Ben Kanaraib
Huntingdon,Cambridgeshire
Summary
I am a dedicated, compassionate, friendly approachable professional carer who loves helping people. I have experience supporting a range of patients: Children with learning difficulties and Asperger adults in care homes including people with mental health, OCD, PTSD and brain injury. I also have strong verbal and written communication skills. I can drive high levels of motivation and a strong desire to succeed among the team, team player, good role model and mentor, practice good work ethics, good at record keeping and maintaining confidentiality. Flexible Health Care Assistant with 25 years of experience. Improves health outcomes and quality of life through meticulous service provision. Delivers attentive and compassionate care. Skilled in phlebotomy and ECGs.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health Care Assistant
Axis Recruitment - Nottingham
Nottingham
2025.07 - 2026.01
- Met with patients and families to discuss care plan adaptations, seeking continual improvement.
- Safely escorted patients during medical appointments and hospital visits.
- Aided service users in everyday activities, such as washing and dressing, ensuring constant safety and effective care.
- Vigilantly monitored changes in physical and mental health, reporting deterioration to senior carers for urgent attention.
- Worked closely with nurses to maintain high levels of communication.
- Provided compassionate personal care for elderly patients, offering support with washing, dressing and toileting.
- Delivered high-quality, dedicated care to clients with disability, consistently achieving individual care plan objectives.
Mental Health Support Assistant
Comfort Care Services
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Dealing with patients with Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Asperger, Hallucinations, depression, Delusions, Anxiety disorders, Mood disorders, Dementia, eating disorders, Anorexia Nervosa, personality disorders, Bipolar disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Attending CPA meetings
- One to one support
- Supporting with medication
- Driving and shopping needs
- In House Training: Boots Medication Training, Fire and safety awareness, first aid certificate, Food and Hygiene, Health and Safety Training, Infection Control Certificate, Medication Training, Moving and Handling, Personal care, Safeguarding
- Aylesbury
Supply Teaching
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Supporting children and young people with autism
- One to one support in class for children and young people with autism
- Supervising classroom
- Teaching students
- Maintaining discipline in the classroom
- Implementing disciplinary measures
- Monitoring student progress
- Using teaching materials
- Preparing reports
- Following lesson plans
- Leaving notes for the absent teacher, Outlining the events of the day
- Leaving the classroom tidy
- Carrying out playground duty if required
- Support students with learning disabilities on a one to one basis
- Milton Keynes
Macintyre
01.2012 - 01.2017
- To deliver stimulating, challenging and highly effective learning, centred around the needs and preferences of each individual
- To provide a caring, sensitive and learning environment
- To provide a highly individualised education, enabling each child and young person to achieve above and beyond what may have been thought possible
- To provide safe environment; ensuring each young person’s wellbeing and allowing them to excel in everything they do
- To ensure that each child and young person is motivated, and able, to effectively communicate wherever they are
- To facilitate each child and young person’s ability to understand their needs and be able to self-regulate and self-advocate
- For each child and young person to be constantly developing independence skills in all areas of their life
- Aylesbury
CARER
Ringshill care Home
01.1999 - 01.2002
- Providing personal care and assistance to residents, such as showering, dressing, and administering their medication
- Helping with daily tasks such as meal preparation, household chores, and care plans
- Monitoring residents’ health and safety
- Planning and facilitating activities for residents
- Providing emotional and physical support for vulnerable and frail people
- Supporting residents with rehabilitation and home-from-hospital care
- Providing specialist care for complex conditions
- Ensuring safe mobility around the home
- Offering companionship and emotional support
Cleaner
Ashley Cleaning
01.1997 - 01.2002
- Responsible for floor care, performing various surface tasks, including vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, and spot-cleaning carpets of all office areas and non-production employee lounge
- Responsible for the maintenance of non-production employee lounge tables, chairs, and counters, carrying out tasks such as dusting, spraying, and cleaning
- Responsible for removing trash in office areas and non-production employee lounge
- Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing of restrooms daily
- Responsible for cleaning of windows in conference rooms, management offices, etc.
