Faith Stewart
Reading, Pa. **610
Phone: 610-***-****
Email: *******@*****.***
Personal Care Provider and Companion
A personal care provider with 10 plus years of experience inclusive of food shopping, preparing meals, household cleaning, bathing, feeding,monitoring vital signs, transportation to appointments, assisting in medication refills and dispensing, assisting in physical therapy and walking, blood sugar testing, creative arts and crafts and pet care in support of regional retirement communities and individuals and is best known for giving my heart to each patient and being an exceptional family liaison.
Core Competencies and Skill Areas
●Patient Care
●1-on-1 Communication
●Personal Care
●Family Liaison
●Creative Activities
●Dispensing Medications
●Household Maintenance
●Monitoring Vital Signs
Transportation
Professional Experience
STEWART HOME CARE Oxford, PA 2010 - Present
Self-employed personal home care for individuals.
Companion and Nursing Care
Provided individual care that included house cleaning, cooking, scheduling and transport to physicians and physical therapy, dispensing medications, blood sugar testing, bathing and grooming, charting, pet care, communicate with family members
●Provided personal care and companionship for elderly 90+ year old man with dementia up until his transition to a full care nursing facility.
●Provided emergency care on several occasions that required immediate medical attention
QUARRYVILLE PRESBYTERIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY 2012 - 2014
Privately held nursing and retirement home with 600+ residents.
Personal Care Attendant (Memory Support Unit)
Provided patient care for up to six residents on a daily basis, inclusive of daily and hourly monitoring of vital signs, dinner set-up and cleaning, ambulating, bathing and grooming, care of clothes, evening bedtime, aiding patients in attending recreational activities and charting.
●Provided personal care support to more than 40 residents over two years
●Assisted Personal Care Attendants and RNs additionally as needed
Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, PA 2008-2010
Internationally recognized horticultural gardens, woodlands and pastures comprising 1077 acres
Custodian
●Responsible for setting up special events that included light displays, concerts and educational events
●Refuse and recycling pickup, maintaining and inspection of all display and garden areas.
●Security and safety of the grounds
●Provided clean restrooms, windows, and common areas
●Set up and supported over 70 events over an 18 month period
●Provided support to customer service during holiday events that were outside of normal duties
●Assisted a woman who fell in the restroom in a manner that garnered recognition by leadership
Faith Enterprises Lincoln University, PA 1999-2008
Provider of cleaning services to homes, apartments, businesses, and private schools.
Cleaning Business
●Cleaned 5 homes, 4 apartments, and 1 school every 30 days
●Retained 100% of all customers over an 8 year period
●Successfully cleaned 3+ senior living quarters each year that were in dire need of cleaning due to posted health and sanitation concerns
Psychiatry/Drug and Alcohol Abuse Unit Bryn Mawr, PA 1986-1989
●Certified nursing assistant that worked on the drug and alcohol unit
Education and Certifications
Delaware Community College, Nursing (attended 6 months)
High School Diploma: Cambridge Academy - Stuart, Florida
Dementia and Alzheimer’s Care Certification
Counselor’s Aid - Rehab after Work Program