SHARON JELIMO CHEMUGO
Darwin,NT
Summary
- I am caring, compassionate and responsible individual with a strong commitment to providing quality care so that people with disability can live with maximum dignity, comfort and independence. As a support worker, I strive to provide social, emotional and practical support to individuals and their families by providing best duty of care, listening keenly and empowering my clients to lead happy and fulfilling lifestyles Core Competencies Include: Compassionate care
- Courteous demeanor
- Medication administration
- Personal hygiene
- First Aid / CPR
- Daily living skills
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LIBERTY HEALTH SERVICES
05.2025 - 03.2026
- Supporting the customers to engage for the day activities in the program for example, modelling, games and having fun.
- Assisting with the delivery of activities.
- Ensuring that customers are eating throughout the day.
- Supporting the leaders in sending home photos and reports to families each day.
- Assist customer with personal care including toileting and showering.
- Completing incident reports.
- Doing handover at the beginning and end of the day with parents.
- Daily cleaning and setting up.
- Handling complex behaviors of some customers and ensuring they’re safe while following the positive behavior support plan.
- Assisting people to perform important daily activities including home support
- Facilitating daily personal hygiene and dressing tasks
- Implementing de-escalation techniques for preventing and defusing behaviours of concern
- Assisting, supporting, and chaperoning outside the home environment which may include transportation of your client.
- Assisting with medication compliance which will include dispensation of prescription medication.
- Implementing strategies for preventing and managing difficult behaviours
- Implementing positive approaches, clear, inclusive, and respectful communication.
668 PTY
09.2023 - 10.2025
- Domestic duties, including general household cleaning/tidying and meal preparation.
- Personal care assistance, such as toileting, showering, grooming, dressing and assistance with medication.
- Monitoring the well-being of clients and reporting/documenting their progress.
- Empowering clients to set and achieve their personal and professional goals.
- Encouraging clients to develop independence their everyday life, participate in their desired educational, vocational and well-being program.
- Transporting clients to appointments (e.g. medical, therapeutic, social events, shopping)
- Supporting clients to establish and maintain social relationships by participating in recreational activities and facilitating community inclusion.
- Implement behavior intervention and support programs
- Implement behavior intervention and support programs for residents
- Assisting client(s) with feeding or initiating for some.
- Assisting residents with their Activities of Daily Living like personal hygiene& grooming, continence management, dressing, ambulation and any other arising needs.
- Preparing the residents/client(s) get ready for food, serving them and cleaning up after meals.
- Preparing the resident /client(s) to retire to bed and putting them to sleep after dinner.
- Checking up on residents/client(s) and attending to them when they ring bell from their quarters and ensure SLA response time is quicker irrespective of the nature of call.
- Maintaining clean and dry bed and linen.
- Working in the laundry within the facility.
- Reporting all incidents through the incident management system.
- Undertake duties in accordance with the relevant health care or industry standards.
- Comply with the relevant Health policies and procedures.
- Assisting residents in taking part in their scheduled leisure and lifestyle activities.
- Taking clients out like dinner, swimming shopping, parks for a play, walk or drive.
- Administering medication.
- Giving emotional support and make clients happy when they are low in their moods and happy with them when happy too
ACCORD CARE
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing and toileting the children.
- Kept accurate records for the children’s files and handled related paperwork.
- Adhered to company requirements, interactions and care standards.
- Drove the children safely to social activities and appointments as well as participating in it.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Maintained safety with tidy, clean and hazard-free home environments.
- Checked medication schedules.
- Provided high level of physical support.
- Prepared nutritious meals to meet individual dietary needs for clients.
- Transported patients via wheelchair to and from rehabilitation and daily activities.
- Communicated child needs to teachers, doctors and parents to increase child health and happiness.
- Conferred with supervisor to discuss children’s health condition and medical care.
Education
New Direction
Sydney06.2023
Skills
- Competent in provision of CPR and First Aid, risk assessment and management
- Developed Skills in listening, supporting and dealing with challenging client behaviors
- Skilled in appropriate manual handling; and proficient use of standing and full hoists
- Knowledgeable and well versed at providing care to clients with keenness on following a person-centered, wellness and enabling approach
- Well versed in assisting residents with their ADL’s (activities of daily living); providing personal care and hygiene; using bedpans, bathing, oral hygiene, ambulation, feeding, dressing and shaving
- Knowledge of infection control principles
- Keenness in following safety rules and regulations in line with laid out Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, Policies and Procedures
- Skilled in undertaking and carrying out domestic duties and tasks as per requisite instructions
- Committed to duty of care and respecting clients in their diversity
- Committed to promoting and maintaining safe work practices
- Can be delegated upon, take instructions from and work well under the Resident Nurse(s) and immediate supervisor
- Understand and appreciate Person-Centered and Wellness and approach to client care
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm for continuous residents/patient care
- A team player, conscientious, honest, time conscious and diligent
- Ability to solve and make decisions on the go
- Ability to organize and plan work, as well as prioritize tasks properly
- Ability to learn quickly, self-motivate and always willing to ask questions to enable me to be better at my assigned work/task
- Good communication and listening skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to relate professionally with others at all levels
- Self-motivated, hardworking, disciplined and honest person
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to set priorities, plan and organize own workload
- Ability to work cooperatively with management
- Ability to socialize and perfectly interact with others
Certification
- CPR and First Aid
- Certificate III in disability.
- Drivers’ license.
- Working with Children Check.
- National Police Clearance.
- Hand Hygiene.
- Infection Prevention and Control.
- Bowel management.
- Peg feeding.
Timeline
LIBERTY HEALTH SERVICES
05.2025 - 03.2026
668 PTY
09.2023 - 10.2025
ACCORD CARE
01.2023 - 12.2023
New Direction