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PAMELA RUTENDO ZAKARIYA

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Phone: +27-76-295-**** Email: *********@*****.*** PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Compassionate, patient, and dependable Care Assistant with over 7 years of direct elderly care and domestic support experience. Skilled in personal hygiene, feeding, emotional support, mobility aid usage, and maintaining a clean, safe environment. Experience across Zimbabwe and South Africa. Committed to delivering respectful and empathetic care and currently preparing for employment in Finland's eldercare sector.

KEY SKILLS

- Personal hygiene and grooming assistance

- Mobility and transfer support (hoists, walkers, wheelchairs)

- Meal preparation and nutritional care

- Companionship and mental well-being support

- Medication reminders and basic health monitoring

- Light housekeeping and home organization

- Confidential record-keeping and reporting

- Teamwork, cultural sensitivity, and communication

- Basic IT and administrative tasks (data entry, MS Office) RELEVANT QUALIFICATIONS

ServeSA Trading (South Africa)

- National Certificate in End User Computing (2022)

- MS Office, typing, filing, and data management

Informal Caregiving Training (Zimbabwe)

- On-the-job experience in hygiene safety, patient handling, and elder support

- Familiar with basic CPR and first aid principles Secondary Education - Mkoba 1 High School

- Grade 12 / Matric Equivalent (2006-2009)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Private Household - Care Assistant

Gweru, Zimbabwe Jan 2018 - Mar 2022

PAMELA RUTENDO ZAKARIYA

1 Eglantine Street, Roodeplaat, Pretoria

Phone: +27-76-295-**** Email: *********@*****.***

- Provided full-time home-based care to an elderly client with limited mobility

- Supported with dressing, bathing, and toileting routines

- Administered medication and maintained a daily care log

- Offered companionship and conducted memory stimulation activities

- Handled general housekeeping and grocery shopping Batanai Home - Care Assistant

Harare, Zimbabwe Jan 2014 - Mar 2017

- Delivered personal care including bathing, feeding, dressing, and grooming

- Helped clients with physical mobility using assistive devices

- Performed household tasks and assisted in errands TM Supermarkets - Shop Assistant

Harare, Zimbabwe Feb 2010 - Dec 2012

- Served customers and handled Point of Sale (POS) operations

- Maintained shop cleanliness and promoted sales offers

- Provided excellent customer service and complaint resolution LANGUAGES

English: Fluent

Shona: Native

Finnish: Beginner (self-study; plans for formal training in Finland) REFERENCES

Available on request.

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