Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Education Training
Hobbies and Interests
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Nathan Perkins

KAMBALDA WEST,Australia

Summary

To obtain a position in the Community Services or Education sector working with youth and to apply my mentoring skills and knowledge, and in the longer tern re-position my career. I am keen to explore residential based services.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Residential Care Officer

Department of Communities
01.2017 - Current
  • Cert III & IV in Community Services & AOD
  • Look after young people in Care
  • Daily Reports, emails, criticals, appointments, school drop off and pick ups, residential care plans, cultural plans
  • TCI Training
  • Prepare Meals
  • Clean (Health duties)
  • Engage with youth
  • Organize daily activities
  • Shift Work
  • Organize holiday trips
  • Teach young people life skills
  • Liaise with Case Managers & Families
  • Acting Senior Manager Role - organising staff daily routines

Aboriginal Practice Leader

Department of Communities
07.2024 - 12.2024
  • Led team initiatives to drive process improvement and elevate service delivery.
  • Improved operational efficiency by implementing strategic action plans.
  • Developed comprehensive training programs for enhancing team skills and performance.
  • Achieved high client satisfaction by fostering strong relationships and understanding client needs.
  • Supporting Family Careers with basic essentils

Residential Youth Worker

Hope Community Services
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Currently studying Cert 3 in Community Services
  • Look after juveniles who are released on bail at a Bail Hostel
  • Daily Reports, emails
  • Prepare Meals
  • Clean (Health duties)
  • Engage with youth
  • Organize daily activities
  • Work Day & Nights
  • Street Van (engaging with street youth eg
  • Discuss their current life styles, provide help from organizations available, cook food, involve in sports with youth)
  • Assisted with Kort Sportz which ran in the evenings (7 week program)

PHAMS Assistant

Red Cross
01.2016
  • People who struggle we help manage their lives and wellbeing as a result of Mental Illness
  • Provide support
  • Organize activities
  • Give them skills and confidence
  • Provide participants to develop daily living skills
  • Manage their health to give them the best possible quality of life

Housing Support Worker, Assistant

Red Cross
01.2016
  • Support for people who are homeless or a risk of homelessness
  • Support people who just came out of treatment programs
  • Support people in residing or inpatient units to maintain suitable, stable long term accommodation
  • Organize activities

Youth Diversion Service (YDS)

Red Cross
01.2016
  • Support for young people
  • Organize and provision activities for youth who are at risk of offending
  • Organize holiday programs
  • Give support and needs to the youth and their families

Education

Certificate IV - Youth Work

Central Regional TAFE

Pre Apprenticeship - Plumbing & Gas

Association
Perth, WA
01-2002

Kelmscott Senior High School
Perth, WA
01-2000

Skills

  • Friendly
  • Hard Worker
  • Quick Learner
  • Teamwork
  • Initiative
  • Practical Skills

Certification

  • National Police Clearance
  • Working with Children
  • Cert 1 in Hospitality
  • Cert 1 in Office & Administration
  • Senior First Aid Certificate
  • White Card
  • Working at Heights
  • WA Plumbing & Gasfitting License
  • Behaviour & Discrimination
  • Health & Safety
  • Height & Structural (Scaffolding)

Education Training

  • Therapeutical Crisis Intervention
  • Work health Safety and Injury Management
  • Solv Safety (All Department Staff, Senior Managers, Line Managers)
  • Aboriginal Cultural Appreciation
  • Senior First Aid
  • TCI Training
  • Cert III & IV in Community Services & AOD
  • 4WD and Defensive Driving Cluster
  • Mental Health
  • Suicide Prevention
  • Cultural Awareness
  • Enrolment in a Certificate IV in Youth Work (CHC40413), Central Regional TAFE
  • Plumbing & Gas Pre-Apprenticeship – MPA
  • Completed Year 12

Hobbies and Interests

  • Prospecting
  • Fishing & Hunting
  • Being with Friends and Family

Certificates

National Police Clearance

Working with Children's Card

Cert I in Hospitality

Cert ! in Office & Administration

Senior First Aid

WA Plumbing & Gas Fitting License

Behaviour & Discrimination

Health & Safety

Mental Health

Cert III & IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD)

Train the Trainer

Online Modules through Depart of Communities

Work Health Safety & Injury Management

Solv Safety (All Department Staff, Senior Managers, Line Managers)

Aboriginal Cultural Appreciation

Cert III & IV in Community Services

4WD & Defensive Driving Cluster

Suicide Prevention

Cultural Awareness 



 




Timeline

Aboriginal Practice Leader

Department of Communities
07.2024 - 12.2024

Residential Care Officer

Department of Communities
01.2017 - Current

Residential Youth Worker

Hope Community Services
01.2016 - 01.2017

PHAMS Assistant

Red Cross
01.2016

Housing Support Worker, Assistant

Red Cross
01.2016

Youth Diversion Service (YDS)

Red Cross
01.2016

Certificate IV - Youth Work

Central Regional TAFE

Pre Apprenticeship - Plumbing & Gas

Association

Kelmscott Senior High School

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