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Keelin Mackin

81 Wilton Avenue, Warradale,SA

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Educator

G8 Education
Colonel Light Gardens, SA
05.2023 - Current
  • Plan and lead the development and delivery of the learning program for the room; as per the Early Years Learning Framework and service philosophy.
  • Develop and implement developmental programs for observations; in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards.
  • Compliance at all times with the National Quality Framework, all relevant legislation both state and federal and the National Quality Standards.
  • Welcome each child and their family to the centre each day, ensuring my communication is meaningful, authentic, and culturally competent.
  • Foster a sense of belonging at the service for all families, and ensure that their experiences there are positive.
  • Communicate positively and respectfully with children, families, management and other educators.
  • Establishing relationships and developing positive interactions with children, families and other educators.
  • Commitment to on-going learning and development as a professional.
  • Develop and implement developmental programs in accordance with the Early Years Learning Framework and National Quality Standards.
  • Document monthly observations for all children under my care, with summative assessments documented twice yearly for these children.
  • Ensure that all information provided to you via parent, staff conversations, and phone calls is passed on to the appropriate persons confidentially and respectfully. Any information disclosed remained confidential.
  • Ensure room was rest, safe and inviting for children each day.
  • Guide other educators, casual staff, and volunteers on effectively managing children's behaviour, planning a curriculum, and liaising with families.

Assistant Educator

G8 Education
Colonel Light Gardens, SA
10.2022 - 05.2023
  • Develop and maintain effective and respectful relationships with children, families, Early Childhood Professions to ensure privacy and confidentiality is maintained, at all times.
  • Provide physical care of children and babies and respond to their emotional needs to maintain trust, develop nurturing relationships, guide positive relationships and ensure the dignity and rights of each child were maintained.
  • Promote and support inclusive practice to ensure that the service is able to support families from a range of cultures, backgrounds, experiences and situations.
  • Develop, plan and implement a quality educational program reflective of the National Learning Framework in consultation with children, families and the Educational Leader.
  • Maintain the overall cleanliness, tidiness, security and safety of the Service and supervision of flexible and simulating learning environments
  • Maintain confidential and accurate updated observational records of children to meet legislative and regulatory requirements (monthly observation and twice yearly summative assessments).
  • Actively contribute to the review of policies and procedures to maintain regulatory compliance..

Volunteer

Casa Bambi
Seacliff, South Australia
05.2022 - 10.2022
  • Maintained a safe and hygienic environment for children, families and educators.
  • Complied with NQS and G8 Educations policies and procedures.
  • Supported the Lead Educators to deliver planned programs by working collaboratively with them in setting up, packing away and supporting children to engage with materials and resources.
  • Supported my room educators with day to day runnings, to ensure smooth and seamless transitions.
  • Engaged with children during free and planned activities.
  • Modeled care, empathy and respect for all children, families and staff.
  • Built and maintained positive and reciprocal relationships with children and their families.
  • Maintained a sun safe environment by checking UV, applying sunscreen and ensuring children had wide brimmed hats on before going outside.
  • Participated with supervising indoor and outdoor play.

Volunteer Playgroup Assistant

Holdfast Bay
Hove, South Australia
02.2021 - 11.2021
  • Assisted with playgroup set up and pack up
  • Facilitated parents and children (0-5 years) to actively engage in play sessions and planned activities,
  • Monitored cleanliness of play sessions.
  • Promoted children's safety during play sessions.
  • Lead activities, sing a long sessions and story telling.
  • Assisted with the implementation of playgroup program.
  • Provided feedback to playgroup Co-Ordinator and assisted with the development of new activities and programs.
  • Attended playgroup meetings to discuss finances and programming.

Volunteer

Aussie Kindies
North Ipswich, Queensland
05.2019 - 11.2020
  • Maintained a safe and hygienic environment for children, families and educators.
  • Complied with NQS and Affinity Educations policies and procedures.
  • Supported the Lead Educator to deliver planned programs by working collaboratively with them in setting up, packing away and supporting children to engage with materials and resources.
  • Supported my room educators with day to day runnings, to ensure smooth and seamless transitions.
  • Engaged with children during free and planned activities.
  • Modeled care, empathy and respect for all children, families and staff.
  • Built and maintained positive and reciprocal relationships with children and their families.
  • Changed nappies and assisted with toileting under supervision.
  • Prepared food, heated bottles and served meals under supervision.
  • Maintained a sun safe environment by checking UV, applying sunscreen and ensuring children had wide brimmed hats on before going outside.
  • Assisted with recording children's information for documentation e.g amount of meals they ate, duration of sleep, when sun screen was applied and toileting information.
  • Participated with supervising indoor and outdoor play.

