Tefo L.

About Tefo

1.First of all I believe I have the right balance of knowledge, and skills. I am approachable, sociable and reliable. 2. Care giving taught me the spirit of putting others first. Being a server to them. I believe that I should look not only for my own interests, but also for the interests of others. Therefore, this is what make me feel passion about offering my time, energy to help others. 3. Being raised by a single mother made me to have so much respect even on women, not only caring for them as patients or clients, but treating them as my own family or parents as I have been taught when I grew up. It gives me sense of pride just to care for other people. 3. Also, being able to reach as a way of social responsibility. Having a volunteerism spirit to do things that changes others lives without being paid for it. 4. I'm a very loving person. Patient, motivational speaker, I am also a mentor to the youth. I am very hardworking, I have passion to excel in every capacity in my professional life and I believe that nothing is possible in life if we go out to claim it. I have lived in Malaysia, Australia, Botswana, South Africa before. I also visited UK, Singapore and Thailand in 2008. I enjoy cooking, reading current affairs, research work, writing, social networks and public speaking. I strongly believe in advocacy. My main interests lies in Sustainable development, Family development, Health care, Poverty alleviation and HIV/AIDS.

Caregiving Services & Expertise

Experience & Education

Certified Nursing Assistant

Dec 2013 - Present

DorothY Francis Home

• Observing and documenting patient status and reporting patient complaints to the case manager. • Assisting with transferring residents in and out of wheelchairs and adaptive equipment. • Assisting with ADLs. • Comforting patients and providing them with reassurance and encouragement • Participating in the maintenance of safe conditions within the facility and other related areas. • Planning, preparing and serving meals and snacks according to prescribed diets. • Facilitating games and other activities to engage clients. • Promoting personal and co-worker safety. • Providing patients and families with emotional support.

Dec 2013 - Present

Georgia State University

Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

Certified Health Care Assistant

Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

BrookeHavens

- Coordinating both internal and external activities that position the company as the leader in services and provider of choice in the market. - Encouraging and providing patients and families with emotional support. - Maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality. - Maintaining safe, secure, and healthy work environment. -Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organization. - Enhances health care practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests. - Educating patients by providing medication and diet information and instructions; answering questions. - Serves and protects the physician or health care provider practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements

Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

Medical Career Center (Waltham)

Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

Sep 2013 - Dec 2013

Curtin University

Feb 2007 - Dec 2010

Feb 2007 - Dec 2010

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