Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Certification
Cpr certified
Timeline
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Jessenia Garcia

Springfield,MA

Summary

  • Provided consistent emotional and social support to clients by offering companionship, active listening, and encouragement toward personal goals
  • Assisted client with daily living activities including cooking, cleaning, and maintaining a safe and comfortable home environment
  • Built trusting, supportive relationships that promoted stability, emotional well-being, and reduced feelings of isolation for the client
  • Maintained a reliable and compassionate presence, ensuring client felt heard, supported, and respected in their daily life
  • Helped improve client’s quality of life through structured companionship and consistent routine support
  • Demonstrated strong communication, patience, and empathy while working with individuals facing emotional and life challenges

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Food Prep

Dinos Pizzeria
Holyoke, MA
01.2020

General Duties / Childcare

Holyoke Children’s Museum
Holyoke, MA
01.2003
  • - Worked with kids
  • - Cleaning lobby
  • - Setting up birthday room

Peer Support / Direct Care

Handz On Peer Support
Springfield, MA
01.2023 - Current
  • - Provide companionship and emotional support to client
  • - Spend time talking and helping client process feelings and goals
  • - Assist with daily living activities
  • - Cook meals and provide light meal preparation
  • - Perform light housekeeping and maintain a safe environment
  • - Accompany client on walks and encourage healthy routine and social engagement

Housekeeping/Laundry

Vero Health and Rehabilitation
Wilbraham, MA
10.2021 - Current

Direct Care

Stavros
Holyoke, MA
07.2018 - Current
  • - Light housekeeping
  • - Meal preparation
  • - Toileting, dressing, etc.

PCA

Tempus Unlimited
Springfield, MA
02.2022 - 06.2022

Education

No Degree -

Dean Technical High School
Holyoke, MA

Skills

  • Toddler Care (10 years)
  • Experience with Children (10 years)
  • Childcare (10 years)
  • Cleaning (9 years)
  • Organizational Skills
  • Infant Care
  • Meal Preparation
  • Laundry
  • Babysitting
  • Home Care
  • Caregiving
  • Senior Care

Languages

Spanish – Fluent

Certification

CPR certified

In service training certification

Emergency procedures, mrc:community living division (manual) waiver complaint resolution and incident reporting,employee health and ergonomics, ethics and boundaries, fire safety, understanding abuse and neglect, cybersecurity, LGBT/sexual harassment, safe patient handling.

First Aid in medical emergencies, Handwashing/Infection control/ Universal Precautions, Covid 19 HOI Policy/prevention,HIPPA,OSHA,Seizures, Understanding Dementia, psychological /MentalHealth Management Techniques

Cpr certified

  • How to check if a person is responsive
  • When to call 911 and how to get help fast

Practice cheat compressions

  • Where to place your hands
  • How hard and fast to push
  • Giving breaths using mouth-to-mouth or a mask
  • How to open the airway properly

I learned how to use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator):

  • Turning it on
  • Placing pads on the chest
  • Following voice instructions from the machine
  • Choking situations
  • Perform CPR on a mannequin

Timeline

Peer Support / Direct Care

Handz On Peer Support
01.2023 - Current

PCA

Tempus Unlimited
02.2022 - 06.2022

Housekeeping/Laundry

Vero Health and Rehabilitation
10.2021 - Current

Food Prep

Dinos Pizzeria
01.2020

Direct Care

Stavros
07.2018 - Current

General Duties / Childcare

Holyoke Children’s Museum
01.2003

No Degree -

Dean Technical High School
Jessenia Garcia