Support Worker - Community Living Toronto - Toronto, ON
(2024-09)
- Personal care support with dressing, shower, toileting, shaving, hair grooming, incontinence care, foot care, etc.
- Support individuals with mobility needs including wheelchairs (in and out, wheeling) and with related equipment
- Support with daily living activities - wake-up and bedtime routines, community engagement, mealtime (assist individuals with feeding when appropriate), family visits, drop-off and pick up, recreational activities
- Facilitate recreational and educational activities to promote socialization and skill development.
- Ordering, dispensing, administering, and documenting medications.
- Crisis response - Carry out any necessary safety plans as required
- Respond to routine queries regarding individuals in care
- Regularly communicate with parents and family members
- Advocate for clients' rights and ensure a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment.
Community support worker/ Personal support worker - Impact life home care - Toronto, ON
(2023-11 - 2024-05)
- Provide personal care and services to seniors and persons with disability in group homes and communities.
- Assist individuals with daily activities, such as bathing, personal hygiene, dressing and undressing
- Prepare meals and special diets, and feed or assist in feeding clients
- Assist in safely transporting patients to different areas in the group home
- Collaborate with the care team to help develop a plan of care for the residents based on their physical, emotional, social and safety needs
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of bathing areas and equipment, adhering to infection control protocols.
- Communicated effectively with patients and their families to address concerns and provide emotional support.
- Collaborated with nursing staff to coordinate patient care and report any changes in the patient's condition.
Internship - Working Women Community Centre - Toronto, ON
(2023-09 - 2024-04)
- Support the residents with daily needs such as counselling, basic core case management services, and access to food banking services
- Administrative tasks such as answering the phone, processing client intakes and discharges, and analyzing statistical information
- Follow up in a timely manner with clients and other team members.
- Work with clients who need shelter for support.
- Communicate and demonstrate appropriate professional boundaries with clients, staff, and community partners and abide by all the Working Women's Community Centre's policies and procedures, e.g., Antiharassment and Discrimination and the Staff Code of Conduct
- De-escalated crisis (e.g. suicide or conflicts) using crisis prevention and intervention techniques such as using neutral tones and body language and calmly resolving issues.
- Encouraged and assisted clients in participating in social, educational, community, and recreational activities.
Placement Student - Chartwell Retirement Home - Toronto, ON
- Helping residents with daily activities like grooming, bathing, toileting, mobility and dressing.
- Providing companionship while encouraging independence and dignity, building respectful relationships with residents.
- Supporting residents with life enrichment activities and taking them to programs, also assisting in facilitating engagement.
- Ensure residents' living space and personal belongings are kept clean and free from safety hazards
