DORATHY EHI OKUMOR
Coventry,United Kingdom
Summary
Enthusiastic individual dedicated to delivering compassionate and accessible support. Strong relationship-building skills and emotional intelligence. History of achieving positive results in collaboration with multidisciplinary team. Reliable support worker enthusiastically pursuing opportunity to add immediate value to growing team. Inspired to help others and driven to apply unfailing work ethic to meet objectives. Industrious and committed with skills for multitasking and managing time well.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SUPPORT WORKER
LIVING WATERS SERVICES LTD
08.2023 - Current
- Listened to clients' current struggles to signpost relevant support.
- Established and maintained working relationships with clients based on trust and non-judgement.
- Improved health outcomes by delivering consistent care in collaboration with nursing team.
- Built strong patient relationships through compassionate care and friendly rapport building.
- Adapted support where possible to increase service accessibility.
- Combined technical expertise and strong interpersonal skills to diagnose and resolve issues remotely.
- Provided physical and emotional support, employing compassionate care to help individuals achieve their full potential.
- Monitored individuals' progress, continuously updating and adjusting care plans to meet health and wellbeing needs.
- Monitored and documented client behaviours, activities and development, aiding appropriate care plan management.
- Provided support in social, physical and emotional areas to assist clients with integration into local community.
- Assisted service users to obtain and access community resources.
- Used excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage and interact with individuals in need.
- Facilitated weekly group meetings, providing safe, secure spaces for service users to interact and socialise.
- Delivered high-quality care to individuals with varying needs, tailoring support to meet personalised care plans.
- Continuously promoted best practices in health, safety and security to safeguard service user welfare.
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT
JOVIC K CLINIC
03.2016 - 07.2023
- Actively developed professional healthcare competencies through regular training.
- Charted daily observations, mobility activity and eating percentages to aid continued client assessment.
- Minimised care continuity issues by keeping thorough, accurate records.
- Optimised patient satisfaction through compassionate, considered care and communication.
- Maintained up-to-date patient records to enable care continuity between support providers.
- Submitted reports to manager regarding status of client.
- Provided compassionate personal care for elderly patients, offering support with washing, dressing and toileting.
- Worked closely with nurses to maintain optimum levels of communication.
- Explained treatments and hospital processes to patients.
- Maintained hygiene standards, cleaning and clearing patient rooms according to ward protocol.
- Adapted to service users' needs and requests to maintain personalised care.
- Assembled and dismantled equipment required by healthcare professionals.
CARE GIVER
GOOD MOTHER ORPHANAGE HOME
01.2015 - 02.2016
- Completed housekeeping from hoovering to changing bed linen.
- Collaborated with external support providers, aiding continuity between caregivers.
- Kept detailed records of care activities, condition changes and treatment responses.
- Nurtured trusted rapport with clients, family members, and healthcare professionals.
- Changed bed linens, washed clothes and cleaned living quarters to maintain healthy personal environments.
- Prepared and served tasty and healthy meals in line with service users' nutritional needs.
- Used manual handling techniques and lifting aids to position clients in safe, comfortable postures.
- Monitored clients' physical and mental health, reporting concerns to management for swift action.
- Fed clients with severe limitations and assisted more mobile clients with self-feeding.
- Assisted with daily meal prep, promoting nutritious options for optimal health and wellbeing.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Music
Delta state university
/2009 - /2013
Skills
- Social care
- Support group management
- Intervention techniques
- Quality improvement techniques
- Safeguarding policies
- Personal care
- Data entry
- Activities of Daily Living
- Care plan development
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving
- Administered medication with rigorous planning and recordkeeping
Certification
TRAINING HUB
*Equality, diversity and cultural competence
*Fire safety leaving care
*Emergency first aid
*Health and nutrition leaving care
*Infection control leaving care
*Internet safety leaving care
*Manual handling leaving care
*First aid paediatric leaving care
*Radicalisation and extremism
*Reporting and recording
*Safe harming behaviour leaving care
*Health and safety advance level leaving care
*Reporting and recording advanced learning care
*Safeguarding children level 2 leaving care
*COSHH leaving care
*Risk management and safer caring leaving care
*GDPR for leaving care staff
*General data protection regulation leaving care
*Food safety and hygiene advanced leaving care
*Food safety and hygiene foundation care
*Medication foundation leaving care
*Medication advanced leaving care
*Health and safety leaving care
*Safeguarding adult level 1
*Safeguarding adult level 2
*Safeguarding children level 1 leaving care
*Female genital mutilation
*Child sexual exploitation foundation level leaving care mandatory
*Psychological first aid: Supporting children and young people leaving care
*General data protection regulation GDPR office base employee leaving care
*COVID 19- where are we now leaving care
*Safeguarding young people with learning disabilities
OXFORDSHIRE CHILDREN SAFEGUARDING BOARD
*Raising awareness for UASC
*Raising awareness of advocacy
*Understanding child exploitation
*An introduction to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)
CAREDEMY e-learning
*Care certificate standard 1-15
FLORENCE ACADEMY
*Basic support
*Safeguarding children
*Care communication skills
Timeline
SUPPORT WORKER
LIVING WATERS SERVICES LTD
08.2023 - Current
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT
JOVIC K CLINIC
03.2016 - 07.2023
CARE GIVER
GOOD MOTHER ORPHANAGE HOME
01.2015 - 02.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Music
Delta state university
/2009 - /2013
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