Jennifer Marles
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(H) 519-739-1387, (C) 226-345-4471,
Objective
To secure a challenging and responsible position in your establishment that will allow me to utilize my care giving experience.
Work Experience
Personal Support Worker (07/12/2010 – 07/22/2010)
Riverside Place: Long Term Care Facility- Placement
Last Employer: Riverside Place
Contact Person: Angie McLoed- D.O.C @ 519-974-0148
Responsibilities: mouth care, denture care, bathing, toileting, grooming, peri-care both men and female, use of maxi and sara lifts, showering, feeding, portering, emptying catheter bags, shaving, weight, assisted with O2, bed making, dressed and undressed clients, 1 and 2 person transfers, nourishments, documentation, dentures, hearing aids, eyeglasses.
Accomplishments: I believe that I have come a long way in my career as a Personal Support Worker. I have learned a lot throughout my time at Riverside Place and I know that I have done a great job at giving care to the clients.
Personal Support Worker (08/02/2010 – 08/11/2010)
APPD- Alpha House- Placement
Last Employer: APPD- Alpha House
Contact Person: Jordan Butkovich @ 519-972-2727 Ext. 5828
Responsibilities: Help with ADL's, Toileting, bathing, Use of lifts if needed, assist with outdoor wheelchair use, make beds, prepare meals, housekeeping, assist with medications, creams and inhalation medications, do clients laundry if on care plan, accompany client to grocery store, bank or appointments.
Education
Establishment: St Clair College- Windsor, Ontario
Degree: Personal Support Worker
Education Period: 01/11/2010 - 08/11/2010
Average Grade: B
Establishment: Belle River District High School
Degree: Diploma- 2001
Skills
Able to maintain a good level of work, Able to solve problems on my own, Able to follow the care plan and rules as given, Able to give full support to the residence with a calm and patient manner.
Computer Skills: I am pretty good at using a computer and I believe that I am capable of learning new things.
Additional Information
I really enjoy being able to help people with the things that they are in need of. I feel that this kind of job suites me and I believe that I am a great care giver. I am a very easy going person who loves this kind of work and would not think about doing anything else. I also helped take care of my grandmother who was living with us and had Alzheimer's Disease. I helped with most of her ADL's and was just in constant care for her.
Research Projects: I had to do an assignment on any irreversible dementia. I chose to do Creutzfeldt-Jakob's Disease. I learned alot from what I researched and I am willing to learn more as the time goes by.
Certifications or Licensures: CPR/First Aid- HCP Level WHMIS
Interests
I am very much into learning more about being a Health Care Provider. I am really enjoying how to interact with the residents in the Long Term Care Facility where I am now and in the community setting. I love being able to help and support these people that are there. I am very involved in doing what I am doing and I would not change it for the world.