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Adeleke Zarouk

Windsor

Summary

Developed essential caregiving and support skills in healthcare environment, demonstrating adaptability and empathy. Expertise in providing personalized care and managing daily living tasks, with focus on enhancing well-being. Seeking to leverage transferrable skills to transition into new field, bringing strong foundation of client-focused care and problem-solving abilities.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Personal Support Worker

Crystal Edge Care
07.2024 - Current
  • Providing safe mobility assistance to support patients in navigating personal and public spaces.
  • Turning and positioning bed-bound patients regularly to prevent pressure sores and enhance comfort.
  • Assisting clients with daily living activities to promote dignity, self-esteem, and overall wellness.
  • Maintaining continuous supervision of residents who are unable to call for help, ensuring their safety and well-being.
  • Ensuring clients receive the correct dosage of medication and encouraging adherence to prescribed treatments as directed by healthcare professionals.
  • Determining specific needs and providing the most appropriate level of services for patient well-being.
  • Maintaining a clean and well-organized environment for client happiness and safety.
  • Dressing, grooming, and feeding patients with limited physical abilities to support basic needs.
  • Improving patient outlook and daily living through compassionate care.
  • Maintaining a daily journal of activities, keenly monitoring client behavior and emotional states, reporting concerns to the case manager, and documenting accordingly, while also reporting any physical or cognitive changes to the family.
  • Greeting patients and families with an enthusiastic attitude to establish long-term professional relationships, informing family and physicians about changes in the client’s mental or physical health.

Direct Care Provider

Crystal Edge Care
09.2023 - 06.2024
  • Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them.
  • Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation/personal hygiene assistance.
  • Plan, prepare, or serve meals to patients or other family members, according to prescribed diets.
  • Care for patients by changing bed linens, washing, and ironing laundry, cleaning, or assisting with their personal care.
  • Accompany clients to doctors' offices or on other trips outside the home, providing transportation, assistance, and companionship.
  • Position or hold patients in position for surgical preparation.
  • Restock patient rooms with personal hygiene items, such as towels, washcloths, soap, or toilet paper.
  • Stock or issue medical supplies, such as dressing packs or treatment trays.
  • De-escalating challenging situations calmly and professionally using behavior support techniques and trauma-informed care practices.
  • Monitoring health and behavioral changes, and reporting observations to medical staff or case managers for timely intervention.

Personal Support Worker

Diageo
02.2023 - 08.2023
  • Cared for Children, elderly and disabled clients in their homes, building trusting relationships and adapting support to each person’s unique needs.
  • Maintained clean and well-organized environment for client happiness and safety.
  • Dressed, groomed, and fed patients with limited physical abilities to support basic needs.
  • Improved patient outlook and daily living through compassionate care.
  • Maintained a daily journal of activities, keenly monitoring client behaviour and emotional states, reporting concerns to case manager, and documenting accordingly and reported any physical or cognitive changes to the family of loved one.
  • Greeted patients and families with an enthusiastic attitude to establish long-term professional relationships, informing family and Physicians about changes in the client’s mental or physical health.
  • Developed strong and trusting rapport with patients to facilitate smooth, quality care.
  • Provided coordination to meet with doctors, physical therapists, psychologists, and hospice.
  • Ensure meals were prepared according to dietary restrictions.
  • Helped transition patient between bed, walking aid and automobile. Assisted with medical equipment, including wheelchairs, and raised alarm for emergency care during critical situations.
  • Provided companionship, conversation, and emotional support to the individual and assisted clients with shopping, cleaning, and laundry.
  • Ensured the fulfilment of individual goals and needs as instructed in the client’s support.

Education

Worker Health and Safety Awareness

Ministry of Labour
Windsor, ON
03.2024

Personal Support Worker

CLI College of Business, Health & Technology
Toronto, ON
06.2024

AODA & Human Rights Code

Ontario Human Rights Commission
Windsor, ON
03.2024

CPR & First Aid

Red Cross
Windsor, ON
09.2023

Skills

  • 3 years of proven experience with experience facilitating the development of children/persons with social, emotional and behavioural challenges with knowledge of implementing personal support plan which centers on individual’s welfare, daily requirements and interests
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, including the capacity to convey complex information to others and to assimilate and comprehend information in a way that is consistent with the primary responsibilities of the position
  • Highly dependable and compassionate, strong belief in importance of companionship and support in patient care
  • Exceptional critical thinking ability to respond to client’s development decisively and effectively
  • Proven ability to work well both independently and as part of a team providing quality care to client

Timeline

Personal Support Worker

Crystal Edge Care
07.2024 - Current

Direct Care Provider

Crystal Edge Care
09.2023 - 06.2024

Personal Support Worker

Diageo
02.2023 - 08.2023

Personal Support Worker

CLI College of Business, Health & Technology

AODA & Human Rights Code

Ontario Human Rights Commission

Worker Health and Safety Awareness

Ministry of Labour

CPR & First Aid

Red Cross

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