Joanne Kutto

Compassionate Disability Support Worker with experience. Well-versed in helping individuals living with disabilities. Knowledgeable about providing daily living support, preparing meals and assisting with personal mobility. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

• Developed experience and skills in handling various clients
• Gained strong communication and listening skills with culturally diverse clients.
• Developed skills in dealing with challenging behaviors such as agitation and other violent behaviors.
• Helped clients to achieve their short-term goals as well as work through achieving their long-term goals.

• Direct care support for individual clients as specified in their personal care plans.
• Assisting clients with community access to assess their lively hood needs such as shopping, recreational activities and GP appointments.
• Advocating for clients’ needs.
• Promoting independence with clients by respecting their needs and choices.
• Assisting clients with ADLs such as dressing/grooming, showering/bathing,transfers and toileting.
• Preparing meals as per their food preference and consideration of allergies.
• Assisting individual clients to eat their meals
• Additional support such as assisting with feeding.
• Medication administration by following the medication rights and guidelines and monitoring side effects.
• Adhering to workplace health and safety standards such as manual handling, infection control and no lifting policies.
• Performing household duties and ensuring the house is clean and tidy
• Behavioral support through managing of challenging behavior's such as agitation and aggression.
• Mandatory reporting and proper documentation of clients’ progress.

afternoon, nights and sleep shifts both on the weekends and weekdays, during the festive seasons and school breaks

• Ms Rebecca Boit, Support Worker Co-ordinator, NT Respite Care Plus, 0452357641
• Ms Ruth Kemboi, House Team Leader, 0451645618

• Hoist Experience
• Medication management.