Tessa Visser
Middleton,SA
Summary
Accomplished Home Support Worker and Early Childhood Educator, with a record in fostering client independence and enhancing children's learning through various approaches that cater to individual requirements. Skilled in critical thinking and team collaboration, I excel in creating safe, inclusive environments that promote both physical and emotional well-being.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Support Worker
ECH
Victor Harbor, SA
12.2023 - Current
- Developed trusting relationships with clients, establishing rapport and open communication.
- Enhanced client comfort by providing personal care services such as bathing, grooming, and dressing.
- Ensured client safety by identifying potential hazards in the home environment and implementing appropriate interventions.
- Assisted disabled clients to support independence and well-being.
- Provided emotional support during difficult times by actively listening and empathizing with clients'' experiences.
- Promoted mental stimulation through engaging activities tailored to each client''s interests and abilities.
- Contributed to a positive work environment by collaborating with colleagues and maintaining open lines of communication within the caregiving team.
- Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
- Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.
Early Childhood Educator
Edge Early Learning
Strathalbyn, SA
03.2023 - 12.2023
- Supported children with special needs, creating customised learning strategies to accommodate various abilities.
- Maintained and fostered positive and constructive interactions with staff, families, and children.
- Boosted children''s social skills development through group tasks and collaborative games.
- Sanitised toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Applied play-based strategies to provide diverse approaches to learning.
- Cultivated a safe and inclusive classroom environment that fostered respect, empathy, and cultural awareness among the children.
- Fostered creativity in the classroom through art activities, dramatic play, storytelling, and other imaginative pursuits.
- Promoted sensory development by providing access to different textures during learning experiences.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on the entire group.
- Strengthened parent-educator relationships through consistent communication, increasing parental involvement in the educational process.
- Maintained a well-controlled room by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviours.
- Educated children in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers, and letters.
- Promoted physical health by incorporating movement breaks and outdoor play opportunities into each day''s schedule.
- Established positive relationships with children and their families/caregivers.
- Modelled positive behaviour and communication skills for children.
- Planned and executed activities to stimulate physical, social and intellectual growth.
- Reset room various times a day to ensure children are continuously exposed to a new range of activities, providing perspective of learning and range.
- Served children their meals and followed correct cleaning procedures prior to and afterwards.
- Followed cleaning procedures to clean shared bathrooms.
Education
Certificate 3 Early Childhood Education And Care -
Early Childhood Educator Trainee
Edge Early Learning, Strathalbyn Grade 12 -
Investigator College
Victor Harbor, SA11.2022
Skills
- Reliability and punctuality
- Progress Documentation and the ability to create Children’s Learning Stories of the Day
- Respect for privacy
- Behavior redirection
- Personal Hygiene Assistance; Nappies/Toileting
- Professional boundaries
- Dressing assistance
- Clear Communication
Certification
I have attained the following; HLTAID009 Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, HLTAID010 Provide basic Emergency Life Support, HLTAID011 Provide First Aid, and HLTAID012 Provide First Aid in an Education and Care setting.
Timeline
Home Support Worker
ECH
12.2023 - Current
Early Childhood Educator
Edge Early Learning
03.2023 - 12.2023
Certificate 3 Early Childhood Education And Care -
Early Childhood Educator Trainee
Grade 12 -
Investigator College