Shirley Ball
Botwood,NL
Summary
Compassionate Home Support Worker with proven success at Horwoods Home Care, enhancing client independence and quality of life. Skilled in personal care and safety compliance, I foster trusting relationships while providing emotional support. Adept at documentation and critical thinking, I ensure continuity of care and a safe, nurturing environment for clients.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Home Support Worker
Horwoods Home Care
03.2015 - 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.
- Assisted clients with mobility issues, ensuring safe transfers and ambulation around the home.
- Managed household tasks such as cleaning, laundry, meal preparation, and grocery shopping to maintain a clean and organized living environment for clients.
- Provided emotional support during difficult times by actively listening and empathizing with clients'' experiences.
- Maintained accurate documentation of care provided, changes in condition, and communication with healthcare providers for continuity of care purposes.
- Improved independence and quality of life for clients through assistance with daily living tasks.
Education
Community Studies
Corona College
Grandfalls/Windsor, NL05-1999
Skills
- Reliability and punctuality
- Adaptable to change
- Behavior redirection
- Personal hygiene assistance
- Client documentation
- Emotional resilience
- Patient care
- Dressing assistance
- Patient transportation
- Light housekeeping
- Feeding assistance
- Housekeeping
- Patient lifting techniques
- First aid and CPR
- Compassionate client care
- Nutrition
- First aid and safety
- Meal preparation
- Medication administration
- Compassionate caregiving
- [State] Driver's license
- Toileting assistance
- Nutritional meal preparation
- Clear communication
- Personal care worker
- Critical thinking
- Fast learner
- Condition monitoring
- Team collaboration
- Supportive personality
- Time management
- Household cleaning
- Attentive to people
- Direct care aide
- Medication management
- Decision-making
- Client transportation
- Light cleaning
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Injury prevention
- Personal care homemaker
- Client records management
- Caring companionship
- First aid certification
- Relationship building
- Ability to lift
- Documentation and recordkeeping
- Care planning
- Problem identification
- Safety compliance
- Respect for privacy
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Home Support Worker
Horwoods Home Care
03.2015 - Current
Community Studies
Corona College
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