Karmen

Disability Support Worker
Female45 y/oOther medical positionsLive in AustraliaNationality Australia
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Summary

Love to travel and meeting new people Easy to get along Currently working in health care and would love to work with children and teaching Want to learn more

Work experience

  • Disability Support Worker

    Meditech Staffing (Strathfield)
    2021.01-2025.06(4 years)
    Key responsibilities · Accompanying clients during daily activities. · Assisting clients with their mobility. · Preparing food for clients. · Arranging social activities. · Performing housekeeping tasks, such as vacuuming and cleaning. · Assisting in personal hygiene and dressing.
  • Internship

    REED Nepal
    2024.09-2024.12(4 months)
    Key responsibilities · English grammar checks on report. · Assisting in lesson plans for children aged 3 to 6. · Collaborating with staff with responsibilities · Meetings with staff regarding enhancement of new programs for developing areas and existing programs. · Development appropriate programs for children aged 3 to 6 · Action based songs to support learning. · Plan programs for schools, women and minority groups.
  • Support worker

    Civic Disability Services (Caringbah)
    2021.02-2021.11(10 months)
    This workplace was a group home where the clients stay here as their home. These had all individuals where their disabilities ranged from autism, schizophrenia and dementia. Key responsibilities · Doctors’ appointments · Day out as a whole to do picnics at the beach or a weekly activity such as barbeques · Preparing food · Assisting with personal hygiene and dressing · Medication delivery
  • Support Worker

    Beyond Care Disability (Prestons)
    2018.03-2020.03(2 years)
    Key responsibilities Helping clients to shop out in the community Assisting clients to plan to their day out and social support Meeting new friends within the community clubs Some join clubs such as netball, swimming and tennis on a weekly basis
  • Volunteer

    Kenya/Zanzibar Tanzania
    2016.03-2016.12(10 months)
    Helped schools in both Kenya and Zanzibar in teaching English in aged groups of 3 to 8 . Helped prepare lesson plans Prepare agriculture and development in Zanzibar

Projects

  • Development in schools in Nepal

    Internship
    2024.09-2024.12(4 months)
    School development

Educational experience

  • Western Sydney University

    Humanitarian and Development Studies
    2022.03-Current(3 years)
    Will completing by end of 2025
  • TESOL

    Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
    2019.03-2020.08(a year)
    Tesol certificate
  • Western Sydney University

    Social Science
    2017.03-2019.01(2 years)
    Diploma

Languages

English
Native
Chinese (Cantonese)
Good

Certificates

Diploma of Social Sciences
2020.09
Graduate Diploma TESOL
2020.09
Certificate IV in Disability from National Community Training and Education Attained 2019 Working with Children’s Check Attained 2020
2020.06

Skills

English skills
Strong customer service and communication skills
Empathetic and supportive
Ability to work autonomously and within a team
Decision making
Time management
Organisation skills
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