Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Health/Vaccinations
Additional Information
Timeline
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C. Robin Riley

Digby,NS

Summary

Dedicated PSW/CCA with 5 years experience. Also completed and registered HCA with the B.C. Care Aide Registry since 2021 No 131347.

Respectfully encouraging all patients/ clients to do as much activity to keep their independence. Everyone's lives matter, offering a well balanced, kind-hearted team player, responsible, and dependable employee paying attention to important details. Delivering consistent and focused attention to client/patient safety, comfort and dignity.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Home Support Worker /Hospice Aide

Private
04.2023 - 10.2023
  • Home support care for friend with Stage 4 Cancer and COPD
  • Preformed laundry, grocery shopping and other light housekeeping duties as instructed by friend.
  • Lived-in until family decided to put her into hospice.
  • I continue supporting and helping with transition and end-of-life.

Family Support Worker

Private
04.2023 - 10.2023
  • Supporting father, diagnosed with dementia
  • Duties included ADL's in all aspects of life
  • Including finances, closing accounts to eventually, cleaning and removal of all belongings
  • Difficult journey from daughters perspective.

HCA Live-In

Private
08.2022 - 04.2023
  • Live-in 40 hours with dementia client on weekends
  • Responsible for all ADL's, meal prep and feed, medication, housekeeping, outdoor activities, garbage disposal, laundry
  • Objective is to keep everyone safe and to keep moods happy and stimulated with music and dance.

HCA

Plan A Long Term Care Staffing and Recruitment, Care at Home staffing
05.2021 - 06.2022
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Managed time efficiently, keep track of hourly ADL's, diabetics, patients with routines, also guiding, redirecting, and problem solving
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • 100 patient facility with lock down unit for patience living with mental health and dementia.
  • Duties, ADL's, bathing, transfers,serving food & cleaning dining room, garbage, laundry and have patients ready for visits or outings..

HCA

Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
04.2021 - 06.2021
  • Home visits with various duties geared to all levels of needs.
  • Dementia and Alzheimer's experience, end-of-life.
  • Light house keeping, meal prep, feeding, bathing, hygiene, transferring, gentle reminders and queueing
  • Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Private Caregiver

Private Home
03.2019 - 10.2020
  • Preformed ADL, food prep, feeding, frequent transfers, paying bills, cleaning, routines, social time.
  • Observing for oncoming health issues,documenting, transporting and attending medical appointments with client
  • Assisting in any way that increases quality of my clients life.

Home Renovator/ Flooring

self employeed
01.2000 - 01.2017
  • Communicate with homeowner, building management or other contractors to address any concerns.
  • Always having a full understanding of the species, blueprints, materials being installed and the vision for the space
  • Managed project timelines and resources to complete projects on schedule and budget.
  • Cleaned and disposed of debris to maintain safe and clean working environment.
  • Travelling all of Canada creating beautiful spaces.

Education

High School Diploma -

St.Louis
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
11.2019

PSW Personal Support Worker

St. Louis Adult Learning And Continuing Education Centre
Kitchener, ON
11.2019

Skills

  • Customer Service Excellent (30 years)
  • Valid Drivers License (30 years)
  • Microsoft Word (20 years)
  • Senior Care (7 years)
  • Home Care (5 years)
  • Food Preparation (30 years)
  • Dementia Care (4 years)
  • Hoyer Lift (5 years)
  • Hospital experience (1 year)
  • First Aid and Safety (4 years)
  • Client Documentation( 5 years)
  • Behavioral Management (2 years)
  • ADL Support (5 years)

Certification

  • Hairdresser Twin City School of Hairdressing 04/1990
  • Interior Designer- Conestoga College 03/1998
  • Completed Ontario Personal Support Worker program, 11/2019
  • Completion of the Standardized Orientation Program B.C. Care Aide Registry #131347. 02/22/2021
  • Completed Secondary School Diploma 2019
  • First Aid & CPR/AED Level HCP, 02/2019, 02/2023, Canadian Red Cross
  • Gentle Persuasion Approaches (GPA) in Dementia Care, 06/2019
  • Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care, 05/2019
  • Fall Prevention Course "Positive StepsWork" 05/2019
  • Public Health Ontario's IPAC Core Competencies

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 06/2019,

  • Food Handler, 08/2019,
  • Facilitating Effective Eating In Dysphagia, 03/2019
  • Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Flex, 09/2022
  • FOIPPA Foundations (Privacy and Access Fundamentals), 10/2022
  • Community Living BC Privacy and Information Management, 09/2022
  • Health Care Assistant (HCA), Standardized Orientation Program (orientation modules) LearningHub certificates for all listed 02/2021
  • Health Care Assistant Practice in British Columbia
  • Lowering a Patient to the Floor
  • Standing Transfer. -Bed to Chair/Commode
  • Assisting a Patient from Lying to Sitting.
  • Lateral Transfer Sliding Board.
  • Slidersheets -Boosting & Turning.
  • HoverMatt. & HoverJack.
  • Total Body Floor Lift. & Sit/Stand Lift
  • Ceiling lift -Lift Patient from Floor -Boosting,Turning & Lateral Transfer -Universal Sling -Overview
  • Patient Handling Guidelines
  • Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Direct/Professional Clinical Care Providers
  • Recognizing and Responding to Adult Abuse
  • PHSA VIOLENCE PREVENTION, Certificate for all Listed 02/2021,
  • 1- introduction to Violence Prevention
  • 2- Recognize Risks and Behaviors
  • 3- Access and Plan; Part 1 Point - of- Care Assessments
  • 4- Access and Plan; Part 2 Develop Behavioral Care Plans
  • 5- Respond to the Risk; Part 1 Preform De-escalation Communication
  • 6- Respond to the Risk; Part 2 De-escalate Strategies
  • 7- Respond to the Risk Part 3 Determine When and How to get Help
  • 8- Report and Communicate Post-incident
  • WHIMIS\GHS 08/2019
  • Service Excellence. 08/2019
  • Pandemic Awareness 03/2020
  • Fire Extinguisher Education & Awareness Program, 02/2022,

Health/Vaccinations

Moderma mRNA -1273  08/17/2021

Moderma mRNA -1273  09/21/2021


TB screening    test done 05/31/2021

                                   read 06/02/2021

Additional Information

  • Communication is the bridge to all successful relationships
  • Empathic to all difficult situations that humans and animals have to face everyday
  • Physically fit and capable of supporting clients with physical demands,
  • Life & work experiences in a variety of caregiving settings and roles,
  • Flexible lifestyle, able to provide continuous support anywhere, anytime.

Timeline

Home Support Worker /Hospice Aide

Private
04.2023 - 10.2023

Family Support Worker

Private
04.2023 - 10.2023

HCA Live-In

Private
08.2022 - 04.2023

HCA

Plan A Long Term Care Staffing and Recruitment, Care at Home staffing
05.2021 - 06.2022

HCA

Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
04.2021 - 06.2021

Private Caregiver

Private Home
03.2019 - 10.2020

Home Renovator/ Flooring

self employeed
01.2000 - 01.2017

High School Diploma -

St.Louis

PSW Personal Support Worker

St. Louis Adult Learning And Continuing Education Centre
C. Robin Riley