Brittany Cory
Grand Junction
Summary
Reliable Direct Care Worker offering exceptional care in home environments. Passionate about supporting patient progress by monitoring medication reactions, observing behaviors and teaching healthy habits. Dedicated to patient safety, wellness, and happiness.
Committed Direct Care Worker brings success in healthcare roles. Skilled at assisting with daily living activities and meal preparation. Focused on maintaining client safety and comfort through continuous monitoring and care.
Resiliant Direct Support Professional with solid background assisting patients with basic needs and care. Knowledgeable about medical procedures, recreational requirements, and protective measures. Perceptive individual familiar with social and community services rules and regulations.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Direct Support Professional
Community Cares of Iowa
Carroll
01.2025 - Current
- Assisted in planning and implementing recreational activities for participants.
- Provided assistance to individuals with daily activities such as personal care, meal preparation and medication reminders.
- Encouraged positive behavior through modeling appropriate responses and reinforcing desired behaviors.
Direct Support Professional
Optimae LifeServices
Ames
01.2024 - 01.2025
- Assisting customers with daily living needs, cooking healthy meals, making sure that they get their medications on time. Transporting them to appointments, and to the store.
Direct Support Professional
New Dawn
Worthington
03.2020 - 07.2020
- Working with developmentally disabled people
Direct Support Professional
REM Heartland
Fairmont
05.2019 - 05.2020
- Working with mentally disabled and handicap adults.
Resident Assistant
HOUSE OF HOPE INC
Fairmont
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Resident Assistant, counting controlled medications, checking in/out residents, doing drug tests on residents, and computer work.
DSP (Direct Support Professional)
REM Heartland
Fairmont
04.2014 - 02.2015
- Working with disabled adults with their daily living skills and things like that.
Direct Support Professional
HSI
Windom
11.2014 - 01.2015
- Helping adults with their daily living skills
Education
Diploma -
Blue Earth Area Senior High School
06.2013
Skills
- Home Health
- Senior Care
- Personal Care
- Patient Care
- General Labor
- Forklift
- POS
- Assembly Line
- Cash Handling
- Caregiving
- Sales
- Cooking
- Food Safety
- Direct Care
- Direct Support
- Commercial Cleaning
- Laundry
- Manufacturing
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Waitress
- Lesson planning
- Food Preparation
- Shift management
- Customer service
- Home Care
- Cashiering
- Medication Administration
- Autism Experience
- Assembly
- Cash register
- Cleaning Experience
- Dementia Care
- Meal Preparation
- Restaurant Server
- Vital Signs
- Disability
- EMR Systems
- Restaurant experience
- Medication management
- Meal preparation
- Behavioral support
- Daily living assistance
- Recreational planning
- Crisis intervention
- Transportation coordination
- Communication skills
- Time management
- Record keeping
- Conflict resolution
- Monitoring progress
- Transportation assistance
- Patient care
- Direct patient care
- Compassionate client care
- Care plan assessment
- Nutrition support
- Safety monitoring
- Daily living support
- Compassionate caregiving
- Cultural awareness
- Client advocacy
- Client support
- Self-advocacy training
- First aid and safety
- Indirect patient care
- Medication administration
Certification
- Driver's License
- CPR & First Aid, 04/01/20, 04/01/22
- CPR & First Aid, 11/01/14, 11/01/16
Willing To Relocate
Spirit Lake, IA, Estherville, IA
Personal Information
Authorized To Work: US for any employer
Timeline
Direct Support Professional
Community Cares of Iowa
01.2025 - Current
Direct Support Professional
Optimae LifeServices
01.2024 - 01.2025
Direct Support Professional
New Dawn
03.2020 - 07.2020
Direct Support Professional
REM Heartland
05.2019 - 05.2020
Resident Assistant
HOUSE OF HOPE INC
11.2018 - 04.2019
Direct Support Professional
HSI
11.2014 - 01.2015
DSP (Direct Support Professional)
REM Heartland
04.2014 - 02.2015
Diploma -
Blue Earth Area Senior High School