Dental Front Office Coordinator

Winsdor Gardens Dental
Windsor Gardens, South Australia
01.2018 - 12.2018
  • Open and close practice at requested times
  • Dealing with calls/emails from patients
  • Booking patients in for further treatments with other practitioners and or liaise with specialists.
  • Writing to patients where necessary to chase payment or sending out reminders that they need to be seen for further dental treatment.
  • Using D4W to book, change and cancel appointments with our practice.
  • General administration tasks, such as photocopying, scanning, faxing, printing and sorting/filing/sending forms/specialist correspondence.
  • Handling payment from patients (cash, cards CDBS, SADS Veterans Affairs).
  • Helping manage practice Facebook page
  • Recalls (organising 6 monthly dental check ups)
  • Settle end of day HICAPS, EFTPOS and daily productivity

Dental Receptionist

Walsh Dental
Burnside, South Australia
01.2017 - 05.2017
  • Open and close practice at requested times
  • Provide reception duties; answer patients queries via phone and email, process payment, schedule appointments and make follow up calls after treatment.
  • Wipe down and set up the room for the dental hygienists and therapists in between your own patients.
  • Wash and sterilize instruments used after treatment and bag them correctly, using neutral detergent and drying thoroughly
  • Maintain adequate levels of dental supplies and be accountable for stock control and there invoices, liaison with dental reps and companies to order stock and find the best deals on products.
  • Settle end of day HICAPS, EFTPOS and banking

Dental Assistant

East Adelaide Dental Studio
Glenside, South Australia
08.2016 - 12.2016
  • Prepare the surgery for dental treatment with correct instruments/materials in correct working sequence for use as directed by the practitioner.
  • Make detailed clinical notes during treatment.
  • Provide and pass instruments
  • Dispense materials during oral examinations and during treatments, as directed by the operator.
  • Provide pre- and post-operative instructions for patients following dental extractions and dental surgery.
  • Clear the patient's mouth of saliva or dental materials used in the treatment by operating low and high volume suction.
  • Process and orientate dental radiographs.
  • Clean and tidy the surgery and implement procedures for infection control after every patient
  • Maintaining cleanliness and proper functioning of the dental chair in the surgery.
  • Wipe down and set up the room for the dental hygienists and therapists in between your own patients.
  • Wash and sterilize instruments used after treatment and bag them correctly, using neutral detergent and drying thoroughly
  • Maintain adequate levels of dental supplies and be accountable for stock control and there invoices, liaison with dental reps and companies to order stock and find the best deals on products.
  • Provide reception duties; answer patients queries via phone and email, process payment, schedule appointments and make follow up calls after treatment.

Senior Sterilisation Technician

Health Partners
Adealide CBD, South Australia
04.2014 - 08.2016
  • Open and close CSU every morning and night in the appropriate start up and shut down manner.
  • Run the test cycles for the day, ensuring all equipment is operating correctly before the day can begin.
  • Clean and disinfect instruments and equipment as the come in and prepare them for sterilisation.
  • Maintain excellent infection control (PPE) and personal hygiene.
  • Sterilise instruments and equipment correctly, checking packaging’s integrity post sterilisation. I also had to ensure all instruments and equipment has reached the correct parameters for the required period of time before unloading autoclaves and washer-disinfectors.
  • Maintaining records of parameter checks and test cycles done each morning. To be collected by Infection Control Manager at the end of each month.
  • Examine in house dental equipment as it comes through CSU. This is to detect leaks, worn or loose parts, or other indications of disrepair. I then notified the Infection Control Manager.
  • Operate and maintain Ultrasonics, Assistinas, Washer-disenfectors,Lisa autoclaves, heat sealers and Gentinge Sterilisers.
  • Maintain records of inventory, their usage and order instruments or supplies when stock is low. All records where given to Team Leader Dental Assistant at the end of each week.
  • Organize and assemble routine and specialty instrument trays and set ups, filling special requests as needed (in house Endodontists, Prosodontist and visiting Orthodontist)
  • Attend in house and out of house organised infection control programs related to areas of work specialisation.
  • Decontaminated all surgery dental chairs, in accordance with Health Partners procedure at the end of each month. Document decontamination and give to Infection Control Manager.
  • Call dental laboratories in the morning and evening for days lab jobs and document the lab called, time and the dentist using the lab.
  • Act as a backup dental assistant at any given time.

