Sunday Okelola
Stoney Creek,ON
Summary
Compassionate personal support worker dedicated to enhancing client well-being through effective assistance with daily living activities and emotional support. Proven ability to administer medications, monitor health status, and maintain a safe environment, ensuring compliance with hygiene and safety protocols.
Overview
1
1
Certification
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Personal support worker
Stay at home Nursing
Hamilton
01.2023 - 12.2025
- Provided personal care and support to individuals with diverse needs.
- Assisted with ADLs, including bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding.
- Supported clients with daily living activities and personal care needs.
- Offered emotional support and companionship, promoting a positive and caring atmosphere.
- Provided companionship and emotional support to enhance client well-being.
- Monitored vital signs, reporting changes or concerns to healthcare professionals to ensure timely interventions.
- Administered medications according to prescribed schedules and documented effects.
- Educated clients on hygiene practices and nutritional needs, promoting health and well-being.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to update care plans and reports.
- Monitored client health status and reported changes to appropriate staff.
- Trained new staff on best practices in personal care techniques.
- Ensured compliance with health and safety regulations during client interactions.
- Created individualized plans for each client that included goals and objectives based on their needs.
- Assessed the need for adaptive equipment including wheelchairs, walkers or canes.
- Conducted home safety assessments to identify hazards that could put the client at risk.
- Maintained accurate records of services provided and client progress, facilitating effective communication with healthcare providers.
- Developed trusting relationships with all clients by demonstrating respect for their rights and choices.
- Maintained accurate records of client progress and reported any changes to supervisor or healthcare provider.
Care giver
Summit Height Retirement Home
09.2023 - 12.2024
- Provided personal care and support to individuals with diverse needs.
- Assisted residents with daily living activities and personal care tasks.
- Facilitated mobility, transfers, and positioning, ensuring safety and comfort for residents.
- Monitored vital signs and reported any changes or concerns to healthcare professionals.
- Tracked residents' health status and promptly reported changes to nursing staff for timely intervention.
- Partnered with registered nurses and physiotherapists to provide care to patients.
- Monitored clients' activity levels and helped prevent sedentary behavior.
- Enabled client communication with loved ones by accurately typing written messages and conveying verbal updates.
- Helped clients adjust to new lifestyles during periods of incapacitation or recuperation.
Personal support worker
Algoma manor
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Assisted individuals with disabilities in daily routines and activities to enhance quality of life.
- Assisted with mobility, transfers, and positioning using appropriate techniques and equipment.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals and family members to develop and implement care plans.
- Encouraged client participation in recreational and social activities to foster independence and community engagement.
- Responded to emergencies calmly and efficiently, following established protocols.
- Provided companionship and emotional support to enhance client well-being.
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to update care plans and reports.
- Monitored client health status and reported changes to appropriate staff.
- Maintained a clean and safe environment for clients at all times.
- Developed trusting relationships with all clients by demonstrating respect for their rights and choices.
- Performed home safety assessments to identify and mitigate hazards, ensuring a safer living environment for clients.
- Facilitated communication between family members about the care of their loved one.
- Instructed clients on essential life skills such as laundry, cooking, and cleaning routines. such as laundry, cooking, cleaning and hygiene habits.
- Ensured a safe environment for clients by managing risks associated with falls or other accidents.
- Supported clients in problem solving tasks related to money management, budgeting, grocery shopping.
Education
Advance diploma - computer technology- networking engineering and security analyst
Mohawk college
Hamilton, Ontario12-2024
Some College (No Degree) - PSW
Alpha Career College
Toronto, Ontario07-2026
B.Sc. - microbiology
Kwara state university
Ilorin, NigeriaSkills
- Medication administration and monitoring
- Assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Infection control and safety protocols
- Emotional support and companionship
- Record keeping and documentation
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work well in a team and under pressure
- Patient care
- Health monitoring
- Care plan development
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Data documentation
- Patient assessments
- Disability support
- Emotional support
- Dependable and responsible
- Flexible schedule and availability
- Daily living activities assistance
- Direct patient care
- Patient care and companionship
- Active listening
- Care plan assessment
- Community activities
- Alzheimer's care
- Care plan management
- Heavy lifting
- Dementia care
- Patient companionship
- Elderly care
- ADL assistance
- Mobility assistance
Certification
- CPR and First Aid Certification
- Personal support certificate
- TB TEST
- Driver's license
Timeline
Care giver
Summit Height Retirement Home
09.2023 - 12.2024
Personal support worker
Stay at home Nursing
01.2023 - 12.2025
Personal support worker
Algoma manor
06.2022 - 12.2022
Advance diploma - computer technology- networking engineering and security analyst
Mohawk college
Some College (No Degree) - PSW
Alpha Career College
B.Sc. - microbiology
Kwara state university