Danisha Veeraragoo
Perth,WA
Summary
Dedicated humanitarian with 8 years of experience in community work, specializing in supporting minorities and culturally diverse individuals. Recently completed a traineeship in early childhood education, enhancing my skills and knowledge. As a detail-oriented team player with strong organizational abilities, I excel in managing multiple projects efficiently. Eager to apply my expertise in a full-time administrative role, I am motivated to contribute to team success and achieve company goals while utilizing my interpersonal skills, time management, and problem-solving capabilities.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Educator
Keiki Early Learning
Perth
04.2024 - Current
- Built relationships and communicated with parents to provide best learning environment for children.
- Collaborated with colleagues to develop and revise curriculum, enhancing learning experience.
- Established strong relationships with parents through regular communication, fostering a supportive network for student success.
- Implemented classroom management techniques that fostered a positive and inclusive learning environment for all students.
Trainee Educator
Tall Trees
Leederville, WA
07.2023 - 03.2024
- Worked with classroom teacher to learn about current standards and best practices.
- Cultivated positive relationships with administration, teaching staff, and students.
- Facilitated small group activities and one-on-one instruction to meet individual student needs.
- Assisted with management of classroom rules, procedures and expectations to instill discipline and observance of conduct code.
- Monitored classrooms for safety and good behavior, offering students positive reinforcement to maintain discipline.
- Developed lesson plans that incorporated mandated topics and included immersive activities for student engagement.
- Created and implemented different learning activities to meet needs of different types of learners.
- Helped students explore concepts with engaging, learning-focused activities.
- Communicated frequently with parents, students, and faculty to provide feedback and discuss instructional strategies.
- Developed and implemented classroom routines to address varying student needs.
Assertive Case Manager
St. Patrick Community Support Centre
Perth, WA
06.2022 - 02.2023
- Identify people sleeping rough in their nominated area,
- Engage people in appropriate services and refer them into housing through the Finding Home Program or other suitable accommodation and/or services, and
- Support people to maintain their accommodation and prevent them from cycling back into homelessness.
- Provide place based assertive outreach in line with program requirements, providing support to people experiencing rough sleeping.
- Identify and engage people experiencing rough sleeping, complete VI-SPDAT surveys and upload details to the By-Name List.
- Work to identify and engage the target groups within Housing First frameworks and best practice principles.
- Carry out initial assessments and client intakes when necessary.
- Provide case management of people accessing the service and to connect to long term housing and support.
- Deliver activity-based work and/or daily living skills support based on an established care plan and risk assessment.
- Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
- Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Participated in team projects, demonstrating an ability to work collaboratively and effectively.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Volunteered at local community organizations, providing assistance with day-to-day operations.
- Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
NDIS Support Worker
NT Respite Care Plus
11.2018 - 06.2022
- Provide support to daily living tasks both within the household and outside home
- For eg cooking, cleaning, feeding pets as well as travelling, skills training and grocery shopping
- Use of manual handling aids if/when appropriate to assist with personal care and hygiene
- Provide admin support such as assisting with paying bills, booking appointments and liaising with service coordinator
- Accompany to social groups and related community activities
AOD Case Manager
Kalano Community Association Aboriginal
Katherine, NT
12.2016 - 06.2022
- Adopt a holistic approach to rehabilitation by developing a personalised plan to the individual
- Perform behavioural assessment
- Complete medication audit
- Supervise and report on client's progress
- Set and coordinate client appointment
- Educate on harm minimization and stress coping mechanisms
- Relapse prevention
- NDMS data entry
- Exit plan and report
- Engage and support client throughout whole process
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
- Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
Education
Certificate III - Early Childhood Education
Ctas Assessment
Cert III - Dental Assisting
Health Edu
Diploma AOD
RMIT University
Melbourne, VIC09.2017
Skills
- Great communication skills
- Trust worthy - ability to build strong relationships
- Strong leadership skills
- Organised, efficient and flexible approach
- Independent self starter
- Strong knowledge of changing standards and codes of conduct
- Committed to equal opportunities
- Time management - ability to meet strict deadlines
- Highly patient and resilient
- Records Preparation
- Data Collation
- Document Typing and Formatting
- Microsoft Office
- Team Building
- Individualized Support
- Relationship Building
- Maintain Systems
- Microsoft Office
Certification
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid.
Suicide Intervention SkillsTraining ( ASIST)NDS - Disability course.
Accomplishments
- Clinical Supervision Training
Languages
French
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Educator
Keiki Early Learning
04.2024 - Current
Trainee Educator
Tall Trees
07.2023 - 03.2024
Assertive Case Manager
St. Patrick Community Support Centre
06.2022 - 02.2023
NDIS Support Worker
NT Respite Care Plus
11.2018 - 06.2022
AOD Case Manager
Kalano Community Association Aboriginal
12.2016 - 06.2022
Certificate III - Early Childhood Education
Ctas Assessment
Cert III - Dental Assisting
Health Edu
Diploma AOD
RMIT University