Japheth Kipruto Lagat
Australia
Summary
I am a compassionate and dedicated disability and support worker with over two years of experience in providing high-quality care and assistance to individuals with diverse needs. I have deep understanding of physical, emotional, and psychological challenges faced by clients, I am committed to promoting their independence and enhancing their quality of life. I am skilled in developing personalized care plans, implementing therapeutic activities, and fostering a supportive environment that encourages growth and empowerment. I am trained in CPR, First Aid, mental health first aid, which enables me to respond effectively to emergencies while ensuring the well-being of my clients. I excel in building trusting relationships with clients and their families, advocating for their rights, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive care. My approach is centered on empathy, patience, and respect, enabling me to meet the unique needs of each individual. I am looking forward to bringing my expertise, passion, and commitment to supporting those with disabilities to a new role, where I can contribute to positive outcomes and make a meaningful.
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Disability Support Worker
NATIONAL DISABILITY SOLUTION
- Responsible for the delivery of care and services to residents in all areas of daily living in accordance with the resident's identified needs and preferences.
- This includes:
- Assisting with patient transfer using non-lift policy as per the manual handling procedures.
- Teaching life skills, road safety, use of public transport, cooking.
- To help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including incontinence and help in use and care of aids and personal equipment.
- Ensure clients daily care is provided in a dignified manner, residents look neat and tidy, hair is well groomed, food stains removed from face and clothes.
- Filing the resident charts observation appropriately as per the clients specific needs.
- Administering medication in a proper way applying all the 7R's policy.
- Enable the client to feel equal as others in the society.
- Always on time according to the shift roster given.
- Providing reports on the client progress to my supervisor.
- Providing personal care to assist residents
- Providing clients nutrition and hydration in a timely manner.
Service support worker
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- Responsible for the delivery of care and services to residents in all areas of daily living in accordance with the client's identified needs and preferences.
- This includes:
- Providing personal care to assist clients to maintain independence and dignity with respect to activities of daily living and lifestyle.
- Attending clients toileting and pressure areas.
- Provide care for people who have complex and challenging needs in terms of their behaviour and emotional, psychological and developmental well-being.
- Delivering of care in accordance with duties list relevant for allocated shift
- Emptying leg bag when it is full and recording the measurements.
- Providing clients nutrition and hydration in a timely manner.
- Ensuring clients daily care is provided in a dignified manner, residents looks neat and tidy, hair is well groomed, food stains removed from face and clothes.
- Attending to continence care as per the allocated pad system
- Documenting daily in the daily care notes and charts client's observations.
- Reporting any changes in client’s condition to clinical care coordinator.
- Administering medication in a competent and safe manner.
Skills
- Daily living assistance
- Problem-solving
- Housekeeping and meal preparation
- Personal care
Certification
- First aid certificate
- Certificate III in Disability Support.
- Manual handling
- Medication competence
- NDIS Screening Check
- Work with children check
- Current police clearance
CAREER OBJECTIVES
- Work effectively with aboriginal and Torres strait Islanders.
- Identify and respond to children and young people at risk.
- Work with people with mental health issues.
- Working within a community development framework.
- Work effectively within community sector.
- Work within the administration protocols of the organisation.
- Work within a relevant legal and ethical framework.
- Respond holistically to client issues and refer appropriately.
- Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers.
- Maintain an effective work environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- WHAT I CAN DO
- Compiling incident reports and other documentation in compliance rules and regulation.
- Providing personal care for clients including showering, toileting, dressing and grooming.
- Support new staff on their first days at work as a buddy.
- Social support and companion to clients.
- Help clients with domestic chores like cleaning and cooking.
- Advocate on behalf of clients if necessary.
- Making beds and providing assistance with meals and drinks.
- Participating in and providing entertainment activities to clients.
- Maintaining updated personal records of clients.
- Help with feeding of clients.
- Comply with relevant legislation like the Disability Service Act.
- Working with the other team members to make sure all houses rules, procedures and policies are adhered to observe and report changes in client health and wellbeing.
- Overseeing daily chores to the youths.
- Acting as an advocate for the organization.
- Follow organization policies and procedures.
Timeline
Service support worker
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Disability Support Worker
NATIONAL DISABILITY SOLUTION