Harpreet Cheema
Clyde,Australia
Summary
Skilled Community Support & Residential youth Worker with 8 years plus experience 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 the ability to manage challenging behaviors effectively, facilitate group therapy sessions, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure youth's wellbeing. Impact made through consistent provision of positive role modeling and effective behavior modification strategies. Skilled in Team Leadership and Problem-Solving, I excelled at Brackenridge, enhancing service quality through innovative program development and effective team coordination. Demonstrating a strong ability in Client Support and Educational Activities, I successfully mentored staff and empowered youths, significantly contributing to their positive development and independence. 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 behaviors effectively, facilitate group therapy sessions, and coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure youth's wellbeing. Impact made through consistent provision of positive role modeling and effective behavior modification strategies.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RESIDENTIAL YOUTH WORKER
Junction Support Services
Melbourne, Australia
03.2024 - Current
- Provided individual and group counseling sessions to adolescents in residential care setting.
- Facilitated daily activities such as educational, recreational, and social skill development for youth.
- Organized weekly house meetings for kids and updated documents on a regular basis, such as LAC (EIR, APR, CPP/RCPP), health data, key carer reports, weekly plans, menus, and all others.
- Monitored and documented the progress of each resident's mental health status.
- Conducted assessments of youth to identify any potential behavioral or emotional issues.
- Maintained a safe environment by enforcing rules and regulations set forth by the facility.
- Developed positive relationships with residents through open communication, trust building, and role modeling.
- Encouraged independent living skills such as budgeting, grocery shopping, meal preparation.
- Participated in weekly case conferences to review client progress and develop new goals for clients.
- Provided support services to families of residents in order to ensure successful transition back into home life after release from residential care setting.
- Educated parents on appropriate parenting techniques during family therapy sessions.
- Organized recreational activities such as field trips and outdoor sports events for youth participants.
- Managed medication administration process for residents according to physician instructions.
- Coordinated community resources such as housing assistance programs and job training opportunities for former residents.
- Promoted healthy lifestyle choices among young adults through education about nutrition, exercise, substance abuse prevention strategies.
RESIDENTIAL YOUTH CARE WORKER
Anglicare Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
08.2024 - Current
- Work as part of a team to deliver high-quality care to young people in a residential facility.
- Direct service work with young people in the program, and where appropriate, their families, as per program guidelines.
- Contribution to the development and maintenance of a safe, secure, and planned environment wherein residents' developmental needs are effectively met as per program guidelines.
- Contribution to the development of participant group cohesion, and the positive utilization of group dynamics within the program, as per program guidelines.
- Ability to undertake Looking After Children (LAC) requirements for clients and monitoring of relevant documentation of LAC.
- Understanding the impact of trauma on the behaviors of adolescents in care.
- Implementing current practices in therapeutic interventions for adolescents in care regarding trauma and attachment.
- Contribution to the development of a comprehensive education and living skills program, as per program guidelines.
- Undertake designated case functions and tasks as per individual client plans.
- Providing opportunities for the development of resident young people's social and recreational skills, as per program guidelines.
- Liaison with schools, DHS, Centrelink, and other relevant agencies regarding matters in relation to individual young people.
- Keeping the Unit Coordinator fully briefed about all matters relating to the appointee's role in the program, and immediately reporting all critical incidents and issues.
- Meeting the administrative and documentation requirements of the agency.
- General household tasks, including shopping, cooking, maintenance, and cleaning.
- Undertake further education in relation to the direct care of a range of childhood ages.
- Maintain all relevant qualifications required for the role, including (but not limited to) completion of Fire Safety Training and annual First Aid Management training.
TEAM LEADER (RESIDENTIAL SERVICES)
Brackenridge
Christchurch, New Zealand
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Provide job related advice, support, and direction to team members.
- Coordinate, lead and facilitate regular staff meetings even if the Service Manager is in attendance.
- Influence and mentor others in a positive and constructive way and demonstrate the capacity to work cooperatively alongside others to achieve common goals.
- Challenge behaviors and processes which do not positively advance service quality whilst being prepared to accept feedback about your own behavior.
- Positively promote the person-centered model.
- Work in partnership with families/whanau to plan and implement appropriate initiatives for the achievement of the individual's long term needs while considering short term limitations.
- Assist in planning and development of tailored learning development programs as identified in the individual plans.
- Take a lead role in facilitating and supporting individuals in decision making, promoting choice and involvement giving full regard to planning initiatives and activity programs aimed at promoting individual empowerment.
Community Support Worker
Brackenridge
Christchurch, New Zealand
08.2017 - 12.2023
- Planning, organizing and implementing of new activities with clients.
- Fully trained on how to deal with health and safety issues, first aid, self-harm and harming other clients.
- Working with people who have intellectual disabilities and autism.
- Supporting clients at their day placement centers and outdoor activities.
- Knowledge of Control & Restraint Techniques.
- Execution of strategies and plans as planned by behavioral specialist.
- Provided emotional support and guidance to youths in difficult situations.
- Assisted with the development of individual plans for each youth's academic success.
- Maintained records of program services provided to ensure compliance with regulations.
- Collaborated with other professionals to provide comprehensive services to clients.
- Helped clients develop independent living skills, such as budgeting, cooking and cleaning.
- Supported clients to access education, training or employment opportunities.
Education
Certificate IV -
Child, Youth and Family Intervention
Certificate IV -
Social And Community Services
Certificate III -
Health & Wellbeing
National Diploma -
Business Management Level 5 & Level 6
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Problem-Solving
- Goal Setting
- Work Planning
- Documentation and Reporting
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Safety
- Client Support
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Coaching
- Special Needs Familiarity
- Educational Activities
Certification
- Four Resi. Top up units
- Current TCI
- Current First Aid & CPR Certificate
- Current WWC check
- Current CPI & MAPA
- Current Trauma Training
- Current Boundaries and Ethics Training
- Victoria Driving License
- Current Positive Behavior Support
- Current police check
- Hope and Healing
- Current NDIS Screening Check
References
- Codie O'Halloran, Team Manager, Codie.ohalloran@junction.org.au, 0428789797
- Emal Cikos, Emal.Cikos@junction.org.au, 0468324238
Timeline
RESIDENTIAL YOUTH CARE WORKER
Anglicare Victoria
08.2024 - Current
RESIDENTIAL YOUTH WORKER
Junction Support Services
03.2024 - Current
TEAM LEADER (RESIDENTIAL SERVICES)
Brackenridge
01.2023 - 12.2023
Community Support Worker
Brackenridge
08.2017 - 12.2023
Certificate IV -
Child, Youth and Family Intervention
Certificate IV -
Social And Community Services
Certificate III -
Health & Wellbeing
National Diploma -
Business Management Level 5 & Level 6
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