Awatea Billingsley
Gisborne,GIS
Summary
Honest hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Great initiative and energy, offering good telephone etiquette, social media and interpersonal skills. Able to follow instructions with past experience working with children and elderly people. Punctual and dedicated to service.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Volunteer
Rapaki Marae
- Assisted with special events and programs by serving and ushering people.
- Maintained clean, neat, and operational facilities to serve program needs.
- Supported engaging, fun, and smooth-running events by helping with caring for the younger children.
- Used strong interpersonal communication skills to convey information to parents and children.
Babysitter
Babies From 5 Mths Old up to Children Aged 11yrs
- Played games, worked on puzzles, and read books to young children.
- Organized and cleaned home after activities by picking up toys and straightening up play room and to ensure the well-being of children under care.
- Prepared healthy, age-appropriate snacks and meals.
- Reassured children when upset providing emotional support and stability.
- Bathed, dressed, and helped with teeth brushing as part of bedtime preparation.
- Taught children to organize toys, wash hands, and share by leading by example.
- Handled conflicts between siblings effectively using conflict resolution techniques resulting in a more peaceful household.
- Built lasting bonds with the families I worked with through excellent communication skills creating strong rapport which led me being recommended amongst friends.
- Enhanced language development by engaging in storytelling, reading books, and encouraging conversation among the children under my care.
- Taught children basic life skills, manners and personal hygiene.
Volunteer
Riding For The Disabled
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Assisted with weeding gardening area to an acceptable level in a group
- Cleaned up the horse paddocks and stables and placed in appropriate fertiliser area.
Student Assistant, Clerical
Lytton High School
02.2021 - 11.2022
- Whilst attending Lytton High School, as work experience, I answered phone calls in the school office and ran errands for the office staff.
Work Experience
Cotton On Clothing
09.2021 - 09.2021
- Gained valuable experience in the retail clothing industry by assisting with unboxing, sorting clothing and placed them on their appropriate shelving areas.
Caregiver
Family Members
01.2020 - 10.2020
- Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, and meal preparation alongside main caregiver.
- Always attempted to engage patient with severe dementia in meaningful conversation, socialization, and activity while providing personal care assistance.
- Enhanced patient comfort by providing compassionate and attentive care as per the guidance of the main caregiver.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal spaces with the guidance of the main caregiver.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patient achieve nutritional objectives as instructed by the main caregiver.
Education
Te AhoTe Kura Pounamu
Tauranga, NZ11.2024
Lytton High School
Gisborne, NZ11.2022
Skills
- Positive Attitude
- Honest, hardworking and reliable
- Adaptability and Dependability
- Flexible Schedule
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Organized and Efficient
- Attention to Detail
Birth
24/09/2006
Phone - Mobile
0221859843
References
Nicole Baty, 0221354770, Previous casual employer
Hobbies and Interests
- Reading and writing fiction
- Being in nature, environmentally aware
- Being in the company of animals
Timeline
Volunteer
Riding For The Disabled
08.2023 - 11.2023
Work Experience
Cotton On Clothing
09.2021 - 09.2021
Student Assistant, Clerical
Lytton High School
02.2021 - 11.2022
Caregiver
Family Members
01.2020 - 10.2020
Volunteer
Rapaki Marae
Babysitter
Babies From 5 Mths Old up to Children Aged 11yrs
Te AhoTe Kura Pounamu
Lytton High School
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