Samantha Matsunga
Wellingborough,Northam
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate professional with extensive experience in domiciliary, live in and support care. A carer with solid background in providing care for individuals with dementia, palliative needs and those with learning disabilities. Skilled in assisting with daily living activities , offering both emotion and physical support to clients with a wide range of needs. Passionate about promoting independence and enhancing the well being of individuals, all while ensuring a safe dignified environment.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Health Care Assistant
Care4U Healthcare
03.2023 - 04.2025
- Uphold safety and hygiene standards to reduce incidents and accidents
- Administering medication and keep comprehensive records
- Administered peg feeding, ensuring safety and hygienic enteral nutrients
- Offer compassionate physical and emotional support to service users, enhancing overall health, wellbeing and independence
- Supported terminally ill clients ensuring comfort and dignity through end of life care
- Monitored and cared for clients with bed sores ensuring proper wound care and prevention
- Assisting service users with dressing, grooming and feeding needs, helping to overcome and adapt to mobility restrictions
- Safely transitioning service users between sleeping surfaces and mobility assistance such as wheelchairs, providing consistent support
- Preparing nutritious, delicious meals
- Minimising hospital admissions by observing service users' reactions to medication and treatments, promptly reporting abnormalities to healthcare team
- Maintaining wheelchairs, walking frames, and hearing aids
- Practising safety and hygiene procedures by maintaining clean work environment
- Applying safe transportation techniques to transfer residents between rooms
- Assisting in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity
- Preventing accidents and falls by ensuring cleanliness and tidiness of service user's home
- Improving service users' satisfaction ratings by providing faultless personal care
Education
NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social Care
A1 Training
10.2024 - 06.2025
A Levels - undefined
Excellency Tutorials
01.2017 - 12.2017
GCSEs -
Domboramwari High School
01.2015 - 12.2015
Skills
- Dependable and Responsible
- Emotional and companionship support
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Excellent Communication
- Dementia and Alzheimer's care
- Peg feeding and catheter care
- Health assessment and monitoring
- Safeguarding knowledge
- Bedsore monitoring and wound care
- Palliative and end of life
- Personal care
- Progress reporting
- Medication administration
- Risk Assessment
Certification
- Care Certificate
- Whole Day Training (08/07)
- Dementia Awareness Level 2 (VTQ)
- Disability Awareness
- End of Life Awareness
- CPR Awareness
- Diabetes Awareness
- First Aid Plus Level 3 (VTQ)
- CPR/ Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals Level 2 (VTQ)
Additional Information
Right to work, Clean DBS, Own car, Driver's licence, References upon request
Languages
English
Shona
Custom
Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes
Personal Information
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Timeline
NVQ Level 3 - Health and Social Care
A1 Training
10.2024 - 06.2025
Health Care Assistant
Care4U Healthcare
03.2023 - 04.2025
A Levels - undefined
Excellency Tutorials
01.2017 - 12.2017
GCSEs -
Domboramwari High School
01.2015 - 12.2015
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