Sherry Thu
Morley,WA
Summary
Hardworking Support Worker/Personal Carer dedicated to comprehensive, compassionate and individualized patient care. Manages appointments and medication, assists with bathing and grooming and maintains tidy environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Support Worker
Nulsen Disability Services
01.2022 - Current
- Assisting clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Helping clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills.
- Transporting clients to appointments, shopping venues and entertainment events according to determined schedule.
- Keeping clients engaged in social networks and communities for personal health and growth.
- Managing the medication for clients & ensuring the medications are up to date.
- Ensuring clients meet the targets for the day.
- Meeting budgets and service targets and reporting on service performance to RSM.
- Ordering supplies such as disposable gloves, wipes, pads for the house.
Disability Support Worker
St Jude's Disability Service
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
- Drove 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.
- Cleaned house, ran errands, managed laundry, and completed weekly grocery shopping.
- Prepared nutritious meals to meet individual dietary needs for clients.
- Provided high level of physical support by lifting, adjusting, and moving clients.
- Kept accurate records for client files and handled related paperwork.
- Monitored client vital signs, administered medications, and tracked behaviors to keep healthcare supervisor well-informed.
- Maintained detailed records of patient progress, documentation of services and case notes.
Personal Care Assistant
Medical Staff Nursing Agency
02.2018 - 01.2021
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Helping residents with daily activities
- CPO in Monash Hospitals across Melbourne
- Supported the patient safety for those patients who have been assessed as being "at risk" by Registered Nursing or Medical staff.
- Provided comforting emotionally and companionship to "at risk" patients, experiencing delirium, dementia or other cognitive impairments.
Personal Care Assistant
Emmavale Garden Aged Care
03.2017 - 09.2020
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Helped residents with daily activities
- Monitored residents' health condition.
- Transferred and ambulation
- Bathed, groomed, and hair washed necessary for personal hygiene.
- Managed residents' health profile.
- Monitored changes in care needs and documented in progress note and care plan.
- Monitored residents care needs to meet their preferences in consideration of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
Personal Care Assistant
Belmore Nurses Bureau & Melbourne Nursing Agency
03.2015 - 11.2018
- Helping residents with ADL'S
- Assisting meals
- Transportation using hoists.
- Manual Handling
- Respite care
Education
Bachelor of Social Work -
Edith Cowan University
Perth, WA12.2025
CERT III in Aged Care -
Institute of Health And Nursing Australia
Melbourne, VIC12.2014
Cert III/IV - Science
Chisholm Institute
Frankston, VIC12.2012
High School -
Noble Park Secondary College
Noble Park, VIC12.2011
Skills
- Client Coping Mechanisms
- Adaptable to help any task and surrounding
- Ability to work under pressure and effectively in team
- Experience in building and maintaining relationships through positive communication and negotiation with different parties at all levels
- Ability to maintain safe workplace, identifying, and preventing hazards within workplace
- Documenting Incidents
- Mobility Assistance
- Interdisciplinary Care
- Monitor Vital Signs
- Crisis Situations
- Client Records Management
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Burmese
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Support Worker
Nulsen Disability Services
01.2022 - Current
Disability Support Worker
St Jude's Disability Service
01.2021 - 05.2022
Personal Care Assistant
Medical Staff Nursing Agency
02.2018 - 01.2021
Personal Care Assistant
Emmavale Garden Aged Care
03.2017 - 09.2020
Personal Care Assistant
Belmore Nurses Bureau & Melbourne Nursing Agency
03.2015 - 11.2018
Bachelor of Social Work -
Edith Cowan University
CERT III in Aged Care -
Institute of Health And Nursing Australia
Cert III/IV - Science
Chisholm Institute
High School -
Noble Park Secondary College
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