Dental Assistant

Adelaide Town Hall Dental
Adelaide CBD, Adelaide
04.2012 - 04.2014
  • Prepare the surgery for dental treatment with correct instruments/materials in correct working sequence for use as directed by the practitioner.
  • Record findings from oral examinations and explain to patient if required.
  • Dispense materials during oral examinations and during treatments, as directed by the operator.
  • Provide and assemble local anesthetic correctly depending on tooth to be worked on; without direction.
  • Provide pre- and post-operative instructions for patients following dental extractions and explain possible complications and risks associated with treatment e.g. trismus.
  • Clear the patient's mouth of saliva or dental materials used in the treatment by operating handheld suction and triplex syringe
  • Maintain a clean field of vision for the operator by using triplex syringe and suction.
  • Wash and dry cavity prep to reduce duties for operator
  • Process, mount and file dental radiographs.
  • Wash and sterilise instruments used after treatment and bag them correctly, using neutral detergent and drying thoroughly.
  • Clean and tidy the surgery and implement procedures for infection control after every patient
  • Make appointments for patients, keeping records of patients' treatments and sending out reminders for recalls, incomplete treatment, treatment estimates etc. as well as liaison with specialist and other dentists on the patients’ behalf and occasionally dentists’ behalf.
  • Maintain adequate levels of dental supplies and be accountable for stock control and their invoices, liaison with dental reps and companies to order stock and find the best deals on products
  • Process accounts and collect payment
  • Process Medicare, Teen Dental and Veterans Affairs payments
  • Answer phone and email enquiries and preformed routine administration duties.

Retail Assistant

Cheap as Chips
Morphett Vale, South Australia
08.2010 - 07.2013
  • Providing point of sale transactions for customers goods.
  • Providing customer service remotely and in person.
  • Answering customer enquiries over the phone.
  • Communicating with suppliers and handling deliveries.
  • Keeping shops and displays as clean and tidy as possible
  • Being vigilant at all times to minimize retail theft and stock loss.
  • Money handling and banking
  • Stock rotation and stocktaking

Education

Year 12 Certificate -

St Marks High School
Northern Ireland
06.2006

HLT35021 Certificate III in Dental Assisting -

TAFE SA
Gillies Plains
07.2013

Working With Children Check -

Department of Human Service
Screening Unit
01.2021

Responding To Risks of Harm, Abuse And Neglect-Education And Care (RRHAN-EC)) Fundamentals Course. -

Department For Education
Adelaide
03.2022

HLTAID012-Provide First Aid in An Education And Care Setting -

First Aid Pro/Annual refreshers
Adelaide CBD
08.2022

Certificate III in Early Childhood Education & Care -

Tafe Queensland
Sunshine Coast

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education -

University of South Australia
Magill

Skills

  • Works efficiently
  • Demonstrates integrity
  • Effective communicator and active listener
  • Seeks assistance when necessary
  • Don’t take criticism personally
  • Sustains work efforts despite setbacks
  • Displays a positive disposition
  • Resilient-recovers from setbacks and overcomes challenges
  • Persistence to achieve personal and professional goals
  • Adapts to change
  • Takes responsibility for work outcomes

Referees

Ashley Horvat (Former Centre Director)

Work Reference/Character Reference

Address: 61 Salisbury Cresent, Colonel Light Gardens, 5041

Email: N/a

Mobile: 0419 897 090

Naleena K. Sreedharan (Lead Educator)

Work/Character Reference

Address: 67 Salisbury Cresent, Colonel Light Gardens, 5041

Email: nal9099@gmail.com

Mobile: 0426 469 099

Evie Mitchell (Assistant Educator)

Work/Character Reference

Address: 67 Salisbury Cresent, Colonel Light Gardens, 5041

Email: eviemitchell26@gmail.com

Mobile: 0435 539 474

Timeline

Lead Educator

G8 Education
05.2023 - Current

Assistant Educator

G8 Education
10.2022 - 05.2023

Volunteer

Casa Bambi
05.2022 - 10.2022

Volunteer Playgroup Assistant

Holdfast Bay
02.2021 - 11.2021

Volunteer

Aussie Kindies
05.2019 - 11.2020

Dental Front Office Coordinator

Winsdor Gardens Dental
01.2018 - 12.2018

Dental Receptionist

Walsh Dental
01.2017 - 05.2017

Dental Assistant

East Adelaide Dental Studio
08.2016 - 12.2016

Senior Sterilisation Technician

Health Partners
04.2014 - 08.2016

Dental Assistant

Adelaide Town Hall Dental
04.2012 - 04.2014

Retail Assistant

Cheap as Chips
08.2010 - 07.2013

Year 12 Certificate -

St Marks High School

HLT35021 Certificate III in Dental Assisting -

TAFE SA

Working With Children Check -

Department of Human Service

Responding To Risks of Harm, Abuse And Neglect-Education And Care (RRHAN-EC)) Fundamentals Course. -

Department For Education

HLTAID012-Provide First Aid in An Education And Care Setting -

First Aid Pro/Annual refreshers

Certificate III in Early Childhood Education & Care -

Tafe Queensland

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education -

University of South Australia

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