- Perform dusting, disinfecting, and polishing of surfaces and furniture as needed
- Sometimes I required shopping for cleaning supplies as needed
- Sometimes I required to stock Kitchen and Board Room supplies as needed
- Responsible for reporting repairs and replacements encountered when executing daily tasks
- London
Kitchen Porter
Mayday Staff Services
01.1996 - 01.2002
- Sweeping and mopping floors
- Washing used cutlery, pots, pans and dishes
- Loading and unloading a dishwasher
- Putting clean items away
- Collecting waste and disposing of it safely
- Unloading deliveries of food and other equipment to the kitchen
- London
Support worker
LKEE Care services
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
01.2022 - Current
- Communicating goals and deadlines to team members
- Planning workloads and delegating tasks
- Creating a productive work environment for the team
- Assessing team performance and providing feedback to employees
- Assisting with hiring and training employees
- Assisting with the daily operation of the organisation
- Performing customer service functions, including interacting with stakeholders and answering questions
- Providing teams with information about recent developments programmes and policy changes of management
- Carrying out staff supervisions
- Carrying out auditing such as: Finance, care plans, health and safety, medication, annual reviews and so on
- Carrying out rota management and building a strong team
Healthcare Assistant
Newcross Healthcare Solutions
Milton Keynes
01.2018 - Current
- Domiciliary - Visit service user’s homes and support them with their personal hygiene, these duties include: showering, baths, shaving and oral hygiene
- Support clients with transfers using appropriate equipment
- Support clients with nutrition and hydration, providing daily meals, support with feeding and following the appropriate risk assessments
- Support and administer medication as per our policies and procedures
- Provide domestic care to service users, to include housework, laundry, ironing and shopping
- Observing, monitoring and recording clients' physical and emotional well-being, and promptly report any changes to senior staff
- Encouraging clients to participate in social and recreational activities
- My duties as a health care assistant in hospitals include making and changing beds, helping patients with personal hygiene, such as bathing, dressing, and grooming, monitoring and recording vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and blood glucose, serving and assisting patients with meals and drinks, setting up and operating medical equipment
Care Support Worker
Oak Home Care Service
Aylesbury
11.2021 - 01.2026
- Successfully empowered individuals to pursue hobbies and leisure activities, such as shopping and creative activities.
- Collaborated with clients to clean house and prepare meals with person-centred care approach.
- Updated first aid training to protect client welfare.
- Prepared tasty and healthy meals to meet dietary requirements.
- Monitored physical and emotional wellbeing of individuals, reporting changes to care managers.
- Offered clinical support from wound care to medication administration.
- Documented accurate and updated caseload records and reports to streamline process.
- Monitored patient symptoms and progress to boost health outcomes.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal hygiene, prioritising patient dignity, privacy and independence.
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care while encouraging independence and activity appropriate to individual ability.
- Prioritised person-centred care to maximise independence for clients with dementia and limited mobility.
- Built meaningful rapport with service users with range of conditions.
Taxi Driver
Royal Cars
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Transport passengers to their desired destination safely and efficiently
- Familiar with the local traffic laws and regulations and ensuring that I follow them at all times
- Able to communicate effectively with passengers and provide excellent customer service throughout the journey
- Picking up passengers and transporting them to their destinations
- Following traffic rules and regulations to ensure safe driving
- Keeping the taxi clean and maintained in good working condition
- Handling cash, credit cards and other payment methods for fare collection
- Assisting passengers with luggage and packages
- Oxford
Care Support worker
Newham Crossroads
01.2002 - 01.2012
- Providing personal care, such as showering, shaving, oral hygiene and dressing
- Administering medication
- Monitoring health and wellbeing
- Maintaining records and reporting any changes
- Assisting with meal preparation and household tasks
