Priscilla Nwimo
Richland QLD,Australia
Summary
A talented support worker focused on improving client lives through high-quality support and patient instruction. Proficient in life, financial, and social skills, helping clients integrate into the community and live more robust lives. Creative and empathetic assistant with 3+ years of experience building communities and developing social skills through incremental therapeutic techniques.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Support Worker
Drake Medox
10.2022 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- I helped clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills.
- Transported clients to appointments, shopping venues, and entertainment events according to a determined schedule.
- I kept clients engaged in social networks and communities for personal health and growth.
- Promoted community integration by providing extensive physical, emotional, and social support.
- Collaborated with other professionals to plan and coordinate care for clients.
- Utilised evidence-based practices to provide effective interventions for clients.
- Dysphagia management, PEG feeding, and meal assistance
- Tracheostomy management
- Traumatic Brain Injury Management
- Assisting clients with visual impairments
- Keeping up with hospital and allied health appointments
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness
- Helped clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills
Disability Support Worker
CPL
03.2019 - 08.2023
- Communicating with the immediate supervisor or the house facilitator for the clients' concerns and observing changes in health and needs as they come
- Working as a team in an interdisciplinary setting
- Maintain professional confidentiality, ethics, and etiquette and abide by the staff code of conduct
- PEG feeding and management
- Assisted client and daily personal care, clothing care, household duties, and transportation
- Respect the resident rights, maintain their dignity, and provide the needed care
- Apply practical intervention procedures for Dementia or behavioural problems.
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
- Drive clients safely to social activities and appointments.
- Kept detailed daily logs with care actions, patient behaviors, and incidents.
- Maintained safety with tidy, clean, and hazard-free home environments.
- I cleaned the house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Prepared nutritious meals to meet individual dietary needs for clients.
- Adhered to company requirements for patient interactions and care standards.
- provided a high level of physical support by lifting, adjusting, and moving clients.
- Checked medication schedules and patient needs to enforce medication administration standards team-wide.
- Kept accurate records for client files and handled related paperwork.
- Transported patients via wheelchair to and from rehabilitation and daily activities.
- Maintained detailed records of patient progress, documentation of services, and case notes.
Education
Certificate IV in Disability Support
Supreme Education Pty
Skills
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Emotional Support
- Life Skills Development
- Daily Living Support
- Documentation Abilities
- Mobility Assistance
- Daily Living Assistance
- Cleaning and Sanitizing
- Meal Preparation
- Medicare and Medicaid Applications
Certification
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate
- NDIS Orientation Module and Infection control
- NDIS Workers Orientation Completion Certificate
- NDIS Worker Screening Clearance Card
- Right to Work in Australia
- Driver's license and a reliable car
- Epilepsy Management certificate
- Manual handling certificate
- Medication administration certificate
- Dysphagia Management certificate
- Tracheotomy care and management certificate
Personality
I am a caring, friendly, competent, and reliable individual committed to working efficiently and professionally. I enjoy providing the necessary support needed by clients and their families to live normally, performing daily activities, and thus making a significant positive contribution to their lives. Having worked both in respite and accommodation group homes and have provided individual support, I have developed skills in providing both personal care, social and domestic support.
I am a fast learner and can converse in a polite manner, carry out routine health care tasks required by clients. I can contribute extensively to teamwork in the most willing and helpful manner. I have the required inter-personal and communication skills needed to work in partnership with nurses, medical staff, clients, and their relatives.
Hobbies and Interests
- Driving
- Cooking
- Reading
- Travelling to Discover New Culture
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Support Worker
Drake Medox
10.2022 - Current
Disability Support Worker
CPL
03.2019 - 08.2023
Certificate IV in Disability Support
Supreme Education Pty
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