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Tanya Thomas

Eagle Point

Summary

Diligent Caregiver focused on providing optimal support to clients through personalized assistance and care required to manage diverse medical conditions. Proficient in safe transportation services, doctor appointments, and personal activities. Caring, organized, and friendly with excellent interpersonal skills.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Direct Support Professional Caregiver

Rever Grand
03.2025 - Current
  • Utilize American Sign Language (ASL) to effectively communicate with a deaf or hard-of-hearing client, ensuring understanding of daily routines, medical information, and personal care needs.
  • Translate spoken and written information into ASL to support informed decision-making and full participation in activities.
  • Engaged patients in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
  • Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
  • Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.
  • Transported individuals to events and activities, medical appointments, and shopping trips.
  • Built and maintained rapport with clients and family members to facilitate trusting caregiver relationship.
  • Entrusted to handle confidential and sensitive situations in professional matter.

Community Driver

Lakeland Senior Living
05.2023 - 12.2024
  • Worked with concierge and residents’ family to facilitate rides to appointments.
  • Aided elderly and disabled passengers with safely boarding and exiting the bus.
  • Securely stored wheelchairs and walkers in the vehicle for safe transport.
  • Knowledge and ability to operate vehicle accessibility lifts.
  • Assisted residents with ambulatory needs during community outings.
  • Maintained bus cleanliness by regularly sanitizing and disinfecting.
  • Completed pre-trip and post-trip bus inspections and properly documented information in vehicle logs.

In-Home Caregiver

Department of Human Services
03.2018 - 10.2022
  • Monitored progress and documented patient health status changes.
  • Assisted patients by handling daily chores and running errands.
  • Coordinated daily medicine schedules and administering it when needed.
  • Supported patients with dressing, grooming, and feeding needs.
  • Managed and maintained concentrators and various CPAP machines, and replaced empty oxygen tanks for clients.
  • Helped patients in safely transitioning between sleeping surfaces and mobility devices.

Bus Driver

First Student Inc.
11.2021 - 06.2022
  • Transported students safely along prescribed routes according to tight schedules.
  • Studied for and obtained a class B Oregon commercial driver’s license.
  • Obeyed federal and local traffic laws and regulations while operation of the bus.
  • Adhered to scheduled routes and accomplished timely drop-offs and pick-ups.
  • Inspected emergency equipment and verified safe working order.
  • Supervised students during loading and unloading while aboard the bus.

Operations Specialist Second Class

United States Navy - USS Kearsarge (LHD3)
01.2013 - 01.2017
  • Plotted Ship’s position, heading, and speed during Operation Inherent Resolve.
  • Set ships’ courses to avoid reefs, outlying shoals, and other hazards using radar and various tracking devices.
  • Utilized Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for command briefings and records.
  • Consulted maps, weather reports and navigation equipment to determine and direct ship movements.
  • Assisted vessels in distress during maritime rescue operations.
  • Kept watch aboard the ship to identify changing conditions and potential issues while implementing corrective actions.
  • Organized and distributed the ‘Plan of the Day’ to over 3000 marines and sailors daily aboard USS Kearsarge during 2015 deployment.

Education

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA
01.2018

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Shasta College
Redding, CA
01.2010

Skills

  • First Aid
  • CPR Certified
  • Class B CDL Knowledge
  • Food Handlers License
  • American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Emotional support
  • Activity planning
  • Disability awareness
  • Compassionate client care
  • Strong ethics
  • Daily living activities assistance
  • USN Secret Clearance

Timeline

Direct Support Professional Caregiver

Rever Grand
03.2025 - Current

Community Driver

Lakeland Senior Living
05.2023 - 12.2024

Bus Driver

First Student Inc.
11.2021 - 06.2022

In-Home Caregiver

Department of Human Services
03.2018 - 10.2022

Operations Specialist Second Class

United States Navy - USS Kearsarge (LHD3)
01.2013 - 01.2017

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Shasta College

Tidewater Community College

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