PURITY NJUGUNA
Liverpool,NSW
Summary
Compassionate Disability Support Worker with a gentle touch and caring attitude focused on treating individuals with dignity and respect. Collaborative team player with strong clinical and interpersonal skills. Available 50 hours per week, including weekends and evenings. Skilled in working with individuals living with various disabilities, such as spinal cord injuries or cerebral palsy, can limit a person's mobility and require the use of wheelchairs, crutches, or other assistive devices. Cognitive disabilities, such as Down syndrome or traumatic brain injury, can impact intellectual functioning, memory, and problem-solving skills, often requiring specialized educational programs and support services Experienced in daily living support, meal preparation, and mobility assistance. Field experience has honed excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Comprehensive knowledge of social service programs and community resources. Excels at identifying needs and developing effective plans of action to provide intervention and assistance. Highly motivated with the ability to develop and implement successful plans to address individual needs. Strong problem-solving skills to reduce barriers. Committed to providing comprehensive, compassionate, and individualized patient care. Efficiently manages appointments and medication, assists with bathing and grooming, and maintains tidy environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Support Worker
HOME CARING AUSTRALIA
2023.01 - Current
- Personal care provided for clients
- Medication administration done, recording and signing off
- Weekly batch meal preparation done
- Supporting daily living activities
- Domestic duties carried out
- Appointments booked and attended – accompanied client
- Recording, reporting and filing all progress notes and incidents
- Facilitating community participation and social support provided
- Implementing individual’s care plan.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Coordinated with other healthcare professionals to provide patients with comprehensive care.
- Transported patients to and from appointments, assisting with getting in and out of vehicles.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
Care Support Worker
UNITED FOR CARE
2021.07 - 2022.12
- Assistance with meal preparation
- Administering medication and following medical protocols
- Community access support
- Performing Domestic duties
- Recording any challenging behavior and applying restrictive practices as per client’s profile
- Recording and filing all progress notes and all incident reports
- Engaging with clients, to help them better their social and communication skills by taking them out in community or engaging in hobbies they like.
- Engaging and attending in all team meetings.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
Youth Care and Support Worker
WELLWAYS AUSTRALIA
2019.02 - 2021.07
- Assisting with personal care, showering and grooming
- Administering medication
- Experience with catheters
- Meal preparation
- Transportation of clients
- Helping with community access
- Recording progress notes of clients.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
- Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
- Provided key emotional support to special needs youth.
- Encouraged youth clients to develop own activities and leadership skills through group discussions.
- Assisted in identifying and reducing barriers to youth engagement and development.
- Contributed to development of individualized plans to support youth goal achievement.
- Supported and mentored students in developing skills to become successful in community.
- Completed necessary reports and documentation to maintain thorough, accurate case records.
- Managed and led activities promoting growth in mental, emotional, and educational areas.
Personal Support Worker
CARESEEKKERS AUSTRALIA
2018.09 - 2019.01
- Assisting with personal hygiene, that is; bathing and grooming the client
- Performing households duties within the clients vicinity
- Administering meds as prescribed by doctor
- Assisting in meal preparations and feeding as required
- Ensuring and encouraging the client to be always in a cheerful mood
- Cooperating with any member of the family in ensuring that the clients needs are met
- Performing and recording daily observations using the required and appropriate apparatus.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
- Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.
- Demonstrated a high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
- Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
Care Support Worker
FUTURE AGE MEDICAL CLINIC, KENYA
2017.04 - 2017.11
- Assisting with accompanying clients to outings, shopping and appointments
- Observing, reporting and documenting changes in the condition of the residents
- Assisting with residents care plan
- Any other duty designed to meet clients support and development.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Changed dressings, bandages, and binders to maintain proper healing and sanitary measures.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Supported clients with mental support and physical activities to accomplish quality of life and sustain needs.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
- Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Laundered items, changed sheets and made bed to keep patients' bedroom clean.
- Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
Senior Support Worker
HELPING HANDS HOME CARE KENYA
2015.07 - 2016.03
- Monitoring clients and reporting behavioral or health changes
- Assisting residents with feeding as required
- Meal preparation and home chores in group homes
- Ensuring the clients privacy, dignity and respect are maintained at all times
- Assisting with transfers and mobilizing
- Performing housekeeping and laundry duties within the clients environment
- Encouraging clients to perform tasks as per the care plan
- Cooperating with the rest of staff (team work)
- Personal hygiene, grooming and oral hygiene
- Transporting and PARK ROAD NURSING HOME KENYA (MAY 2016 – FEB 2017)
- Providing care and support for the aged
- Assisting clients with feeding
- Providing personal care not limited to mobility
- Driving to medical appointments and daily program.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Maintained clean personal areas and prepared healthy meals to support client nutritional needs.
- Assisted patients with self-administered medications.
- Assisted patients with therapy exercises as specified by care team.
- Helped clinical staff with in-office procedures by organizing spaces and passing instruments.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
Education
Social Work
Stott's Colleges
Sydney, NSW05.2025
Skills
- Task Prioritization
- FLUENT IN English
- Verbal Communication
- Organization and Time Management
- Decision-Making
- Customer Relations
- Microsoft Office
- Problem-Solving
- Calm Under Pressure
Workrelatedcertificates
- CPR/First aid certificate
- Certificate 4 in disability
- Worker’s clearance check
- Working with children check
- Police clearance certificate
- NDIS orientation module certificate
- Medical training certificate
- COVID 19 infection control certificate
- Epilepsy and midazolam certificate
- Dysphagia management certificate
- Infection and prevention control certificate
Corevalues
- Team Building: Ability to work within a team, build high morale and achieve group commitments.
- Analytical Problem Solving: A results-based approach to problem solving to provide real and practical solutions.
- Spoken Communication: Clearly and concisely present information to all levels of an organization.
- Written Communication: Clearly and effectively produce thorough documentation with skill to breakdown technical terms to basic level.
- Self-Management: Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to effectively priorities and delegate to achieve set targets.
Professional Highlights
Developing and enhancing my skills in the health sector by obtaining employment in a practical-oriented environment. I am goal driven and can easily adapt to a new environment, for which I would gladly welcome an opportunity to demonstrate.
References
Sent upon request...
Timeline
Senior Support Worker
HOME CARING AUSTRALIA
2023.01 - Current
Care Support Worker
UNITED FOR CARE
2021.07 - 2022.12
Youth Care and Support Worker
WELLWAYS AUSTRALIA
2019.02 - 2021.07
Personal Support Worker
CARESEEKKERS AUSTRALIA
2018.09 - 2019.01
Care Support Worker
FUTURE AGE MEDICAL CLINIC, KENYA
2017.04 - 2017.11
Senior Support Worker
HELPING HANDS HOME CARE KENYA
2015.07 - 2016.03
Social Work
Stott's Colleges
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