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Sharika Rameshan

Lytham St Annes

Summary

A caring social worker with experience in assessment, treatment planning, counselling, and evaluation. Excellent active listening abilities and a high level of empathy. Prepared to begin working and learning on the job.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Care Assistant

Knights Care Home
08.2024 - Current
  • Assisted patients with mobility, transferring them safely between beds, chairs, and wheelchairs as needed.
  • Implemented care plans designed by healthcare professionals to ensure consistency in treatment and support for each patient.
  • Assisted patients in maintaining personal hygiene through regular bed baths or showers according to individual preferences.
  • Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities, staying current with best practices in caregiving techniques.
  • Monitored and maintained cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of assigned station and service areas.
  • Managed time effectively while balancing multiple tasks simultaneously, ensuring all aspects of patient care were addressed promptly.
  • Promoted safe environment for patients through regular monitoring of vital signs and reporting any abnormalities to medical staff.
  • Provided emotional support to patients and their families throughout caregiving process, building trust and rapport.
  • Maintained accurate records of patient progress, documenting changes in condition or response to treatment interventions.
  • Maintained clean and organized living spaces for patients, ensuring comfortable and sanitary environment conducive to healing.
  • Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
  • Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
  • Completed regular check-ins and progress report for each client.

Social Work Supervisory Practice

Grace Care
11.2023 - 05.2024

Social Care Support Officer

Lancashire County Council
06.2023 - 09.2023

Helping patients leave acute settings in timely way, or avoid admission, and accessing intermediate care services.

Working to ensure ICAT team delivers effective and timely service.

Undertaking admission and advanced assessments for service users in line with standard operating procedures.

Working closely with variety of services to ensure best possible outcomes for individuals.

Care Assistant

Choice Care Home
01.2023 - 04.2023
  • Observed patient skin conditions and reported findings to registered nurse.
  • Assisted with patient hygiene, physical comfort, eating, and drinking, and mobility while observing and reporting specific changes.
  • Lifted patients using appropriate equipment in accordance with moving and handling policy.
  • Supported nursing staff with care of incontinent patients and promotion of continence care.
  • Maintained clean environment with due consideration to health and safety issues and infection control policy.
  • Arranged bedding and cushions to enhance patient comfort in bed and chairs.
  • Participated in cleaning and maintenance of medical equipment to assist in department function and regulation compliance. Supervised patients on commodes, in toilets, and bathrooms and assisted patients with hygiene needs.
  • Adhered to patient special diets and provided supplementary drinks under nursing staff supervision.
  • Documented patient information and care activities in electronic health record.

Care Assistant

The Hamptons Care Home
05.2022 - 12.2022
  • Provide high level of care to residents ensuring their wellbeing
  • Provide personal care, maintaining high level of hygiene
  • Support residents to maintain their independence
  • Identify and assist with residents’ needs
  • Serving meals
  • Assist residents as necessary
  • Updating conditions of residents in software on a timely basis.

Psycho-Social School Counsellor

Department of Women and Child Development
08.2019 - 02.2022
  • Department of Women and Child Development, Identifying adolescent problem, which is social, religious and economic specific in schools
  • Counselling to children on psychological and social problems
  • Equipping children to manage stress and strain among them
  • Equipping them to face problems of sexual abuse, domestic violence and gender difference
  • Making them understand their emotional and physical changes coming out during adolescent period
  • Psychological support to victims of domestic violence
  • Supporting students to maintain absolute reproductive health
  • Pre-examination and post-result counselling
  • Life skill education
  • Emotional guidance by counselling and changing to a mature person with good mental health
  • Freeing the adolescent from the ill effect of alcoholism, drug addiction and related diseases
  • Individual and small group counselling
  • Referrals
  • Counselling for parents
  • Awareness classes for beneficiaries (parents, adolescent girls) of
  • Anganwadi centre on relevant topics
  • Tele counselling to address mental health needs of people during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Provided empathetic and effective counselling on academic and personal issues in group and one-to-one settings
  • Evaluated students using standardised criteria to determine abilities and learning needs
  • Personalised instruction and personal mentoring based on individual strengths and abilities
  • Offered counselling to help students deal with academic, personal, or behavioural issues.

Project Assistant

01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Centre for Management Development, Government of Kerala Handling of major two programs – Soft skill and Communicative
  • English Training program of NORKA ROOTS Pre-Departure Orientation Training program of NORKA ROOTS
  • Coordinated meetings with other department managers and served as main liaison for sales and engineering staff
  • Managed day-to-day admin, including file organisation, spreadsheet development, and report writing
  • A maintained reception area in orderly manner to provide

Social Worker

Theresa Sisters
09.2016 - 12.2017
  • Old age home and Children’s home, India Consoling and conversing with patients
  • Encouraging and assisting residents in participating in activities that will improve their mental health
  • Hourly observations of residents arerecorded
  • Assisting nurses and other members of the crew as needed
  • Attending meetings with other legal and health care specialists
  • Meetings with parents and caretakers.

Sree Narayana College
07.2014 - 08.2016
  • Kollam
  • BA English Language and

06.2011 - 04.2014
  • Visitors with a positive first impression of the company
  • Strengthened traceability and developed organisation systems for records, reports, and agendas.

Education

Masters - Postgraduate Professional Development

Teesside University
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
02.2024

Master of Social Work - Social Work

Loyola College of Social Sciences
Kerala, India
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Excellent interpersonal and

  • Communication abilities

  • The ability to relate to and

  • Earn the trust of individuals of different ages and backgrounds

  • An attitude to work that is both practical and adaptable

  • An understanding of the various client groups' needs

  • An attitude of non-judgment

  • Empathetic communicator

  • Flexibility

  • Confidentiality focused

  • Student motivation

  • Active listening

  • Performance assessments

  • Writing assessments

  • Personalized learning plans

  • Computer skills (MS Office

  • SPSS)

  • Documentation

Timeline

Care Assistant

Knights Care Home
08.2024 - Current

Social Work Supervisory Practice

Grace Care
11.2023 - 05.2024

Social Care Support Officer

Lancashire County Council
06.2023 - 09.2023

Care Assistant

Choice Care Home
01.2023 - 04.2023

Care Assistant

The Hamptons Care Home
05.2022 - 12.2022

Psycho-Social School Counsellor

Department of Women and Child Development
08.2019 - 02.2022

Project Assistant

01.2017 - 01.2018

Social Worker

Theresa Sisters
09.2016 - 12.2017

Sree Narayana College
07.2014 - 08.2016

06.2011 - 04.2014

Master of Social Work - Social Work

Loyola College of Social Sciences
04.2001 -

Masters - Postgraduate Professional Development

Teesside University
Sharika Rameshan