- Getting to know individual clients and being aware of their special interests and social needs
- Supporting clients with daily personal care such as washing, dressing, using the toilet and feeding themselves
- Carrying out general tasks such as Shopping, Helping clients organise paying bills, budgeting money and letter writing
- Helping families adjust to new caring responsibilities
- Working with other health and social care professionals to deliver individual care and development plans
- Being the ‘key worker’ to one or two residents in a residential setting
- Helping to organise recreational activities
- London
Education
BA (Hons) - Business Studies: HRM
University of East London
01.2007
GCSE Maths and English -
Barking College London
London01.2003
ESOL – Business Administration -
Unity College - Kentish Town
London01.2002
ESOL Teaching Certificate -
TTI College London
London01.2002
ESOL- Cambridge First Certificate -
Stanton School of English
London01.1998
Deug 2 - Sociology
Universite de Saint-Louis
01.1996
BEFEM - Baccalaureat -
Lycee Djignabo de Ziguinchor
01.1990
CEPE -
Ecole Primaire de Boutoupa
Senegal01.1983
Skills
- NVQ Level 2/3
- Diploma level 3 and principles of Team Leading in Health and Social Care
- Proven experience in long term care, assisted living or home health preferred
- Ability to handle multiple priorities
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Good judgement, problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to react calmly in emergency situations and be considerate
- Exhibits a caring and compassionate attitude while articulating true concern for people
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Medication administration training or/and a willingness to undertake training if required
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Excel)
- Team building
- Client relationship management
- Medication administration
- Risk assessment
Custom Section
Ecole Primaire de Boutoupa - Senegal, 1976-01-01, 1983-01-01, CEPE, Stanton School of English - London, 1996-01-01, 1998-01-01, ESOL - Cambridge First Certificate, Lycee Djignabo de Ziguinchor, 1983-01-01, 1990-01-01, BEFEM - Baccalaureat, Unity College - Kentish Town - London, 1999-01-01, 2002-01-01, ESOL – Business Administration, TTI College London, 2002-01-01, 2002-01-01, ESOL Teaching Certificate, Barking College London, 2002-01-01, 2003-01-01, GCSE Maths and English, Universite de Saint-Louis, 1991-01-01, 1996-01-01, Deug 2 - Sociology, University of East London, 2004-01-01, 2007-01-01, BA (Hons): Business Studies: HRM, The Health and Safety Group, 2023-01-01, 2023-01-01, Certificate on all Care mandatory training, NCFE, 2021-01-01, 2021-01-01, Certificate in Principal of team Leading Level 2, TQUK, 2019-01-01, 2019-01-01, Certificate in Management and care of Diabetes Level 2, City and Guilds - London, 2014-01-01, 2014-01-01, Diploma in Children and young people workforce Level 3, Newham College - London, 2011-01-01, 2011-01-01, Payroll - Certificate, Alpha Construction - London, 2010-01-01, 2010-01-01, Plumbing, Newham College, 2010-01-01, 2010-01-01, Computerised Accounts, Newham College, 2009-01-01, 2009-01-01, Website Design, Newham College, 2008-01-01, 2008-01-01, Bookkeeping, Hampton Training - London, 2007-01-01, 2007-01-01, SIA Training, City and Guilds - London, 2006-01-01, 2006-01-01, NVQ IN Health and Social care Level 2 and 3, TBG- Barking College- London, 2004-01-01, 2004-01-01, Computer Training – ECDL - CLAIT, Health Education England: Skills for care, 2019-01-01, 2019-01-01, Care Certificate
References
Available Upon Request
Languages
Spanish
Beginner
A1
English
Advanced
C1
French
Advanced
C1
Manjack
Advanced
C1
Portuguese Creole
Intermediate
B1
Certification
Manual Driving license since 2001
- Business administration : Degree
- Level: Degree - Diploma
- Business administration and Healthcare
- Diploma level 3 in health and social care
Hobbies and interests
- Football
- Cinema
- Reading
- Sports: Athletics
Accomplishments
- Streamlined workflow by consolidating lengthy processes and redundant documentation which resulted in more effective and timely completion of
- Successfully streamlined care support workflows by reducing duplication in documentation, improving efficiency and ensuring timely, safe, and person-centred care delivery.
- Updated and implemented [Type] policies for continued company compliance with [Type] guidelines.
- Streamlined mental health care workflows by consolidating lengthy processes and reducing redundant documentation, resulting in more timely and effective clinical and support interventions.
- Improved service efficiency by minimising duplication in care records, allowing increased focus on therapeutic engagement, observation, risk management, and recovery-focused care.
