Updated 10 years ago
PREVIOUS CAREERS
Secretarial Lecturer for 26 years
Office work DSS, Social Services, Staffordshire Police
Foster Carer to 3 teenage siblings for 15 months
Live-in Carer for 9 months. 5 placements, mainly covering for other carers.
I also worked in an admin capacity in an elderly persons' residential home for four and a half years, during which time I got to know all the residents, some of whom had dementia and some a learning disability. I used to enjoy accompanying the residents and their care assistants on day trips, helping out by pushing one of the residents in a wheelchair, in addition to which I took part in a show to entertain the residents, myself and one of the care assistants doing a song and dance routine. I would have preferred to have been a care assistant in the home, rather than doing admin work, but I only had teaching and admin qualifications, and no experience in care. However, in June 2014 I did a 1-week live-in care course and an 18 module online course in Care.
Profile Information
General Care Experience
Live in care work, Care for close relative or loved one
Looking for work in the following locations:
Midlands, Derby, Derbyshire, West Midlands, Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Additional Information
English Language Level
Advanced
Driving Licence
Full License
Care Skills
- Catheter Care
- Dementia
- End of life / Palliative Care
- Incontinence
- Manual Handling
- Medication Training
- Personal Care
- Stroke
- Brain Injury
Current DBS
Yes
