AFAM-OKOCHA

LUKACHUKWU

ad4z89@r.postjobfree.com

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Professional Summary

To utilize my experience to care for people of all ages, knowledge and skills make an asset to any assisted living or childcare facility. Long-term goal is to make a difference in people's lives.

Work Experience

Support Worker Jan 2024 – Till Date

Quality Service Care UK

Duties:

Support work for People leaving with learning disability (Autism).

•To act in a manner which respects the dignity of users with learning disabilities

•Support individuals with user’s daily routines, including intimate personal care, promoting independence and choice at all times.

•Support users, plan, to meet his goals and outcomes.

•Support service users in their daily routine including support with intimate personal care.

•Maintain a relationship with users which recognize their rights as equal citizens and to assist in the exercise of those rights in all relevant situations and circumstances.

•Assist and advise users on maintaining age and culture appropriate activity and appearance at all times.

•Support users in the development of daily living skills, including household chores including cooking, shopping, cleaning, home and garden maintenance, budgeting, etc.

•Assist in meeting the recreational and leisure needs of users to include participation in holidays and outings when required

Support work for People leaving with Dementia.

•Empower user to live a full life.

•Advice and support to user to gain the right support enable their living environments to be appropriate to their needs.

•Support the user to make meaningful and resilient connections within their chosen community.

•Reducing social isolation and loneliness

•Provide a range of interventions required to support service users meeting their personal care needs ensuring safety, privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.

•Help to identify risk factors, monitoring the service users’ progress, level of functioning and mental state,

Support/Care Assistant May 2023 – Jan 2024

Outstanding Care Service Limited UK

Personal Care:

•Provided support for individuals to assist them in pursuing their goals related to community activities, social interactions.

•Dressing and undressing / preparing the service user for Day Care or trips out.

•Washing / bathing / showering / shaving / grooming / cleaning teeth. • Hair care (washing / brushing).

•Nail care (fingernails only).

•Toileting and all aspects of personal hygiene.

•Continence management.

•Care of pressure sores (under appropriate nursing supervision).

•Getting in and out of bed.

•Assisting with the use of Aids to Daily Living / Rehabilitation Aids, as required.

•Helping with rehabilitation programs, as prescribed by healthcare professionals.

•Day / evening / night sitting services, as required.

Healthcare

•Assisting the service user to take prescribed medication.

Dietary Care:

•Preparation of snacks and meals according to the service user’s likes / dislikes.

•Assisting with feeding, as required.

Domestic / Household Services:

•General cleaning duties, to include cleaning / dusting / vacuuming / polishing.

•Bed-making.

•Clearing refuse and rubbish.

•Laundering / Handwashing / Ironing / Light needlework, as required.

•Fuel Management.

•Shopping, and the preparation of shopping lists and assistance with budgeting

Personal services:

•Assistance with personal finances, to include paying bills, collecting pensions.

•Personal planning (birthdays / anniversaries etc.)

•Democratic rights (voting cards etc.).

Health Support Officer Feb 2020- June 2023

Catholic Old Peoples Home.

Warri, Delta State, Nigeria.

•Provided support for individuals to assist them in pursuing their goals related to community activities, social interactions.

•Transported and accompanied the individual(s) to medical and other appointments.

•Actively participates in person-centered teams and within the agency.

•Make sure the elderly takes their medications as at when due.

•Built 1 and 1 strong, trusting relationships with patients by providing continuous support and delivering best possible care.

Support Executive Nov 2017- Jan 2020

Family Home for the Elderly.

Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria.

•I was responsible for supervising and caring for the elderly.

•Would make conversation and make meals as needed.

•Would make the person comfortable psychically and mentally as they would sometimes forget where they were.

•Monitored Patient progress, identifying and proactively addressing obstacle hindering recovery.

•Listened to patients' complaints and feedback, actioning improvements to continuously elevate quality of care.

Education

Degree

Delta State University B.Sc. (Economics) 2001-2005

Trainings and Certifications

•Care Certificate and Mandatory Training Baldev Skills Resource Ltd UK

•Duty of I was responsible for supervising and caring for the elderly. The Health and Safety Group

•Care Training module. The Health and Safety Group

•Personal Development Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Understanding Your Responsibilities Training Module, The Health and Safety Group

•Equality and Diversity Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Privacy and Dignity Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Fluid and Nutrition Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Handling Information Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Health and Safety Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Infectious Control Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Safeguarding Adult Training Module, The Health and Safety Group

•Safeguarding Children Training Module The Health and Safety Group

•Standard 12 Basic Life Support The Health and Safety Group

•Working In a Person-Centered Way Academy.florence.co.uk

•Understanding learning disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder Academy.florence.co.uk

•Dementia Level 1 Academy.florence.co.uk

•An Introduction to Incident Management: Bitesize Learning Academy.florence.co.uk

Reference

On request

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