Matthew Olusola
Summary
Dedicated professional with a strong commitment to promoting health, nutrition, well-being, leadership, and mental health. Demonstrates exceptional communication skills and accountability, ensuring punctuality and attention to detail in documentation. Known for excellent human relations and a robust work ethic characterised by care, commitment, courage, compassion, competence, teamwork, and integrity. Maintains physical fitness to support demanding tasks while aiming to contribute positively to organisational goals.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Care Assistant/Support Worker
Cuerden Grange Nursing Home
2025.06 - 2026.03
- Assisting residents with personal hygiene tasks such as washing, bathing, showering, and dressing.
- Helping with toileting and incontinence care.
- Supporting with grooming, such as shaving and oral hygiene.
- Assisting with meal preparation and ensuring service users eat and drink well.
- Running errands such as grocery shopping or picking up prescriptions.
- Prompting medication as outlined in the care plan.
- Monitoring residents' condition and reporting any changes or concerns to the team leader or healthcare professional.
- Assisting with mobility, including helping service users to move around safely, or using equipment like hoists, wheelchairs, walkers etc
- Accompanying residents to appointments, such as doctor's visits.
- Providing a friendly and reassuring presence.
- Listening to concerns and providing emotional support.
- Encouraging and assisting with social activities, hobbies, and interests.
- Helping to stay connected with friends and family.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of the care provided.
- Communicating effectively with the service users, their family, and other healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care.
- Helping service users to achieve goals, develop new skills, and access their community.
- Following a person-centered care plan.
Porter/Kitchen Assistant
OCS Healthcare Ltd. (UK)
2025.01 - 2025.06
- Managed the movement of people, equipment, and vital supplies.
- Kept the hospital stocked and organized by moving heavy or specialized items.
- Collected and disposed of clinical waste, hazardous materials, and general trash.
- Served or distributed meals to hospital residents
- Delivered clean bed sheets and scrubs to wards and removed soiled laundry for cleaning.
- Safely transported medications from the pharmacy to specific nursing stations.
- Scoured work surfaces, floors, and heavy-duty kitchen equipment.
- Operated industrial dishwashers to clean plates/cutlery and ensured all items are sterilized before reuse.
- Received food shipments and checked for quality and freshness.
- Followed the FIFO (First In, First Out) method to ensure older stock is used before new stock and minimized waste.
- Packed heated trolleys with meals to be sent up to the wards.
- Prepared simple items like salads, sandwiches, or desserts.
Mental Health Support Worker
King James Medical Care Centre
2023.12 - 2025.01
- Ensured that all health and safety standards are met.
- Attended to mental health client and ensuring their wellbeing.
- Provided individualized patient care by tending to the specific needs and requirements of each person.
- Engaged in meal planning, housekeeping, feeding, and medication reminders
Administrative Officer
Princeola Multimedia
2013.10 - 2023.11
- Provided an efficient and professional administrative services to the organization to facilitate the smooth operation of the office.
- Executed secretarial services such as minute taking, word processing and diary management.
- Efficiently managed office procedures and systems.
- Managed duty travels.
- Stationary checking and order for new supplies.
- Recorded, compiled, transcribed and distributed the minutes of meetings.
- Created customers’ mailing list which resulted in an improved customers’ relations through prompt correspondence that brought about three customer service awards consecutively.
- Developed and Implemented a new client service program which increased client base by 35%.
- Raised purchase orders and assisted credit officer in account collection by phone and mail, increasing accounts receivables by 30% .
- Responded to over 75 customer calls daily and solved 95% of their concerns
Education
M.Sc. - Political Science
University of Ilorin
Nigeria 2016.10 - 2019.10
B.Sc. - Political Science
University of Ilorin
Nigeria 2009.10 - 2013.10
OND - Business Studies
Kwara State Polytechnic
Nigeria 2005.09 - 2007.09
Skills
- Strong Communication
- Accountability and punctuality
- Excellent human relations
- Strong work ethics (care, commitment, courage, compassion, competence, team work, integrity etc)
- Physical fitness
- Attention to details in terms of documentation
- Promoting health, nutrition, well-being, leadership & mental health
Certification
- Health and Social Care Level 3
- Care Certificate
- Fire Safety CSTF Aligned
- Health and Safety Awareness
- Safeguarding of Children Awareness
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Awareness
- Self-Harm Awareness
- Safeguarding of Children Advanced
- Understanding Anxiety
- ADHD Awareness
- Food Hygiene and Safety in Education
- First Aid Essentials
REFERENCES
Available on request.
Timeline
Care Assistant/Support Worker
Cuerden Grange Nursing Home
2025.06 - 2026.03
Porter/Kitchen Assistant
OCS Healthcare Ltd. (UK)
2025.01 - 2025.06
Mental Health Support Worker
King James Medical Care Centre
2023.12 - 2025.01
M.Sc. - Political Science
University of Ilorin
2016.10 - 2019.10
Administrative Officer
Princeola Multimedia
2013.10 - 2023.11
B.Sc. - Political Science
University of Ilorin
2009.10 - 2013.10
OND - Business Studies
Kwara State Polytechnic
2005.09 - 2007.09