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DISABILITY SUPPORT WORKER
Professional Summary
Invested Community Support Worker driven to form trusting relationships with clients and advocate for their best interests. 

Community Development professional who brings experience working in nursing homes and with elderly patients in a hospital setting. Skilled at discovering early signs of abuse and tackling issues as they arise.

Currently looking for a new and challenging graduate opportunity within the community development field. One which will best utilise existing skills and experience while enabling further personal and professional development.
Skills
  • Skilled community-based worker
  • Cooperative
  • Calm under pressure
  • Compassionate
  • Reliable
  • CPR Certified
  • Organized
  • Analytical thinker
Work History
Disability Support Worker Activ 01/2013 - Current
  • Participated in the assessment of individual needs of clients , developing individual plans, implementation of strategies and behavioral management programs and evaluation of the effectiveness of set strategies.
  • Planning and setting up day to day programs  that support skills development.
  • Complying with all legal and regulatory and Actv responsibilities and procedures.
  • Ensuring all medication is administered as per clients care plan.
  • Maintaining proactive and regular communication with managers and staff across Activ team.
Support Worker Transition & Integration Services - Perth, WA 02/2012 - 12/2012
  • Met with patients each day for regular therapeutic interviews.
  • Supplied crisis intervention and substance abuse services to patients in the community.
  • Referred clients to social services agencies.
  • Maintained regular contact with clients, including visiting clients' homes.
Disability Support worker Hills Community
  • Helped each patient understand his or her illness and the contributing personal, social and economic factors.
  • Solicited advice and guidance from senior personnel and other experts when difficult or atypical situations developed.
  • Wrote reports and case summaries and compiled work records, including required statistics.
Education
Diploma: Community Welfare Cambridge College - Perth 2011
  • Working with children check (current)
  • Police Clearance
Bachelor of Arts: Community Development and Sociology Murdoch University - Perth 2015
  • 8 Weeks work experience at InterWork Disability Services and Support Organization
  • 8 weeks work experience at  The Shopfront WA
  • 8 weeks work experience at the Metropolitan Migrant Resource Center
  • Multicultural Center for Women's Health                         Advocacy Skills Development Session for Bilingual Women 
Diploma In Computer Studies: I.T CITMA College Zimbabwe - Harare 2000
Referances
  • LLoyd Mushakawanhu -   Health Corporate  Network-  Recruitment  Officer-   0426251932
  • Nyasha Mvere- Manson Agencies Australia- Accounts Office- 0450526361
  • Timothy J Shana- CPE Recruitments- Recruitment Officer- 0403539604
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Activ
  • Transition & Integration Services
  • Hills Community

School Attended

  • Cambridge College
  • Murdoch University
  • CITMA College Zimbabwe

Job Titles Held:

  • Disability Support Worker
  • Support Worker
  • Disability Support worker

Degrees

  • Diploma : Community Welfare
    Bachelor of Arts : Community Development and Sociology
    Diploma In Computer Studies : I.T

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