Juanita Combeer
Coconut Grove
Summary
Compassionate and reliable support worker with experience in aged care and a background in mental health, committed to supporting people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. I bring a person-centred approach and strong communication, de-escalation, and reflective risk assessment skills. I can work well independently and as part of a team, follow safety and incident reporting procedures, and contribute to a safe, respectful environment.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Support Worker
Hire Up
06.2025 - Current
Personal Support Worker
Self-employed
09.2021 - Current
Lifestyle Therapist
Southern Cross Care, Pearl Assisted Living Facility
06.2024 - 03.2025
Exercise Coach
Southern Cross Care, Pearl Assisted Living Facility
03.2024 - 06.2024
Respite Assistant
Southern Cross Care
04.2023 - 03.2024
Home Support Worker
Alliance Community
09.2022 - 02.2023
Home Support Worker
Regis Aged Care
01.2021 - 07.2021
Personal/Home Support Worker
Southern Cross Care
01.2018 - 08.2020
Positions Prior to Support Worker
Various
01.1990 - 08.1998
Employed positions prior to Personal Support Worker roles
- Administration
- Bookkeeper
- Medical typist
- Receptionist
- Private house cleaner
- Galley assistant, waitress and housekeeper
- Sales assistant
- Production line worker
- Cafe attendant
Education
Certificate 4 - Ageing Support
Australian College of Community Services And Care
OnlineCertificate 3 - fitness
Charles Darwin University
Casuarina, NT08.2025
Certificate 3 - Individual Support
Celtic Training
Adelaide, SA03.2017
Certificate 3 - Sterilisation Services
TIME
Mile End, SA06.2014
Skills
- Maintained professional relationships
- Attentive listening and communication skills
- Work independently and as part of a team
- Understanding and responding to client’s emotions
- React appropriately to incidences ensuring the safety of clients
- Handle confidential and sensitive situations/information in a professional manner
- Updating skills when necessary
- Documenting daily activities/progress notes
- Recognise healthy body systems
- Provide support to clients with mental health issues, intellectual disabilities, neurological disorders, dementia, building their trust
- Use of PPE, Infection control
- General administration procedures
- Encourage residents to join in and socialise
- Observe and analyse daily each resident to determine the best approach
- Adapting to and entering the world of each resident
- Identifying individual strengths, weaknesses, interests, and abilities
- Promote independence
- Designing and implementing personalized leisure and recreational programs, modifying programs based on client needs and progress
- Completing food orders/delivery & safety check lists
- Complete risk assessments of various locations to attend
- Organise and implement various outings and activities outside of the centre
- Pick up/Drop off using company bus
- Recorded client’s pulse, blood pressure and respirations to assess and document important health information for care team
- Follow care plans and check for updates
- Making of beds and general housekeeping/tidying
- Behaviour management/redirection
- Emotional resilience
- Professional boundaries
- Medication administration
- Observational skills
- First aid and CPR
- Emotional support
- Safety procedures
Certification
- Ochre card Expires February 2027
- Provide First Aid HLTAID011 Obtained April 2025
- Food Safety Supervision Skill Set December 2023
- NDIS Worker Check Obtained October 2022
- RDNS Assist with Medication Obtained November 2022
- Conduct Manual Handling Tasks Safely HLTWHS005 September 2022
- Current Police Check (can be obtained)
- Comprehensive car insurance and roadside assist
Timeline
Home Support Worker
Hire Up
06.2025 - Current
Lifestyle Therapist
Southern Cross Care, Pearl Assisted Living Facility
06.2024 - 03.2025
Exercise Coach
Southern Cross Care, Pearl Assisted Living Facility
03.2024 - 06.2024
Respite Assistant
Southern Cross Care
04.2023 - 03.2024
Home Support Worker
Alliance Community
09.2022 - 02.2023
Personal Support Worker
Self-employed
09.2021 - Current
Home Support Worker
Regis Aged Care
01.2021 - 07.2021
Personal/Home Support Worker
Southern Cross Care
01.2018 - 08.2020
Positions Prior to Support Worker
Various
01.1990 - 08.1998
Certificate 3 - Individual Support
Celtic Training
Certificate 3 - Sterilisation Services
TIME
Certificate 4 - Ageing Support
Australian College of Community Services And Care
Certificate 3 - fitness
Charles Darwin University
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