Compassionate Personal Support Worker

RUTH MORRISON

Cell Number: 249-***-****

**********@****.**

VACCINATIONS

COVID-19

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Experienced Personal Support Worker seeking a position with your company. I am quite a client-oriented person that puts the well-being of others as a priority.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Possess a Personal Support Worker Certificate

Knowledge of the care and support needed working with clients and family members

Ability to remain calm and level-headed in stressful situations

Have a clean police record and current vaccines

Developed interpersonal skills, with both clients and team members

Dedicated to promoting client safety, dignity, independence, mobility and comfort

Encouraging and supportive team member with collaborative leadership abilities

Quick learner with computer skills in database management and internet navigation

Skills in money handling and keeping accurate records

Adapts well to change in work environments and brings a positive attitude to the team

WORK EXPERIENCE

Performed errands for clients and provided housecleaning services

Dispensed medications, as well reordered when needed

Assisted in feeding clients, as well as serving meals and nutritional snacks

Safely operated mechanical lifts, hoyer lifts, as well as sit-to-stand devices

Assisted with personal hygiene care; including bed baths, showering, nail care and shaving

Helped family members complete activities of daily living

Ensured clients were turned and repositioned while in a bed or wheelchair

Provided cycostomy care on clients as well as catheterizations

Answered call bells, made beds and set out clothes for clients

Provided laundry supports as well as meal preparation

Monitored and reported behavioural improvement

Pallative support for both client and family

Administration

Working knowledge of input and output, hygiene charts, as well as Point of Care charting

Set up medication sheets for clients as well as updating when necessary

Able to effectively operate Microsoft, Excel, and QuickBooks

Completed team schedules with supervisor on regular basis

Able to collaborate with team members on creating client files

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EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATES

Standard First Aid/CPR (B) & CPR (C), Heartsaver AED Certificates 2024

(Renewed), Tim Mash Services, Oshawa, ON

AON Online Education 2024

(Through AON Academy, Centennial Place, Millbrook, ON)

COVID-19 Employee Health and Safety Training 2021

Online (Through Kawartha Participation Projects, Peterborough, ON)

Preventing Disease Transmission Certificate 2020

Online, Red Cross (Through Kawartha Participation

Projects, Peterborough, Ontario)

“My Wishes” and Raising the Bar Workshops 2016 Kawartha Participations Projects, Peterborough, ON

Fire Extinguisher and Evacuation Training 2016

Kawartha Participation Projects, Peterborough, ON

WHMIS Training 2015 Kawartha Participations Projects, Peterborough, ON

Rights, Abuse, Medication, and Defensive Driving Workshops 2011

Kawartha Participation Projects, Peterborough, ON

Feeding Certificate 2011

Hillsdale Estates, Oshawa, ON

Personal Support Worker Certificate 2010-2011

Trillium College, Oshawa, ON

RELATED EMPLOYMENT AND PLACEMENT EXPERIENCE

Personal Support Worker January 2024-Present

Centennial Place, Millbrook, ON

Private Care April 2011-February 2024

Alberta Howard

Essential Support Worker April 2022-November 2023

Saint Elizabeth Healthcare (SEHC), Whitby, ON

Private Care November 2021-April 2022

Clara Helpurn (Shelley Evans, Daughter/Employer)

Independent Living Attendant August 2011-February 2022

Kawartha Participation Projects (KPP), Peterborough, ON

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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