James Kabaria
Officer,VIC
Summary
To professionally follow set policies & procedures with the experience that I have built to empower and improve the quality of lives of clients living with disability. To leverage my comprehensive experience and deep understanding of supporting individuals with diverse disabilities, including mental health conditions, physical, cognitive, and non-verbal disabilities, to enhance clients' quality of life, foster independence, and promote inclusion. I aim to continue building a trusted reputation in disability care by delivering compassionate, person-cantered support while maintaining professionalism and empathy in every interaction. My goal is to contribute to a supportive and inclusive environment where clients can achieve personal growth, social engagement, and emotional well-being, while continuously improving my skills through ongoing learning and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Peakcare services
09.2025 - 03.2026
Cocoon SDA care
11.2024 - 06.2025
Realcare Community Services
01.2024 - 09.2024
- Overview:
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living to support and empower them to live a normal and meaningful life.
- Responsibilities
- Direct personal care such as showering, dressing, transfer, toileting & shaving.
- Domestic duties include meal preparation, cleaning, laundry, mopping and house maintenance.
- Medication Administration.
- Supporting and empowering clients guided by a person-centered model.
- Document health notes and other clients and organization related information.
- Advocates for clients physical, health and general well-being.
- Promoting personal choice and control of clients so that they can be able to make their own decisions.
- Ensures standards of professional care of residents are implemented in accordance with organizational policies.
- Reports on any changes in the health status of residents.
- Helping clients in aspects of daily living, planning of their daily routine and accessing the community through various activities like shopping and taking clients for appointments.
- Participates in activities aimed at the continuous improvement of service to clients.
- Ensures all appropriate records are maintained in a timely, confidential, and accurate manner
- Helping clients in implementing support plans based on the needs, preference and interest of each client.
Education
Social Work
Institute Health of Management
Melbourne, VICSkills
- Person-centered care understanding
- Experience in providing direct personal assistance to disabled clients including but not limited to showering, shaving, toileting, mobility, and oral care
- Skills to carry out domestic duties such as laundry and ironing
- Safe food-handling skills
- PEG feeding experience
- Stoma care experience
- Bowel care management
- Experience with catheter management
- Complex behaviors
- Mental health experience
- Ability to always maintain client confidentiality and privacy
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to clients’ needs
- Time and self-management skills to meet deadlines
- Manual handling tasks involved using sara steady, standing machines, ceiling hoists, sliding sheets, walkers, and wheelchairs
- Supporting and respecting clients culturally, socially, emotionally, and holistically
- Identifying and reporting hazards
- Incident reports and documentation
- Excellent customer service reputation
- Ability to adapt into people’s needs
- Proficient communication skills
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Hardworking and good team player
- Well organized and good time management skills
- Good problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Supportive
- Honesty and integrity
- Resilient
- Reliable and productive
- Positive and Trustworthy
Certification
- Current Level 2 First Aid Certificate and CPR.
- National Disability Insurance Check.
- International Police Clearance.
- Current Victoria Police check
- Working Rights.
- Valid Driver’s license
- Working with Children Check (Employee)
- Certificate IV in Disability
- Manual handling Victoria
- Fire safety Training
- NDIS supporting Effective Communication
- NDIS supports safe and enjoyable meals
- Influenza (flu) shot
- Supporting safe medication administration
- Full COVID 19 Vaccination with booster shot
- Correct use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in healthcare
- Hand hygiene for clinical health workers
Timeline
Peakcare services
09.2025 - 03.2026
Cocoon SDA care
11.2024 - 06.2025
Realcare Community Services
01.2024 - 09.2024
Social Work
Institute Health of Management