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Jack Limbu
Disability Support Worker
Dallas,VIC
Summary
I have been working as a Support Worker since 2015, dedicated and compassionate to provides care, assistance, and support to people with disabilities. I love to work with people of all ages and abilities, providing personalized support to help them live as independently as possible and to improve their quality of life.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Disability Support Worker
St John of God Health Care
Melbourne, VIC
06.2023
- Assist a person or group of people to successfully; carry out day to day activities; maintain the best possible state of physical and emotional well- being; form family and social community connections; and manage their finances
- Write notes and incident reports, case reviews as required
- Provide the highest level of support for all clients and ensure each person supported is treated with respect that enhances their personal worth, dignity and rights, at all times
- Perform household tasks as required ensuring at all times consideration is given to Person Centered Active Support practices.
Extended Care Assistant/Hospital Assistant
Royal Hobart Hospital
01.2021
- Assist the NUM/Registered Nurse to design, implement and evaluate a range of diversional therapy programs that assist the patients with daily living
- Undertake activity programs as care plan to maintain the social, cognitive, and psychological skills for patients and undertake the coordination of equipment used for the maintenance and development of these programs
- Assist in the activities of daily living for patients, including showering, toileting, grooming and feeding
- Assist nursing staff with lifting and repositioning of patients
- Participate and contribute to staff meetings, ongoing education, quality improvement and the orientation of new staff
- Assisting nursing staff in planning, developing, and implementing diversional therapy programs for patients
- Establishing and maintaining effective relationships with patients and other health care professionals
- Provide cleaning and maintenance of equipment and work areas in accordance with infection control guidelines
- Provide catering services to patient and their family or the relevant unit and maintain safe food handling practices in accordance with Food Safety Guidelines
- Maintenance of ward linen stocks, including the handling of foul and nauseous linen and assist with the maintenance and ordering of stocks.
Support Worker
Community
Sunderland, Moonah, TAS
01.2019
- As plan or directed by Nurse, provide personal care assistance with bathing/showering, hygiene, dressing, grooming, lifting, mobility, and other personal care tasks
- Provide assistance to eating, communication, toileting, general activities and walking
- Provide care, contributing to the maintenance of a welcoming, clean environment for patients, visitor and staff
- Maintain infection control practices in the health environment
- Always adhere to principles of safe manual handling
- Follow Infection Control guidelines, policy and according to Cleaning Standards for Health Facilities
- Assist the service user in maintaining and enhancing practical skills to promote their level of independence
- Reports patient/visitor complaints and concerns to the Registered Nurse promptly.
Support Worker
Anglicare Tasmania Inc
Collins, Hobart, TAS
03.2018 - 12.2022
- Provide transport support to attend medical appointments and enable service users to access community and social activities and recreational plans
- In line with the clients’ care plan, provide personal care assistance with bathing/showering, hygiene, dressing, grooming, lifting, mobility, and other personal care tasks
- In line with the clients’ care plan, undertake domestic duties such as vacuuming, cleaning, laundry, food preparation and shopping
- Provide social interaction and emotional support to clients
- Always provide quality service by responding to individual needs and requirements with flexibility and safety
- Administer prescribed medication in accordance with established policies and guidelines
- Establish appropriate and effective working relationships with service users, maintaining professional boundaries
- Assist the service user in maintaining and enhancing practical skills to promote their level of independence.
Care Assistant
Alpha Nursing Agency
Elizabeth, Melbourne, VIC
09.2016 - 04.2017
- Provide personal care to assist residents to maintain independence and dignity with respect to activities of daily living and lifestyle
- Ensure residents’ daily care is provided in a dignified manner, resident look neat and tidy, hair is well groomed, food stains removed from face and clothes
- Attends to resident toileting and continence care as per the allocated pad system
- Reports any changes in residents’ condition to RN
- Assist residents to move or transfer (using wheelchair, hoist machine, walking frame)
- Participate in handover meeting and follow as guided by RN or Team Leader.
Assistant
Mediserve Nursing Agency
East Perth, WA
03.2015 - 08.2016
- Preparation of table over bed, safe positioning of patients to receive meals, assist with cutting up food and opening packages, physically feeding patients who are unable to do so for themselves under the direction of the RN
- Assist patient with showering, bath and bed wash, oral hygiene, brushing teeth, and cleaning of dentures, dressing and grooming of patients, observation of basic skin integrity & report skin condition to the RN, facial shaves of male patients, hair care, nail care
- Assist patients to transfer from bed to chair, change position in bed, toileting, mobility
- Assists nurses with patient transfers and manual handling, measuring, and recording urine from urine collecting drainage bags, report any abnormalities to the RN
- Demonstrate empathy towards patients and relatives and treat individuals and their families and peers with dignity, respect, and honesty at all times, maintain confidentiality
- Report all incidents of neglect, physical, verbal, emotional, financial, and sexual abuse to the line manager immediately
- Implement infection control standards with all work undertaken, apply practical intervention procedures for dementia or behavioral problems
- Assists in restocking of the treatment room & linen room/trolley as required.
Education
Certificate IV in Community Services form TasTAFE Certificate III in Aged Care - (CHC30212) Certificate III in Disability - (CHC30408) Apply First Aid Certificate (HLTFA311A) -
Skills
Daily living assistance
Medication organization
Documentation skills
Appointment management
Grooming support
Networking with staff
Visiting patient homes
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Data Entry
Interests
Hiking
Music
Timeline
Disability Support Worker
St John of God Health Care
06.2023
Extended Care Assistant/Hospital Assistant
Royal Hobart Hospital
01.2021
Support Worker
Community
01.2019
Support Worker
Anglicare Tasmania Inc
03.2018 - 12.2022
Care Assistant
Alpha Nursing Agency
09.2016 - 04.2017
Assistant
Mediserve Nursing Agency
03.2015 - 08.2016