Lisa Hayhurst
Mesa,Arizona
Summary
- Provide exceptional supervision in a home-like atmosphere, community activities, and teach independent living skills.
- Provided bi-weekly individual counseling to clients and co-facilitated weekly independent living groups]
- Supported clients by providing housekeeping and laundry services
- Administered medication and provided housekeeping and laundry services
- Scheduled and ensured client's transportation to appointments
- Managed client's finances.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Caregiver
Developmental Systems Incorporated (D.S.I.)
Phoenix, Az. (Beardsley/101)
01.1993 - 12.1993
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive care, addressing individual needs and preferences.
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
- Maintained a safe and clean environment for patients, reducing risks and ensuring optimal health outcomes.
- Administered medications as prescribed, ensuring accurate dosage and timely administration for maximum efficacy.
Intern
Thunderbird Samaritan Hospital
Glendale, AZ
08.1984 - 09.1984
- Hospital Unit Secretary in CCU (critical care unit) at Thunderbird Samaritan Hospital performing such duties consisting of transcribing doctors' orders.
- Ordering supplies from central supplies.
- Ordering medications from pharmacy
- Maintaining patients' charts, hospital unit communications
- Organizing hospital units' clerical areas
Teacher's Assistant
Devereaux
Scottsdale, AZ
05.1980 - 09.1981
- Instructional aide in a private school setting
- Teaching autistic children and emotionally handicapped (E.H.) children fine motor, gross motor and pre-vocational skills
- Utilizing CIT training with autistic and E.H. children as well as behavioral issues including the use of time out restraining rooms
- Teaching autistic children how to implement life skills by using picture pointing communication for learned survival life skill
- Teaching autistic and aphasic children communication with the use of picture pointing and sign language.
Teacher's Assistant
Madison School District Simis School
Phoenix, AZ
09.1980 - 05.1981
- Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Performed duties including teaching autistic children fine motor, gross motor and pre-vocational skills.
- Performed duties including teaching autistic children life skills survival techniques.
- Performing daily task with autistic children that were repetitive with learning outside the classroom survival living skills.
- Teaching autistic children basic behavioral consequential outcomes to negative behaviors utilizing CIT training and time out methods of training.
Teacher's Assistant
Alhambra School District
Phoenix, AZ
08.1979 - 05.1980
- Kept classrooms clean, neat, and properly sanitized for student health and classroom efficiency.
- Supported student learning objectives through personalized and small group assistance.
- Helped teachers recognize learning issues evidenced in one-to-one support instruction.
- Documented student progress and communicated with parents to keep informed.
- Working with mentally challenged children teaching fine motor, gross motor and pre-vocational skills.
- Studied and implemented latest information on specific subjects and learning strategies.
- Provided instructional support to students unable to attend regular classes.
Volunteer
CASP School 63 Ave.Encanto
Phoenix, Az.
09.1978 - 05.1979
- Volunteered teaching Trainable Mentally Handicapped (T.M.H.) children Gross motor, fine motor and pre-vocational skills.
- Utilized CIT Training effective with behavior treatment for time out rooms for behavior modification techniques
- Worked one on one with T,M.H children teaching communication techniques utilizing sign language and picture pointing communication.
Child Care Consultant
The Crisis Nursery
2440 E. Fillmore Street Phoenix, Arizona
07.1986 - 12.1986
- Processed the intakes of severely abused and neglected children on an emergency needed basis.
- Consulted with children ages infant to approximately 12 years old that had been severely abused and/or neglected by natural parents or boyfriend/girlfriends of natural parents.
- Took pictures as well as marked skeletal drawings of all bruising, injuries as well as scaring on children.
- Bathed and De-bugged all children coming into the facility.
- Counseled all children of suspected physical and/or sexual abuse in preparation for court appearances.
- Prepared necessary documentation of all suspected physical and emotional abuse of children prior to returning to custodial parent.
- Consulted with children and assured them as to their safety and maintained a safe living environment allowing them to be able to sleep at night.
- Kept children safe at all times from irate parents returning to kidnap their children. Called the proper authorities when parents showed up threatening to take their children out of their current safe living environment.
- Implemented daily routines and activities to stimulate and engage children.
- Encouraged children's emotional and social development.
- Provided support and guidance to children in conflict resolution.
- Documented children's growth and development.
Education
GED -
Maricopa Community Colleges - Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ02.1991
Skills
- Basic Housekeeping
- Behavioral Management
- Incident Reporting
- Meal Preparation
- Progress Documentation
- HIPAA Compliance
- Patient Companionship
- Documentation
- State Regulations Knowledge
- Client Transportation
- CPR/First Aid
- Time Management
- Medication Administration
- Compassionate Care
Timeline
Caregiver
Developmental Systems Incorporated (D.S.I.)
01.1993 - 12.1993
Child Care Consultant
The Crisis Nursery
07.1986 - 12.1986
Intern
Thunderbird Samaritan Hospital
08.1984 - 09.1984
Teacher's Assistant
Madison School District Simis School
09.1980 - 05.1981
Teacher's Assistant
Devereaux
05.1980 - 09.1981
Teacher's Assistant
Alhambra School District
08.1979 - 05.1980
Volunteer
CASP School 63 Ave.Encanto
09.1978 - 05.1979
GED -
Maricopa Community Colleges - Phoenix College