To utilize my knowledge and experience in community development and social work, and further gain experience while working, researching, and developing best practices within my field of interest and any other areas of needs. Work objectively to achieve my daily given tasks and to meet organizational goals.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Support Worker
Agape disability services
Manor lakes, Australia
04.2024 - Current
Helping with household tasks
Providing personal care support
Administering medication
Helping clients learn new skills
Supporting clients to start employment
Doing grocery shopping and preparing meals
Working with doctors and therapists to ensure support
Demonstrating and supporting new life skills, such as budgeting
Adjusting and adapting communication and body language to suit client needs
Supporting clients to develop new hobbies and interests
Transporting and accompanying clients to appointments
Disability support worker
CareAid Australia
11.2023 - Current
Helping with household chores i.e
- Vacuuming
- Dusting
- Washing the dishes
Providing social support to clients and helping them engage in social activities, like community participation
Providing emotional support and an open ear
Taking clients to hospital appointments
Disability support worker
Carebility Z Option
04.2023 - Current
Assisting with meal preparation
Helping with household chores i.e
Mopping the house
Vacuuming
Dusting
Sweeping the house
Washing the dishes
Laundry
Helping the client with taking a shower
Providing social support to clients and helping them engage in social activities, like going for a walk
Providing emotional support and an open ear
Cleaner
Mackillop College
03.2023 - Current
Clean workspaces, common areas, offices, hallways, and bathrooms
Sweep, mop, floors as needed
Vacuum carpeted areas and furniture
Dust and polish various surfaces
Restock bathrooms with supplies
Empty trash bins
Keep track of cleaning schedule
Souvlaki Gr
Werribee
02.2023 - 03.2023
Serving customers over the counter
Processing payments for the food ordered
Preparing and packing of online orders
Kitchen assistance which involves cooking, cleaning, and keeping the working area neat and clean
Enumerator
WORLD VISION KENYA
, Kenya
02.2020 - 12.2022
Received and reviewed incoming documents and materials
Prepared, boxed, and staged outgoing deliveries
Moved items from one manufacturing operation to another according to item routing
Mixed batches according to standardized preparations
Monitored supplies and maintain optimal levels for distribution requirements
Coordinating dispatch of food donations to needy families within the division sector
Built boxes, mixed batches according to standardized preparations, and packed food for dispatch
Label the boxes with each family’s name
Filling in questionnaires and collecting data on community activity support provided by World Vision when sponsoring needy children, building school amenities, and supplying water tanks and child protection
Filled paperwork with records of boxes and families the food will be distributed to
Ensured each family signed for the food distributed to them for proper records as this role required me to be attentive to details
Kept work areas neat, clean, and properly sanitized
Observed company safety procedures and standards when operating machinery, using sharp tools, and handling chemicals
Corporate social Responsibility Coordinator
Feed the Children International Organization
05.2019 - 12.2019
Conducting interviews to members of Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) which is a savings group and coordinating and conducting surveys from member to analyze member experience since joining the VSLA group
Office Support Manager
Fulbright Management and Construction Company Ltd.
, Kenya
11.2018 - 04.2019
Environmental responsibility-Coming up with initiatives to reduce pollution and ensuring the organization uses sustainable natural resources in all our sites
Human resource responsibility- Ensuring the organization is providing fair labor practices such as equal pay for equal work hence not exploiting our workers and child labor screening through identification number checks to ensure all employees are above 18 years old the age required by the Kenyan government
Philanthropic responsibility- Managing funds distribution to educational programs where the organization would sponsor needy children either in primary or secondary school levels
Doing background check on needy families to ascertain their financial background to ensure the organization provides financial support to needy families
Participating in support health initiatives such as providing dewormers to primary schools, taking surveys within the community to check progress of project initiated by the organization to know the most pressing need that required high attention
Student placement
FIRSTLOVE CHILDREN'S HOME
10.2017 - 12.2017
Ensuring that the children are ready for school the next day; by washing them, arranging their uniform, polishing their shoes etc
Assisting them in doing their homework
Packing and taking lunch to them at school
Picking them from school
Teaching the elder ones (boys and girls) on how to cook
Playing with them
Counseling them
Education
Bachelor of Social Work -
Deakin University
01.2026
Diploma in community development and social work -
Marist International University College
01.2017
High School Education -
01.2015
Primary school education -
01.2010
Skills
Managerial skills
Leadership
Communication skills
Administrative functions
Social skills
Teamwork
Cleaning skill
Product labelling
Stock monitoring
Pick up scheduling
References
Maria Saki, Contracts Compliance Officer, Department of Justice and Community Safety, 311 Spencer Street, Docklands, Melbourne, Vic 3000, 0411212944