Catherine Chege
Personal Support Worker
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About
Compassionate, dependable, and highly motivated Personal Support Worker, who is organized and takes initiative. Enjoys supporting individuals with their activities of daily living while ensuring their independence, respect, comfort, and dignity.
Experience
Personal Support Worker, Casual at Winbourne Park (2025-12 – Present)
Assist residents/clients with personal care, hygiene, and activities of daily living while ensuring their independence and dignity.
- Assist the resident/client with personal care and hygiene and activities of daily living
- Observe and report on changes in residents/clients condition to supervisor
- Assist with ambulation, mobilization, transferring and adaptive aids
- Provide cognitive, social, emotional, and psychological support to the resident/client/family
- Maintain resident/client information confidentiality
- Respond to resident/client/family concerns and ensure appropriate action taken within decision making authority and or concern communicated to supervisor
- Assist in maintaining a safe and cleanly environment, including residents/clients equipment and belongings
Personal Support Worker, Part-time at Home Instead (2025-07 – Present)
Provide personal care, emotional support, and companionship to clients in home and community settings.
- Assistance with grooming and bathing
- Assistance with toileting and incontinence issues
- Provide one-to-one emotional support/companionship to clients as posted (at Glen Hill Terrace)
- Provide one-to-one personal care and emotional support to clients in home and community settings
- Alzheimer's/Dementia Care
- Companionship and conversation
- Medication and appointment reminders
- Light Meal Preparation
- Light housekeeping tasks
Personal Support Worker: Student Placement at Community Care Durham (2025-06-02 – 2025-06-20)
Student placement involving assistance with program activities and activities of daily living.
- Involved in assisting, planning, and carrying out program activities like games, music, and exercise
- Assisted the clients with the task of daily living related to personal care
- Performed household management duties as assigned
Personal Support Worker: Student Placement at Winbourne (2025-04-22 – 2025-05-30)
Student placement assisting seniors and disabled/cognitively impaired residents with activities of daily living.
- Aided seniors, disabled and/or cognitively impaired residents with activities of daily living
- Assisted with personal care, elimination, hygiene, nutrition, bathing, dressing, grooming, positioning, mobilization, and ambulation including safe use of lifts
- Demonstrated effective communication with residents, families, and team members
- Transported residents to and from areas in the residence such as living, dining, and bedrooms
Administration Officer at Greenerworld Technologies (2022-04 – 2024-02)
Administrative and office management role including reception, data entry, financial reporting, and procurement.
- Served as a receptionist, welcomed visitors, answered and directed calls. Took and relayed messages. Provided information and directions as needed
- In charge of administration: office cleanliness, office maintenance, refreshments, ordering stationery, and maintaining office equipment
- Wrote and distributed email, correspondence memos and letters
- Entered data in the finance system and assisted in compiling financial reports
- Submitted and reconciled expense reports and maintained office petty cash
- Developed and maintained a filing system, both soft and hard copies
- Prepared invoices according to government regulations
- Solicited quotations from vendors for procurement of supplies and services
Education
Personal Support Worker Certificate in Healthcare – Durham Catholic District School Board (2025-06-20)
Ontario Secondary School Diploma in General Studies – Durham Catholic District School Board (2025-06)
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management – San Juan De La Cruz (2019-12)
