Patricia Clacherty
Townsville,Australia
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Disability Support Worker
Independant
01.2024 - Current
- Improved client independence by developing personalized support plans tailored to individual needs and goals.
- Enhanced quality of life for clients with physical and intellectual disabilities through compassionate care and assistance.
- Assisted clients in reaching personal goals through targeted skill-building activities and therapeutic interventions.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans, ensuring optimal client wellbeing.
- Maintained accurate records of client progress, adjusting support strategies as needed to maximize outcomes.
- Provided emotional support to clients during challenging times, fostering resilience and coping skills.
- Supported clients in maintaining a clean living space by assisting with household tasks such as laundry, meal preparation, and general tidying.
- Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices within the disability support field.
- Drove clients safely to social activities and appointments.
Education Assistant
Cleveland Youth Detention Centre
04.2018 - 01.2024
- Set up visual aids, equipment and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Maintained schedule of support services and attended class sessions.
- Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals and objectives.
- Created lesson materials, visuals and digital presentations to supplement lesson plans.
- Worked under direction of licensed teacher in and outside of classroom.
- Implemented practice exercises and used repetition, enabling students to grasp new concepts quickly.
- Tutored students in reading, language arts and other subjects.
- Collated classroom materials to help teachers prepare for daily instruction and activities.
- Offered complete instructional support for students unable to attend regular classes.
- Monitored students on field trips, handling roll call and group movement to keep youths safe in public settings.
- Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Oversaw groups of students at school and off-site locations, maintaining optimal safety and security.
- Used behavior modeling and specialized teaching techniques to share and reinforce social skills.
- Oversaw students in classroom and common areas to monitor, enforce rules and support lead teacher.
- Organized classroom library and art areas each day to keep classroom well-maintained.
- Distributed learning materials such as worksheets, textbooks and supplemental activities.
Co-Ordinator Domestic and Family Violence
Mossman Elders Justice Group
05.2022 - 06.2023
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
- Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Casenotes/files
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Court Support for Women of Domestic and Family Violence
- Co-Ordinator of Women's Group
- Child Safety support for families
- Assist Clients with Housing Applications
- Assist Clients with their Birth Certificate Applications
- Referrals to ATODS, Counselling, Mental Health, Court ordered programs
- Mediation
- Funeral Support
- Restorative Justice Orders
- Assist clients with SPERS
- Assist clients with navigating NDIS and Centrelink
Education Assistant, Special Needs
Heatley Secondary College
09.2015 - 02.2018
- Tutored struggling students individually and in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
- Set up visual aids, equipment and classroom displays to support teacher's lesson delivery.
- Maintained inclusive learning environment to enable students to gain maximum benefit from lessons.
- Prepared instructional materials for group and one-on-one use to comply with established curriculum.
- Participated in professional development opportunities and attended in-services and seminars.
- Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
- Prepared teaching materials and set up audio-visual equipment for lead teacher.
- Documented student behaviors, interventions and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Partnered with teacher to plan and implement lessons following school's curriculum, goals and objectives.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Promoted physical, mental and social development using classroom games and activities.
- Tutored and assisted children individually or in small groups to help master assignments and reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
- Communicated regularly with students and parents through telephone, email and student-parent meetings.
- Assisted struggling students to maintain progress levels by designing individualized lesson plans focused on areas for improvement.
Youth Worker
Alternate Care
02.2014 - 01.2015
- Scheduled and accompanied youth clients to outside appointments such as therapy sessions, medical appointments and social outings.
- Provided key emotional support to special needs youth.
- Applied clinical and behavioral knowledge to maintain safety during crisis moments.
- Challenged youth to accomplish motor development goals and inspire love of movement and healthy habits.
- Consulted with parents, teachers and other school personnel to determine causes of problems such as truancy and misbehavior.
- Completed necessary reports and documentation to maintain thorough, accurate case records.
- Managed and led activities promoting growth in mental, emotional and educational areas.
- Assisted families in developing and maintaining support network by identifying and utilizing community resources and services.
- Oversaw day-to-day activities of residents in a Residential facility.
- Detailed program operations and participant activities with comprehensive recordkeeping.
- Worked with clients to improve life choices and maximize benefits of programs.
- Helped build important life skills such as cooking and cleaning.
- Conducted resident checks during day and overnight hours on regular schedule to check health and safety status.
- Remained alert to problems or health issues of clients and competently responded.
- Monitored and assisted residents through individual service plans.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in clients' health status to case manager.
- Planned, prepared and served meals and snacks according to prescribed diets.
Education
Certificate III Children's Services
TAFE Queensland - Cairns
Cairns, QLDDiploma Children's Services
TAFE Queensland - Cairns
Cairns, QLDCertificate IV Education Support
TAFE Queensland - Cairns
Cairns, QLDSkills
- Educational assistance
- Special education
- Classroom inventory management
- Teacher Support
- Documentation
- Classroom preparation and maintenance
- Individual and group instruction
- Mentoring students
- Domestic Violence Prevention
- Leading Domestic Violence Groups
- Mediation
- Family Outreach and Collaboration
Certification
- Positive Blue Card (working with children)
- Senior First Aid
- Anaphylaxis E-Training
- Asthma Training
- Mental Health First Aid
- Teacher Aide Literacy Course
- Guiding Behaviour Positively Workshops
- Valuing Diversity Awareness Program
- Circle Of Security Training
- Mandatory Education QLD Workshops
- Vicarious Trauma Training
- Anrows Training- DFV
Timeline
Disability Support Worker
Independant
01.2024 - Current
Co-Ordinator Domestic and Family Violence
Mossman Elders Justice Group
05.2022 - 06.2023
Education Assistant
Cleveland Youth Detention Centre
04.2018 - 01.2024
Education Assistant, Special Needs
Heatley Secondary College
09.2015 - 02.2018
Youth Worker
Alternate Care
02.2014 - 01.2015
Certificate III Children's Services
TAFE Queensland - Cairns
Diploma Children's Services
TAFE Queensland - Cairns
Certificate IV Education Support
TAFE Queensland - Cairns
- Positive Blue Card (working with children)
- Senior First Aid
- Anaphylaxis E-Training
- Asthma Training
- Mental Health First Aid
- Teacher Aide Literacy Course
- Guiding Behaviour Positively Workshops
- Valuing Diversity Awareness Program
- Circle Of Security Training
- Mandatory Education QLD Workshops
- Vicarious Trauma Training
- Anrows Training- DFV
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