Aisling Taggart

I am highly self-motivated, hard-working and passionate person with exemplary communication, team working and leadership skills. These skills have been developed in roles such as customer service-based retail work, through gaining experience through my leadership in Scouts, my year as course representative and lastly throughout my time as a community care worker.

Community Care Assistant - Anns Home Care

(2022-01)

The primary role of the work I do is to assist elderly or disabled clients with practical tasks that they cannot manage themselves or may need encouragement to complete independently.

• Supporting Clients with social and physical activities
• Helping with personal care such as support with showering and dressing
• Assisting clients with eating and drinking
• Assisting clients with medication
• Trusted by management and the client's family to assist with client's daily needs and in their own homes
• Skills that you learn throughout the job is good communication, team work, problem solving and to ensure everything is done in the correct procedure
• Lastly, confidence in working on my own initiative within the client's home and travelling in between calls

Advanced Care Worker – Rapid Response - Optimum Care

(2020-03 - 2022-02)

Rehabilitation services aim to help people, particularly older people, remain independent by: providing support and rehabilitation to people at risk of admission to, or who have been in, hospital; ensuring people can remain in their own home for as long as possible, and; offering short-term support to people living at home who find daily activities difficult.

• helping make their transfer out of hospital as smooth as possible
• Supporting Clients with social and physical activities
• Helping with personal care such as support with showering and dressing
• Assisting clients with eating and drinking
• Assisting clients with medication
• Trusted by management and the client's family to assist with client's daily needs and in their own homes
• Skills that you learn throughout the job is good communication, team work, problem solving and to ensure everything is done in the correct procedure
• Lastly, confidence in working on my own initiative within the client's home and travelling in between calls

Community Care Assistant - Extra Care

(2019-02 - 2020-03)

The primary role of the work I do is to assist elderly or disabled clients with practical tasks that they cannot manage themselves or may need encouragement to complete independently.

• Supporting Clients with social and physical activities
• Helping with personal care such as support with showering and dressing
• Assisting clients with eating and drinking
• Assisting clients with medication
• Trusted by management and the client's family to assist with client's daily needs and in their own homes
• Skills that you learn throughout the job is good communication, team work, problem solving and to ensure everything is done in the correct procedure
• Lastly, confidence in working on my own initiative within the client's home and travelling in between calls

Sales Assistant - Home Bargains - Ballyclare

(2014-05 - 2019-02)

• Gained experience delivering high levels of customer service to local and loyal customers
• Working with colleagues to ensure a satisfactory stock level and stock control at the start and end of every shift
• Trusted by management to assist in dealing with delivery when management is dealing with costumer service
• Trusted by management to do cash handling jobs, such as work on checkouts
• Working with colleagues and management to ensure a satisfactory stock take's every quarter

Nursery Assistant - Lissan Nursery

(2009-02 - 2009-06)

Classroom Assistant - Cookstown Primary School

(2010-01 - 2010-05)

Classroom Assistant - Lissan Primary School

(2010-11 - 2011-03)

BSc (Hons) - Criminology and Criminal Justice - Ulster University Jordanstown (2013-09 - 2018-07)

BTEC First Diploma - Health & Social Care - South West College, Dungannon (2008 - 2013)

BTEC National Diploma - Health & Social Care - South West College, Dungannon (2008 - 2013)

BTEC National Diploma - Applied Science with Forensic - South West College, Dungannon (2008 - 2013)

Essential Skills - English, Maths & ICT - South West College, Dungannon (2008 - 2013)