Lisa Naqvi
Summary
I am a caring, compassionate and responsible individual with a strong commitment to providing quality-aged care so that the elderly can live with maximum dignity, comfort and independence.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Support Worker
Reliant Health Care
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Provide respite and personal care for aged clients in own home.
- Personal care and hoist transfers
- Domestic assistance, shopping, medication, and meal preparation
- Respite and community support
- Social, emotional, and behaviour support
Personal Carer – In Home
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Continuous care for partner with COPD in own home. Full care and support 24 hours.
- Undertake personal care tasks which include showering, toileting
- Meal preparation and domestic cleaning
- Community support eg shopping banking, medical appointments
- Social/emotional support, monitor wellbeing
Community Carer with aged and disabled persons
Your Choice Home Care
01.2011 - 01.2011
- Continuous respite for dementia client in own home. Full care and support 24 hours.
- Personal care including bathing (hoist transfer), feeding, dressing, wound care, and medication prompting
- Household support such as cleaning, meal preparation, shopping, and accompanying to appointments
- Respite care and ongoing social and emotional support
Full time carer for family member in own home
Personal – My mother
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Full time carer for my elderly mother with Parkinson's disease
- Full personal care, household maintenance and finances
- Shopping, medical appointments, outings and social support
Community support worker with aged and children with a disability
Just Better Care
01.2010 - 01.2010
- Provide respite and personal care for aged and autistic children aged between 6 and 18 years in own home.
- Personal care and hoist transfers for clients with dementia and autism
- Domestic support including shopping, medication, and meal preparation
- Respite, community access, and social/emotional support
- Behaviour management
Home care worker
Our Lady of Consolation
01.2006 - 01.2006
- Supporting aged clients in EACH program in own home.
- Personal care, bowel care, hoist transfers
- Daily living skills and social support
- Pressure area care and dressing
Support Worker in-group home for clients with challenging behaviours
Southern House with No Steps
01.2002 - 01.2002
- Support 3 adults with mental illness in a group home.
- Personal care, domestic support, and daily routines
- Behaviour management, conflict resolution, and emotional support
- Following Individual Programming Plans (IPPs) and maintaining reports
Support Worker in group home for Intellectually Impaired adults
Wesley Mission
01.2001 - 01.2001
- Support 4 Intellectually Impaired adults with challenging behaviours in a group home.
- Supporting clients with decision-making, budgeting, and daily skills
- Behaviour management, conflict resolution, and social/community integration
- Following Individual Programming Plans (IPPs), record keeping, and computer use
Social Educator
Interaction Disability Services / Foresight Foundation
01.1997 - 01.2000
- Support adults with mild intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities
- Support with differing social aspects – including budgeting, shopping, community integration, social skilling
Assistant in Nursing
Churches of Christ – Woodlands Nursing Home
01.1996 - 01.1997
- Assist residents with day to day care in nursing home – toileting, bowel care, colostomy bag care, pressure area care and dressing, tube feeding, meals and daily activities
Field Staff / Carer
Barnardo's Australia – Children's Services
01.1993 - 01.1996
- Support young adults with challenging behaviours to live as independently as possible in the community
Skills
- Extensive experience in aged care and disability care
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willing to accept responsibility and work co-operatively with others
- Caring, compassionate and responsible
- Follow and adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety regulations
Certification
- Cert III in Individual Support Current
- Certificate IV Community Services Graduated – 2011
- Drivers Licence (open Class C) Manual and automatic vehicles
Timeline
Community Support Worker
Reliant Health Care
01.2021 - 01.2022
Personal Carer – In Home
01.2012 - 01.2015
Community Carer with aged and disabled persons
Your Choice Home Care
01.2011 - 01.2011
Community support worker with aged and children with a disability
Just Better Care
01.2010 - 01.2010
Full time carer for family member in own home
Personal – My mother
01.2008 - 01.2011
Home care worker
Our Lady of Consolation
01.2006 - 01.2006
Support Worker in-group home for clients with challenging behaviours
Southern House with No Steps
01.2002 - 01.2002
Support Worker in group home for Intellectually Impaired adults
Wesley Mission
01.2001 - 01.2001
Social Educator
Interaction Disability Services / Foresight Foundation
01.1997 - 01.2000
Assistant in Nursing
Churches of Christ – Woodlands Nursing Home
01.1996 - 01.1997
Field Staff / Carer
Barnardo's Australia – Children's Services
01.1993 - 01.1996