Cheryl-ann Gaff

A fun loving, kind hearted and strong level headed women. Live life to the fullest enjoy and appreciate everything that I come across. Hard working and bring the best out in people.

Housewife after relocation 02/2024--present The Gin To My Tonic - Order fulfilment Manager - Faringdon- 09/2023-02/2024

· Back of house warehouse distribution

· Loading with distilleries

· Assisting with planning nationwide events

· Promoting leads with wholesalers

· Updating webpage and stores

· Customer enquiries and complaints

· Front of house and bar staff at nationwide events promoting sales within

Broad Town Brewery - FOH – Broad Town- 05/ 2021- 08/2022

· Table service

· Barmaid services

· Cleaning

· Stock taking

· Entertaining guests

· Sales

Housekeeper- The Housekeeper – Malmesbury – 03/2020 – 06/2023

· General cleaning of clients’ own homes (dusting, polishing, hoovering, windows and mopping etc).

· Thorough end of tenancy clean.

· Cleaning holiday homes/lets including making the beds and making the home presentable.

· Cleaning residential homes/communal areas

· Deep cleaning clients’ homes

· Deep cleaning holiday homes/lets.

· Conservatory cleans.

· Ironing

Healthcare Assistant – NHS – Various sites – 03/2020 - 05/2020 (COVID-19)

· Assisting patients with personal care; washing, dressing and oral hygiene

· Continence management including changing of stomas, urine drainage bags and catheter care.

· Undertake the agreed clinical activities including collection of urine, faecal samples and swabs,

· Recording and reporting of all required data for the patient’s wellbeing, this includes input/output charts, blood pressure, saturations and NEWS scoring etc.

· Assisting patients to eat and drink as required, helping with menu selections.

· Safe movement handling of patients following pre assessment checks.

· Answering the ward telephone as required

· Assisting with discharge procedures

· Assisting nurses as and when required to do so.

· Tidying bed areas, and to clean and strip beds and remake after patient discharge.

· Safe disposal of soiled laundry and waste

· Ensuring the ward equipment is suitably maintained and cleaned frequently.

· Spending time with patients when able too, reassuring them and keeping them occupied and distracted from their worries.

Senior Care Assistant - Agincare – Chippenham, Wiltshire – 02/2019 –12/2019

· Food preparation including.

· Personal care including continence care.

· Medication

· Complex and palliative care

· Spot checks, quality assurance checks and auditing

· Companionship

· Risk Assessments and care planning

· Out of hours telephone

Unemployed- Housewife- 05/2012-02/ 2019

To begin with raising my three children on my own two who have ASD and LD. Then raising my remaining two children after remarrying.

Coordinator - Agincare - Wokingham, Berkshire- 10/2011 to 05/2012

· Food preparation

· Personal care including continence care

· Medication including special techniques

· Palliative care including dialysis treatment (hospital trained)

· Risk assessments and care plan assessments

· Spot checks, supervisions and appraisals

· Care plan review and quality assurance checks

· Recruitment and weekly KPI’s

· Liaising with health professionals, LA and families

· Coordinating care workers weekly rota

· Implementing new packages on care system

· Out of hours telephone

Supervisor - Mac Care - Bracknell, Berkshire – 06/2008 to 10/2011

· Food preparation including P.E.G feeding.

· Personal care including continence care.

· Medication including special techniques.

· Complex and palliative care

· Risk assessments and care plan assessments

· Spot checks, supervisions, and appraisals

· Care plan review and quality assurance checks

· Mentoring care workers

· Auditing, compliance checks where needed.

· Multi agency meetings

· Out of hours telephone

· Liaising with health professionals, LA and families

Carer - Carewatch – Wokingham, Berkshire – 09/2006 – 06/ 2008

· Food preparation

· Personal care

· Manual Handling

· Domestic care

· Medication

NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care

Team player, Fun, easy going and strong.

Focused, organised and a good motivator.

Commitment to quality with strong communication skills

Keen to learn to greater my knowledge and practice.