Lyndsay Hood
Cambridge,ON
Summary
Dynamic Personal Support Worker with extensive experience at Hopewell Children's Homes, excelling in patient care and food preparation. Demonstrated ability to foster positive relationships and promote a healthy quality of life through tailored support plans and community engagement. Skilled in household organization and health monitoring, achieving significant improvements in client well-being.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal Support Worker
Hopewell Children's Homes
Ariss, Canada
01.2014 - 08.2022
- Supporting children and adults by providing direct care and caregiver 'respite' relief
- Providing all aspects of personal daily care to client This includes: daily hygiene (dressing, bathing, toileting, grooming)
- Food preparation and administration
- This includes: administering feed via g-tube, preparing food portions according to client weight and dietary needs, preparing foods for people with diabetes, modifying food texture for patients with texture sensitivities or swallowing challenges, monitoring and controlling food temperatures to ensure safety
- Follow safety and sanitation policies when handling food and beverages
- Received facility medication administration training and able to receive delegation of medication administration by registered staff
- Daily physiotherapy under the guidance of a physiotherapist
- Training and extensive knowledge of transfers, lifts and a use of a variety of adapted equipment
- Taking clients to appointments, outings, and to participate in other community and individualized recreational activities to promote a healthy quality of life and foster positive relationships within the immediate and larger community
- Documentation of applicable client information on a daily basis and well as detailed composition of Individual Support Plans
- Adherence to infection prevention and control practices
- Planned week-long day camps tailored to clients with physical and developmental disability
Hospital Wide Porter
Guelph General Hospital
Guelph, Canada
01.2020 - 07.2022
- Transport patients for testing
- Admissions - help transfer patients
- Lab runs
- Yearly E-learning Training's
General Labourer
Jefferson Elora Corporation
Elora, Canada
11.2021 - 06.2022
- Fill up carts with totes of auto parts and deliver to production lines on a tugger
Personal Support Worker
Hopewell Children's Homes
Ariss, Canada
01.2019 - 04.2022
- Work 1:1 with a client with predominantly mental health challenges and secondary physical challenges
- Provide 1:1 support emotionally, socially, physically and behaviourally
- Food preparation and administration
- Follow safety and sanitation policies when handling food and beverages
- Provide positive redirection and role modelling around behaviours and positive life skills practices
- Work collaboratively with a large care team of many paraprofessionals including: parents, educational staff, doctors, therapists etc
- To build a cohesive and nurturing environment and learning/growth plan
- Training on trauma informed interventions and strategies to promote growth mindset
- Promptly handle diner issues, complaints, or concerns
St Joseph's Healthcare
Guelph, Canada
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Providing emotional support and companionship
- Performing range of motion exercises for elderly individuals
- Supporting residents to participate in recreational activities
Education
College in Personal support worker -
St. Louis
Kitchener, ON01.2014
Skills
- Food Preparation
- Meal Preparation
- Social support
- Household organization
- Mobility assistance
- Patient care
- Health monitoring
Timeline
General Labourer
Jefferson Elora Corporation
11.2021 - 06.2022
Hospital Wide Porter
Guelph General Hospital
01.2020 - 07.2022
Personal Support Worker
Hopewell Children's Homes
01.2019 - 04.2022
Personal Support Worker
Hopewell Children's Homes
01.2014 - 08.2022
St Joseph's Healthcare
01.2014 - 12.2014
College in Personal support worker -
St. Louis
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