Nyarai Tinotenda Muchena

• Providing personalized 1-1 support to individuals with learning disabilities and autism in a supported living set up.
• Help achieve patient independence through guided tasks and activities.
• Enhance wellbeing of patients by providing emotional support and companionship.
• Support individuals during crisis using positive reassurance and helping them build resistance in challenging situations.
• Support individuals to maintain contact with family, friends and community engagement.
• Facilitating attendance at appointments ensuring individual needs are met.

Key acheivements- Nominated for The Support Worker Award at The Northern Ireland Learnig Disabilities&Autism Awards 2025

• Providing personalised care and support to vulnerable individuals, promoting independence.
• Maintaining optimal safety standards throughout client home and care environments, prioritising risk-reduction, health and hygiene.
• Monitoring individual's physical and emotional wellbeing, promptly reporting changes to supervisors.
• Pad changing and continence management
• Medication administration and prompting.
• Preparing meals for clients and light household chores i.e laundry and vacuuming.
• Promoted dignity by assisting patients with limited mobility to complete personal care, including washing and dressing.

Outline

Ensuring delivery of exemplary care to young adults and elderly service users with physical and learning disabilities and autism, in comfort of their own home and reporting to Care Coordinator.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitoring individuals' progress, continuously updating and adjusting care plans to meet health and wellbeing needs.
• Providing support in social, physical and emotional areas to assist clients with integration into local community.
• Personal care, bathing, dressing, oral care, shaving and hair care
• Vital signs monitoring and recording, medication administration and management.

Key achievements

• Established fun interactive and physically stimulating activities for service users.