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MAIRA ACOSTA

Disability Support Worker
Sydney,NSW

Summary

To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure Support Worker position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Support Coordinator

Phynx Support Coordination and Disability Services
01.2024 - Current

Providing foundational knowledge about the NDIS, including its goals and framework. Support participants in making informed decisions regarding service providers. Facilitate participants in making decisions that enhance their independence and self-determination, Supervision of staff and rostering Officer and administrative tasks working with Shiftcare System.

Senior Relief Care Worker Coach

Life Without Barriers
Sydney, NSW
03.2019 - 11.2023
  • Participated in the supervision and training of team members delivering support services and best practices for home health care
  • Providing role modelling
  • Promoting high-quality level of support services for client's well-being
  • Direct support to clients provided in line with their care plans
  • Supporting team members remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and reporting regularly to DSL
  • Delivering support services in different areas when team members are on leave
  • Building positive relationships with clients and their families, Engaging clients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance
  • Receiving training in rostering requirements for Procura System
  • Answering, forwarding and making phone calls of team members and clients
  • Reporting to managers

Support Care Worker

Australian Unity
Sydney, NSW
03.2019 - 10.2021
  • Delivering services in a caring, fair, and ethical manner
  • Assist customers with feeding, social support or home respite, personal care assistant, showering and dressing, meals preparation, prompt medication, escorted shopping, including clients under NDIS Program
  • Assisted sitting in a wheelchair, handling hoist transfers, report directly to the service centre management by emails, team meetings, phone calls or booking and going with customers to appointments
  • Encourage the customers to do physiotherapy by a plan
  • Training in handling customers with challenging behaviour, and uncontrolled movements

Retail Assistant Manager

Rosita Flowers, Boutique Florist
Gold Coast, QLD
08.2016 - 11.2018
  • Opened and closed the store, balance cash register, make deposits
  • Assisted customers planned and executed floral requirements for all functions, events, and company celebration Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Managed and coordinated courier deliveries per day from the store, Ordered and purchase flowers and supplies from.

Floor Staff and Kitchen Hand

Montezuma's Mexican Restaurant And Ba
Gold Coast, QLD
06.2016 - 08.2018
  • Took orders from customers and deliver them to them, check on the customers find out what they might need, delivered the bill when the customers asked for it, restocked, ordering and washing, prepared food, making sure that dishes are stored away properly, tidied up food preparation areas after they have been used
  • Hardware Store EPA, C.a - Inventory and Risk Adviser Caracas

EPA

01.2013 - 12.2015
  • Is a household hardware store
  • Conducted Cycle Count inventory processes to ensure accuracy and timely execution
  • Scheduled categories for cycle count inventory and maintain strict records
  • Maintained and evaluate inventory records on a quarterly basis
  • Analysed current risks and identifying potential risks that are affecting the company
  • Communicated risk policies and processes for an organization
  • Developed risk models involving market, credit, and operational risk

Education

Certificate IV in Disability - undefined

Arizona College Docklands
02.2022

Diploma of Business - undefined

Academique Institute Pty Gold Coast
07.2018

Skills

  • Mobility Assistance
  • Care Plan Adherence
  • Documentation
  • Incident Reporting
  • Problem-Solving
  • Supportive Companionship
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure
  • Responsible and reliable person
  • Very good at following instructions Kind-hearted and calm nature Understanding of problems related to day to day in terms of attitude and patience
  • Vast computer experience in an office minded environment including Microsoft Office

Timeline

Support Coordinator

Phynx Support Coordination and Disability Services
01.2024 - Current

Senior Relief Care Worker Coach

Life Without Barriers
03.2019 - 11.2023

Support Care Worker

Australian Unity
03.2019 - 10.2021

Retail Assistant Manager

Rosita Flowers, Boutique Florist
08.2016 - 11.2018

Floor Staff and Kitchen Hand

Montezuma's Mexican Restaurant And Ba
06.2016 - 08.2018

EPA

01.2013 - 12.2015

Certificate IV in Disability - undefined

Arizona College Docklands

Diploma of Business - undefined

Academique Institute Pty Gold Coast
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