ROBYN THOMAS

Griffintown 514-***-**** adb4z4@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To obtain employment while using the skills, attributes, and knowledge I gained. Additionally, to create opportunity for personal and professional growth while dedicating my time and compassion to improve individuals with cognitive impairments, persons living with disabilities and or other health care needs.

Skills & Qualifications

Through personal and professional experiences, I have learned the following skills and qualifications:

• Thrive in a fast pace environment with competing and changing priorities.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, capable of building and maintaining working relationships.

• Work well independently or as a team player.

• Energetic, efficient and dependable.

• Empathetic and caring to others spiritual and physical needs.

• Behavioural counseling, listening, and advising.

• Helping patient/resident/client to reach maximum potential.

• Compiling comprehensive information and analyzing situations.

• Monitoring the progress of individuals and their behavioural processes.

• Observing and identifying individual human behaviour and teaching required skills.

• Implicate Cognitive behavioural therapy sessions.

• Use constructive criticism as positive learning to strengthen my personal growth in my environment.

• Adaptable to work well within a changing environment.

• Reliable, tolerant and flexible.

• Strong interpersonal skills.

• Problem analysis, use of judgment and ability to solve problems efficiently.

• Effective Communicative skills with team members to problem solve solutions.

• Desire and dedicated to expand my education, learn new criteria and skills.

• Motivated by making a positive difference in the lives of others and having an appreciation for quality improvement during clients processes.

Education

Personal Support Worker Diploma, Algonquin College, Pembroke ON / 2008-2009

PSW Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrates knowledge learned during studies at Algonquin Collage

• Proven experience working in Long term Care:

• Certified in GPA training as well as CPR

• Provided social, psychological, emotional and spiritual support

• Followed all policies and procedures, ensuring the best quality care possible was provided while maintaining residence dignity and comfort

• Extensive knowledge of transfer devices, proper body mechanics, as well as a basic knowledge of medical terminology

• Assist other medical staff with patient care

• Documented and reported any changes in the patient’s conditions

• Interacted closely with patients and family members to ensure they remain informed

• Assess patients and aid in developing an appropriate plan of care to ensure resident focus needs are met.

Work Experience

Autism Therapist – Portia Learning Center – July 2013 – January 2020

• Current role as lead therapist in classroom setting. Responsible for creating and implementing activities and lesson planning.

• Collaborat ideas and assist in individualized programs with senior therapists.

• Work with clients on the Autism Disorder Spectrum, improving their communication, academic, social and behavioural skills depending on the clients needs and other developmental disabilities.

• Provid Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI) in a one-on-one and group setting.

• Work in one-on-one settings with clients to provide the required attention to each client in centre, clients homes and schools.

• Collaborat with teachers on learners’ individual intervention goals and how to apply them into the teachers class setting.

• Conduct therapy sessions with the family in the clients home and community-

• Monitor, collect and graph data on client’s progress and effectiveness of individualized treatment programs. (Computer and paper documentation).

• Communicate with team members and supervisors regarding client progress.

• Record data on daily skill performance. Prepare teaching/program materials and maintain a clean sanitized work space.

• Motivate clients through positive reinforcement of good behaviours in natural environment based teaching and ITT.

• Teaching children through motivation and positive reinforcement by Applying my creative skills and learnt knowledge.

• Communicate and collaborate with parents and team members in planning and implementing an individualized treatment.

• Communicate with parents on updates concerning their child’s programs with any concerns or questions they may have with in my scope.

• Utilize and applied ABA principles based on the needs of each client

• Provided patent training

• Assist Senior Behavior Therapists as requested in conducting assessments and training of staff.

• Apply methods that have been demonstrated through Applied Behavior Analysis to be effective in developing typical home and community language, social, and self-control skills and implementing treatment programs.

• Provide individualized intensive early intervention behavior therapy services directly and independently to children with autism in their home, school and community environments.

• Provide services that place the highest priority on an ethical regard for the best interests of the children served.

• Proactively assist clients with developing tolerance and coping techniques to their individuality needs.

PSW (Long Term Care) – Marianhill, Pembroke ON – September 2009 – June 2013

• Assessed residents for acute health changes, observing and reporting any substantial findings and/or changes to the RPN/RN in charge.

• Provided personal care (AM and HS ) as individualized to residences Care plans.

• Assisted registered staff with wound care and dressings.

• Applied topical ointments and medication to residence.

• Experience in aiding palliative care residence and their needs.

• Assist residence with ADL’s and BDL’s.

• Ensured daily care plans are carried out.

• Use proper body mechanics to ensure safe care of residence and myself.

• Work with other support staff and demonstrate the ability to prioritize, delegated duties, and use effective time management skills.

• Assisted residents at meal times.

• Monitored intake of nourishment to designated residents.

• Experience in caring for Dementia/Alzheimer’s residence.

• Documented and reported any changes in the patient’s conditions.

• Provided spiritual uplifting and support to families and resistance.

PSW (Long Term Care) – Marianhill, Pembroke ON – September 2009 – June 2013

• Provided uplifting emotional and spiritual support to residence.

• Assisted residence to and from dining room.

• Assisted residence with ADL's.

• Monitored skin integrity.

• Reported any changes in behaviour or health immediately to registries staff.

• Administered non narcotic medication.

• Applied topical ointments and medication to resistance.

• Ensured daily care needs where carried out that were within my scope.

• Provided light house keeping tasks.

• Assisted in making light meals and snacks for residence.

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