SARFO GYIMAH
Hartlepool
Summary
Am a hardworking, reliable and professional individual, who can manage time and priorities work to meet deadlines. Am customer focus who treats everyone with courtesy and respect. Am flexible to work, can work to tight deadlines and can thrive in any work environment. Am an individual who can work proactively in a team and own initiative. Am a quick learner who is willing to participate in any training that will enhance effectiveness to work and enhance personal development. See myself as someone who very supportive, team player and an open-minded person with so much patient to support others .
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Support worker
St Vieve Healthcare Ltd
London
2023.09 - Current
- Providing care and support daily to 20 clients, and intervening during crisis periods.
- Collaborating with other medical professionals to develop support plans
- Monitoring and supervising clients to ensure their safety
- Looking out for behavioural changes.
- Engaging in therapy sessions with clients and occasionally their families
- Documenting and keeping clients records correctly.
- Helping clients with daily activities.
- Recommending clients to doctors or psychiatrists for further treatment, if necessary.
- Provided essential emotional support, comfort, companionship and building relationship with clients and their families to establish trust.
- Giving clients evidence-based therapy, such as Cognitive Therapy for tackling anxiety and depression.
- Assessing clients whilst discussing their problems.
- Educating clients’ families about mental health problems faced by patients, and what can be done to lead to recovery.
- Carrying out risk assessments on clients.
- Ensuring patients do not harm themselves or others.
- Helping to find root cause of client’s mental health problems.
- Accompanying clients on shopping trips and days out and provided full support support during all activities.
- Assisting with personal care when required including bathing and showering.
Support worker
CiviCare Bed & Heart Ltd
Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire
2023.09 - 2023.12
- Assisted with personal care activities such as washing and dressing, consistently promoting positive health and hygiene.
- Led group activity program to support independence and encourage community inclusion.
- Conducted one-to-one and group support sessions, helping service users to achieve care plan objectives.
- Facilitated weekly group meetings, providing safe, secure spaces for service users to interact and socialize.
- Improved health outcomes by delivering consistent care in collaboration with nursing team.
- Monitored individuals' progress, continuously updating and adjusting care plans to meet health and well-being needs.
- Empowered individuals to pursue hobbies and leisure activities such as shopping and creative activities.
- Planned, prepared and served meals for 20 clients, strictly following prescribed dietary orders.
- Administered medication with rigorous planning and record keeping.
- Provided support in social, physical and emotional areas to assist clients with integration into local community.
- Applied mobility assistance knowledge to safely ambulate patients in varying elevations and obstacles.
Healthcare assistant
NOTRE DAM CLINIC
ACCRA
2018.02 - 2023.08
- To provide personal care and support to Clients with wide range of needs, illnesses and disabilities, encourage independence and motivation of Client
- To assist Clients getting up in morning and going to bed at night, bath and shower, to dress and undress toileting, continence management and personal hygiene
- To maintain good communication and develop
- Employer15 effective working relationships with Clients
- To maintain detailed accurate records in respect of care
- Administration of medication
- Assisted in all aspects of personal care, retaining comfort and dignity.
- Prepared healthy meals with additional mealtime planning, feeding and support.
- Maintained high levels of client satisfaction by providing tailored, personalized care that consistently met individual needs.
- Submitted reports to manager regarding status of client.
- Collaborated with additional care providers to ensure seamless patient support.
- Maintained optimal safety standards throughout client home and care environments, prioritizing risk-reduction, health and hygiene.
- Worked professionally with care giving teams and hospital departments to maintain continuity of care.
Community Support Worker
MEDIFEM MULTI-SPECIALIST AND FERTILITY CENRE
ACCRA, GHANA
2015.05 - 2018.01
- Caring for patients in their own homes
- Helping clients with daily personal care such as washing, dressing, using toilet and feeding them
- Supporting clients in way that maintains dignity and privacy
- Carrying out general tasks such as housework, laundry and shopping
- Providing support to over 20 physically/mentally disabled people and vulnerable adults
- Providing care to elderly living independently
- Complied with all safeguarding, risk management, risk assessment and lone working policies and procedures.
- Maintained strict confidentiality at all times, adhering to relevant company policy.
Education
CERTIFICE - HEALTH AND CARE
Mandatory Care Training ,
LONDON 2022.10 - 2023.04
Bachelor of Science - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
GHANA06.2020
Skills
- Personal Care
- Good time management & multi-tasking Skills
- Customer service skills
- Flexible and adaptable to work
- Competent in delivering 1-2-1 care
- Good organisational skills
- Understanding of equality & diversity
- And respect for individual
- Good communication
- Conflict resolution skills
- Management skills
Timeline
Support worker
St Vieve Healthcare Ltd
2023.09 - Current
Support worker
CiviCare Bed & Heart Ltd
2023.09 - 2023.12
CERTIFICE - HEALTH AND CARE
Mandatory Care Training ,
2022.10 - 2023.04
Healthcare assistant
NOTRE DAM CLINIC
2018.02 - 2023.08
Community Support Worker
MEDIFEM MULTI-SPECIALIST AND FERTILITY CENRE
2015.05 - 2018.01
Bachelor of Science - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION