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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
REFERENCES
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SANTIAGO KASONGO

PRINCE
Beenleigh,QLD

Summary

Empathetic Youth Worker passionate about providing meaningful support and services to clients. Excellent communicator bringing 5 years of comprehensive experience developing and implementing core programs to meet needs for self-development, homelessness and drug and alcohol abuse. Creative and understanding professional commended for modelling and teaching life skills and promoting diversity by exposing clients to multicultural experiences.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Residential Youth Worker

Aspire Allied Health
09.2022 - Current
  • Supervision and support of children and young people placed within residential or support service, ensuring that their safety and protection in service are upheld;
  • Provide care, mentoring, empowerment and support to at-risk youth in therapeutic, residential environment
  • Maintaining records and residential reports for reporting needs and other relevant information to case managers or team leader;

Uber Driver

Uber
11.2016 - 06.2023

Tasks:

  • Transportation of customers to and from their desired destinations
  • Safe navigation through cities in the state of Queensland and New South Wales
  • Properly follow navigational directions from GPS and from the preferences of customers

Residential Youth Worker

Dynamic Community Care
02.2018 - 03.2023

Tasks

  • Planning and attending activities or appointments with young people
  • Supporting and managing young people's behaviour
  • Using daily routines to provide hands on training of life skills such as cooking, personal care and budgeting
  • Working with young people to maintain hygiene and cleanliness of the house
  • Completing daily case notes, admin tasks and incident reports
  • Facilitation and assistance to children and young people developing skills and achieving goals, including providing them hygiene, health, nutrition and daily living needs and engaging them in activities that are of both a social and learning opportunity to advance their skills
  • Work a rotating roster including sleepover shifts in the evening, to provide appropriate services for children and young people within the residential program
  • Completed necessary reports and documentation to maintain thorough, accurate case records.
  • Provided key emotional support to special needs youth.

Industry

Undergraduate, Kingston East Neighbourhood Group
07.2017 - 09.2017

Task:

  • Engage and support families and their children so that they can enjoy a safe and supportive playgroup experience
  • Build trust and consistent relationships with parents/caregivers and children
  • Empower families to self-manage their playgroup through support, modelling and transference of skills
  • Model and encourage appropriate behaviour guidance for children
  • Create opportunities to discuss parenting and family issues within the program

Education

Bachelor of Public Health - Health Promotion and Public Health Nutrition

Griffith University
Gold Coast, QLD
10.2016

Diploma of Languages - Spanish

Griffith University
Gold Coast, QLD
2016

Diploma of Justice Studies -

Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE
Logan City, QLD
06.2013

Skills

  • Behavioural Plan Management
  • Oral and written communication skills
  • Research skills (methods of research used in Public Health and other allied health professions
  • Effective teamwork skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Individualized Care Plans
  • Patient Progress Reporting
  • Environmental Management
  • Emotional Support Abilities
  • General Housekeeping
  • Child Behaviour Modification
  • Compliance with Regulatory Guidelines

Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Native or Bilingual
Swahili
Native or Bilingual
Lingala
Native or Bilingual
Havu
Native or Bilingual
Tshiluba
Native or Bilingual

REFERENCES

Maria K  

Dynamic Community Care (Program service leader)

Mobile:  0447015592


Stephen Ebute 

Aspire Allied Health (team leader)

Mobile:  0408793698


Joe Heri

QLD Congo community (Youth Soccer Coach)

Mobile: 0421081833


Timeline

Residential Youth Worker

Aspire Allied Health
09.2022 - Current

Residential Youth Worker

Dynamic Community Care
02.2018 - 03.2023

Industry

Undergraduate, Kingston East Neighbourhood Group
07.2017 - 09.2017

Uber Driver

Uber
11.2016 - 06.2023

Bachelor of Public Health - Health Promotion and Public Health Nutrition

Griffith University

Diploma of Languages - Spanish

Griffith University

Diploma of Justice Studies -

Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE
SANTIAGO KASONGOPRINCE