Marie Paton

• I cleaned private homes.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility
• Attention to detail, thorough, and taking a pride in my work.

Communication with guest, problem solving, resolved conflicts, promptly and professionally. gave reviews and instructions, washing, cleaning, and restocking.

• Improved overall guest experience with thoughtful touches.
• Maintaining positive relationships with guests even in challenging situations

• Helped clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills.
• Transported clients to Doctors, eye specialist appointments, shopping venues, help choose clothes, prescription glasses, helped divert client from regular pain,
• Disability- In this role I have supported a client applying for work experience and study, and supporting client with attending appointments, bingo, social coffee.
• Established trusting relationships with clients and their families through empathetic communication and active listening.
• I have a bronze badge which means I have 5 star ratings on the Mable platform from my clients.

Homeschooling my son with Asperger's syndrome. from year 8-year10. This involved safe integration with socialisation and integration through small church kids groups, attending events for arts, crafts, and sports. The school subjects were curriculum approved by board of studies. Before this I supervised him doing year 7 through long distance education. The following year he completed year 11 doing an external Tafe course and then went back into secondary high school for year 12, his confidence had grown, he made friends and received his HSC certificate.

I was 112 km up the Berbice River from the closest town. Transport in and out was a 13-15 hour boat ride. My duties involved attending to Pirana bites, cleaning and dressing wounds, caring for patients who were on complete bed rest. Being on 24 hour call for emergencies on and off campus. I became even more proficient using gauze, bandages, saline, hydration peroxide, and other antibiotic creams. Examples of nursing care-

On multiple occasions I was responsible for the welfare of a student who suffered psychotic episodes while waiting for transport to be arranged for her to go back to her family. Examples of community work-Involved in regular visits, welfare checks, supporting a family late at night due to family issues involving domestic violence.

Teaching- girls economics, reading and writing program.

• I taught my eldest son following a diagnosis of brain damage. He suffered from poor concentration so it was determined it would be better to teach him at home. I taught a curriculum approved by the board of studies, which included a reading and writing program. At the end of a 2 year intense one on one time, my eldest son could now read and write... he has now just finished a bachelors of honours in Psychology at Southern Cross University. Some of the skills I used involved:

Assisting with all patient care, including showering and dressing and taking patients to meals. Observing patients for any changes to alert senior nursing staff. Observing skin integrity and applying ointments, creams as required.

Working as a casual Enrolled Nurse on medical and other wards. Showering, bed baths, dressing wounds, providing pressure area care, checking patient observations and vital signs.

Caring for residents by assisting with showering, toileting, dressing, feeding, monitoring, using harness to move immobile residents. Providing pressure care including regular turning and repositioning various relief and preventative devices.

Sitting with bedridden patient, watching for changes in vital signs, attending to their personal needs.

Working as an Enrolled Nurse on Medical, surgical, gynaecology, oncology, theatre, Geriatric, maternity, and day surgery unit ( prepping patients for theatre procedures and providing post op).

Performed accurate documentation of assessments and discharge summaries for patients.

Working as an Enrolled Nurse on all wards, including extensive time in operating theatres-Scout Nurse, ringing pathology.

All wards in between study.