintain safe and trustful environment to build relationships where students and participant's can feel safe communicating physical or mental problems/ challenges which aid de-escalation of challenging behaviors.
- Aid participants with specific plans and support based on their evolving needs.
- Provide safe and efficient transport
Education
Education And Expirence
Skills
- Highly motivated
- Empathetic
- Demonstrates initiative
- Optimistic outlook
- Engaging personality
Timeline
Nepean Special School
Teachers Aid
02.2024 - Current
Disability Support Worker
Encompass House & Salt Program
11.2023 - Current
Education And Expirence