- Supported the updating and implementation of mental health policies and procedures in line with NHS, CQC, and Mental Health Act guidelines, ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance and best practice.
- Contributed to accurate, clear, and compliant record-keeping to support multidisciplinary team communication and safe patient care.
- Streamlined mental health care workflows by simplifying complex processes and reducing redundant documentation, supporting timely and effective clinical and support interventions.
- Enhanced service efficiency by minimising duplication in care records, allowing greater focus on therapeutic engagement, risk management, and recovery-focused care.
- Updated and implemented mental health policies and procedures in line with NHS, CQC, and Mental Health Act guidelines, ensuring continued regulatory compliance.
- Streamlined workflow by consolidating lengthy processes and redundant documentation that resulted in more effective and timely completion of [Action]
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Additional Information
I am a compassionate and reliable Healthcare Assistant with experience supporting individuals with a range of mental health needs, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and complex behavioural presentations. I am skilled in providing person-centred, recovery-focused care, supporting therapeutic engagement, and maintaining a safe and supportive environment.
I work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, contributing to accurate observations, risk assessments, and clear documentation in line with NHS, CQC, and Mental Health Act requirements. I am confident in de-escalation techniques, remain calm under pressure, and respond appropriately in challenging or emergency situations.
I demonstrate strong professional values, including confidentiality, safeguarding awareness, and respect for dignity and equality. I am committed to continuous professional development and maintaining high standards of care and safety.
coaching
Additional Information – Coaching Profile (Healthcare, Business & Finance)
I am a qualified and results-driven coach with experience supporting individuals and teams across healthcare, business, and financial wellbeing. My coaching approach is person-centred, solution-focused, and evidence-informed, enabling clients to build confidence, resilience, and sustainable performance.
Within healthcare settings, I coach staff to improve emotional resilience, communication, leadership skills, and stress management, supporting wellbeing and reducing burnout while maintaining high standards of care and professionalism. I work effectively with individuals at different levels, including frontline staff and aspiring leaders.
In business and finance coaching, I support individuals to develop clarity, accountability, and practical strategies for growth, productivity, and financial stability. I simplify complex concepts, empower informed decision-making, and support clients in setting and achieving measurable goals.
I demonstrate strong ethical practice, confidentiality, and professional boundaries, and I adapt my coaching style to meet diverse needs and learning styles. I am confident working independently or collaboratively, contributing positively to organisational culture, performance, and staff development.
Key Coaching Strengths- Healthcare coaching: wellbeing, resilience, communication, leadership support
- Business coaching: goal setting, productivity, accountability, performance improvement
- Financial wellbeing coaching: budgeting, financial confidence, decision-making
- Strong interpersonal and motivational skills
- Ethical, confidential, and professional coaching practice
- Experience supporting diverse individuals and teams
Timeline
Health Care Assistant
Axis Recruitment - Nottingham
2025.07 - 2026.01
Support worker
LKEE Care services
01.2022 - Current
Care Support Worker
Oak Home Care Service
11.2021 - 01.2026
Healthcare Assistant
Newcross Healthcare Solutions
01.2018 - Current
Taxi Driver
Royal Cars
01.2017 - 01.2018
Mental Health Support Assistant
Comfort Care Services
01.2015 - 01.2017
Supply Teaching
01.2013 - 01.2017
Macintyre
01.2012 - 01.2017
Care Support worker
Newham Crossroads
01.2002 - 01.2012
CARER
Ringshill care Home
01.1999 - 01.2002
Cleaner
Ashley Cleaning
01.1997 - 01.2002
Kitchen Porter
Mayday Staff Services
01.1996 - 01.2002
BA (Hons) - Business Studies: HRM
University of East London
GCSE Maths and English -
Barking College London
ESOL – Business Administration -
Unity College - Kentish Town
ESOL Teaching Certificate -
TTI College London
ESOL- Cambridge First Certificate -
Stanton School of English
Deug 2 - Sociology
Universite de Saint-Louis
BEFEM - Baccalaureat -
Lycee Djignabo de Ziguinchor
CEPE -
Ecole Primaire de Boutoupa