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JOHNPAUL KAKOOZA

Billerica,MA

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Direct Support Professional

Northeast Educational and Developmental Support Center (Needs Center)
02.2023 - Current
  • The Residential Program Worker (RPW) is responsible for providing assistance in daily living tasks, personal care and support, and ensuring the personal safety and welfare of physically disabled, medically and behaviorally challenged individuals in a residential setting while serving as an effective role model.
  • Provides a full range of personal care services, while involving the individual in completing daily living tasks and personal hygiene needs to the best of his/her ability, including but not limited to.
  • Transferring into and out of bed, wheelchair, and motor vehicle; lifting and turning consumers; occasional to moderate use of a Hoyer lift.
  • Personal care including: bathing, toileting, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, feeding and clean up; provides for nutritional needs and prepares meals to comply with doctor’s orders, as necessary.

Mental Health Worker

Brightview Assisted Living
11.2022 - 04.2024
  • Consistently apply knowledge of crisis intervention and behavioral management
  • Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks
  • Complete daily clinical progress notes.

Mental Health Counselor

Till Inc (Human services)
02.2023 - 12.2023
  • Direct Support Professional
  • Provides direct care to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • Performs personal care tasks, including assistance with basic personal hygiene and grooming, feeding, and ambulation, medical monitoring, and health care related tasks
  • Facilitate a monthly mental health worker meeting, engaging in topics such as but not limited to clinical, programmatic and professional improvement
  • Coordinate the data management involved in program evaluation and report these findings to other clinical community members
  • In cooperation with the team, develop, assess, facilitate and monitor group activities for the patients
  • Engage in providing mentorship to an undergraduate student.

Residential Counselor

Riverside Community Care
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Actively participate in regular supervision and work with the Residential Coordinator to ensure a safe home environment for all participants
  • Participate in staff meetings, case reviews, ISPs and other required training
  • Maintain all required certifications
  • Comply with MAB and DDS policies and applicable state laws
  • Complete tasks assigned by Residential Coordinator, Case Manager, AOD, MAP Consultant and all other supervisors as requested.

Residential Counselor

The Guild for Human Services-Concord, MA
01.2016 - 01.2020
  • Actively participate in regular supervision and work with the Residential Coordinator to ensure a safe home environment for all participants
  • Participate in staff meetings, case reviews, ISPs and other required training
  • Maintain all required certifications
  • Comply with MAB and DDS policies and applicable state laws
  • Complete tasks assigned by Residential Coordinator, Case Manager, AOD, MAP Consultant and all other supervisors as requested.

Mental Health Worker

Butabika Hospital Uganda
07.2011 - 07.2014
  • Provides or assists with providing direct patient care, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions
  • Performs all other related work as assigned or instructed by the Shift Supervisor
  • Assist in development of client IAP's, and complete progress notes and all related documentation
  • Assist in the calculating, scoring and graphing of collected observation data
  • Collect, summarize, and graph performance, observational, rating scale, checklist, interview, and/or self-report data when requested
  • Provide direct supervision and therapeutic interventions to children and adolescents.

Boston-Boston, MA
  • Supports unit based Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI) activities by actively participating in the CPI process
  • Provides patient comfort by performing tasks/services that optimize patient satisfaction
  • Assists patients with performing activities of daily living
  • Assists Milieu Coordinator with performance evaluations of assigned staff in a timely manner.

Education

Nsambya Nursing School - Kampala

Skills

  • Strong medical skills and knowledge
  • Strong ability to provide support to patients, family members and significant others
  • Capacity to exercise good judgment in a calm manner when responding to psychiatric and medical emergencies or other unpredictable situations
  • Ability to de-escalate sometimes stressful patient situations
  • Basic Life Support and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Certification

  • CNA
  • BLS Certification
  • CPR Certification

Timeline

Direct Support Professional

Northeast Educational and Developmental Support Center (Needs Center)
02.2023 - Current

Mental Health Counselor

Till Inc (Human services)
02.2023 - 12.2023

Mental Health Worker

Brightview Assisted Living
11.2022 - 04.2024

Residential Counselor

Riverside Community Care
01.2019 - 01.2021

Residential Counselor

The Guild for Human Services-Concord, MA
01.2016 - 01.2020

Mental Health Worker

Butabika Hospital Uganda
07.2011 - 07.2014

Nsambya Nursing School - Kampala
  • CNA
  • BLS Certification
  • CPR Certification

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