Elizabeth Ofili
Hempstead,Long Island
Summary
Passionate and dedicated Childcare professional, skilled in maintaining a safe and clean environment. Provide direct care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and communicating ideas clearly and effectively.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Behavioral Intervention Specialist
YAI Seeing Beyond Disabilities
Hicksville, NY
07.2024 - 03.2025
- Assisted in the development of positive behavioral support systems for individuals with challenging behaviors.
- Monitored student progress through data collection and analysis.
- Provided consultation services on an as needed basis in order to assist other professionals working with clients who have challenging behaviors.
- Utilized Applied Behavior Analysis principles when developing behavior intervention plans.
Direct Support Professional (DSP)
YAI
Port Washington, New York
02.2022 - 07.2024
- Provide direct care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Perform personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks.
- Ensures individuals safety and maintaining a safe environment.
- Plan meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/ meals, feeding and clean-up.
Childcare Provider
Liz Daycare
Hempstead, New York
07.2002 - 10.2023
- Supervise, monitor the safety of children and maintaining and observing environment and children's activities.
- Prepare meals and organize mealtimes and snacks for children.
- Directed and executed daily operations and activities of in-home daycare center to provide age appropriate instruction and care for children.
- Conferred with parents regarding facility activities, policies and enrollment procedures.
- Recommended methods of modifying inappropriate behavior and encouraging learning experiences.
- Maintained all business records and activities of business.
Direct Support Professional (DSP)
Beacon Therapy Services
Roslyn, New York
11.2018 - 01.2022
- Provide direct care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Perform personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks.
- Ensures individuals safety and maintaining a safe environment.
- Plan meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/ meals, feeding and clean-up.
- Provide hands-on care to patients in a variety of settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, and mental health facilities.
- Take patient's temperate, pulse, and respiration rate.
- Take blood pressure and determine if range is abnormal.
- Make beds and perform light housekeeping duties in patient's room.
- Observe patients' physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
- Report abnormal changes or patterns to nursing staff.
- Develop nurturing relationships with patient.
- Report violent behavior.
Nurse's Aide/ Nurses Assistant
Bronx Lebanon Special Care Center
Bronx, New York
03.1994 - 06.1999
- Provide hands-on care to patients in a variety of settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, and mental health facilities.
- Take patient's temperate, pulse, and respiration rate.
- Take blood pressure and determine if range is abnormal.
- Make beds and perform light housekeeping duties in patient's room.
- Observe patients' physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
- Report abnormal changes or patterns to nursing staff.
- Develop nurturing relationships with patient.
- Report violent behavior.
Education
Hunter College
Bronx, New York01.1997
Eastern Technical School
Manhattan, New York01.1988
St. Rose's Grammar School
Delta State, Nigeria01.1985
Skills
- Communicate effectively
- Behavior intervention planning
- Safety monitoring
- Team player
- Leader
Timeline
Behavioral Intervention Specialist
YAI Seeing Beyond Disabilities
07.2024 - 03.2025
Direct Support Professional (DSP)
YAI
02.2022 - 07.2024
Direct Support Professional (DSP)
Beacon Therapy Services
11.2018 - 01.2022
Childcare Provider
Liz Daycare
07.2002 - 10.2023
Nurse's Aide/ Nurses Assistant
Bronx Lebanon Special Care Center
03.1994 - 06.1999
Hunter College
Eastern Technical School
St. Rose's Grammar School