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Care Assistant CV template

Maxine Curry
Dayjob Limited
The Big Peg
120 Vyse Street
Birmingham B18 6NF
England
T: 0044 123 456 7890
E: info@dayjob.com

PERSONAL SUMMARY

A warm and kind Care Assistant who can work on the frontline of care delivery, helping service users to overcome their everyday difficulties. Maxine takes great pride in her work and gets tremendous satisfaction from making a difference to the lives of people. She has the ability to inspire professionalism in others. Her key strengths include being able to deal with clients with challenging behaviour. In her current role she assists clients with their personal care, meals, and other activities all whilst also providing a listening ear to those who need it most. At work she has a reputation for promoting and encouraging the individuality, independence, self-respect and dignity of those she looks after. For her nothing compares to the feeling that comes from knowing that she has brightened up someone’s day, especially when that someone is a vulnerable person. During her career she has worked early starts, late finishes and weekends. On a personal level she can provide effective leadership and support for the entire care team. Right now, she wants to join a company that will support her every step of the way by providing training as well as the opportunities to progress her career further.

 

CAREER HISTORY

CARE ASSISTANT – Start Date – Present
Employers name – Location
Responsible for assisting elderly, recovering, or disabled clients with the activities of daily living.

Duties;

  • Providing leadership and support to junior care staff whilst acting as a champion for service users safety and dignity.
  • Delivering emotional and practical care to vulnerable adults and transforming their lives on a daily basis.
  • Visiting patients in their own homes to support them.
  • Working with colleagues to deliver integrated care.
  • Acting promptly and appropriately to protect service users from neglect or abuse.
  • Encouraging clients to participate in social and recreational activities.
  • Disposing of clinical waste in line with health and safety instructions.
  • Assisting with dressing and undressing.
  • Ensuring a safe and tidy working environment at all times, such as clean and tidy bed tables, clinical areas and uncluttered corridors.
  • Responsible for the care and protection of residents’ property.
  • Applying safe Manual Handling techniques at all times.
  • Maintaining accurate and informative daily administrative records for all residents.
  • Helping patients to access and use toilet facilities.
  • Dispensing and administering medications as directed by medical providers and family members.
  • Ensuring that all clinical equipment is maintained in a safe, clean and fully functional state.
  • Monitoring clients’ conditions by taking their temperature, pulse, respiration and weigh.

JOB TITLE – Start Date – End Date
Employers name – Location

JOB TITLE – Start Date – End Date
Employers name – Location


KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Professional

  • Preparing meals that look appetising and making sure the way they eat is appropriate for the client.
  • Competent and confident in preparing and giving medications.
  • A full driving licence and own vehicle.
  • Can quickly become aware of a client’s religious cultural leanings.
  • Awareness of food hygiene principles.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and can build a rapport with people very quickly.
  • Coping with difficult situations using tact and diplomacy.

Personal

  • Caring, compassionate and a good listener.
  • Have a good sense of humour.
  • Monitoring quality of own work to ensure that the required standards of performance are met.
  • Can work as part of a dedicated team.

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Personal care
Preparing meals
Administering medicine
Shopping trips
Household duties
Medication
Clinical duties

 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

University name  –  Degree details              Study Dates
College name      –  Qualifications                Study Dates
School name       –  Subjects / Grades          Study Dates

 

REFERENCES

Available on request.

 

 

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