Support Worker
CurrentDuring my time as a support worker for Thrive House I was responsible for the implementation and utilisation for multiple NDIS and child protection policies during the daily routines of Individuals with disabilities and adverse affected children. This meant that I had to maintain a duty of care that permeated throughout several facets of my clients lives such as meals, daily activities, ensuring daily medication is administered on schedule, maintaining participant and environmental hygiene, encouraging participants to practice autonomy, assist in the facilitation of family visitations and establishing professional boundaries while continuing to develop therapeutic client relationship. While providing care to over 20 participants, spread over 10+ locations, I had to record and update daily shift notes, progress reports, behavioural notes, participant financial reports, participant data captures and incident report forms (when necessary) while on shift. This role also required me to liaise with multiple oversight organisations to ensure child safety and development and utilised practical skills (such as displaying empathy and active listening) learnt from my university studies to assist my work as a support worker guided by therapeutic crisis intervention.