Timothy Odikayor

Supporting Individuals with Acquired Brain Injuries (ABI) and Strokes
In my role, I provided daily assistance to individuals recovering from brain injuries and strokes. I supported them with mobility, exercises, communication, and daily tasks, demonstrating patience and flexibility, particularly as many faced significant cognitive, physical, and emotional challenges.

PEG Tube, Feeding and Tracheostomy Care

I gained some experience in providing care for resisdents with PEG tubes and tracheostomies. I was responsible ensuring proper feeding positioning for residents, and flushing the tube to prevent blockages, always following safety protocols.

Collaborative Working with Multi-Disciplinary Teams
I worked closely with a range of healthcare professionals. I provided valuable feedback on patient progress and adjusted to changes care plans accordingly, ensuring that individuals received well-rounded and consistent support.

Health, Nutrition and social activities
take pride in ensuring each resident receives the nourishment and hydration they need, offering gentle encouragement and hands-on support during mealtimes, always guided by their individual care plans. Alongside this, I actively engage residents in meaningful social and recreational experiences—whether one-on-one or in group settings—fostering both physical well being and emotional connection through thoughtful, stimulating activities tailored to their preferences and needs..

As a senior carer i constantly carry out spot checks, to ensure that all service users have been attended to properly and according the structured care plan.

Managing care teams and Ensuring smooth shift handovers between teams and timely completion and adherence to quality standards by care health assistants.

Maintained a good professional relationships with residents, their families and other external multidisciplinary teams such as GPs and District Nurses

Assisted with activities of daily living including bathing, strip washing, dressing, feeding, changing catheters. This includes assisting patients going outing or to hospital appointments as required while ensuring dignity, proper manual handling and safeguarding. Adhered to medication administration standards. ensured proper documentation of daily care done for each service users, prompting team members to do so.

Identify patients who are at high risk of possibly falling, pressure sores, malnutrition, among st others. escalating to managers and assist nurses put actions plans in place to monitor, promote healing and prevent deterioration of any kind. Also assisted in dressing sores and ensured patients didn't stay in one position too long.

I am confident in responding to emergency situations, escalating to the appropriate bodies. making referral to community services like district nurses, G.P, hospitals. Making sure to read the care plans of service users upon arrival from the hospital ensuring medication and other changes are adhered to quickly and efficiently.

• assisted with daily living activities and personal care
• Documented accurate and updated caseload records and reports to streamline process.
• Monitored service users and reported and noticeable concern to clinical supervisors
• Built meaningful rapport with service users with range of conditions.
• Assisted with preparing and serving simple meals as per dietary requirements of each individual client.