Melvin Katoa
Glendene
Summary
Experienced with providing compassionate assistance and support to community members. Utilizes effective communication and active listening to understand and address individual needs. Track record of successfully implementing tailored support plans and crisis intervention strategies.
I am an organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Leading Hand
Martinus Rail
08.2022 - 03.2025
- Developed a strong rapport with staff members through effective communication and leadership skills.
- Enhanced team productivity by efficiently allocating tasks and closely monitoring progress.
- Facilitated smooth workflows by proactively identifying potential issues and implementing corrective measures.
- Promoted safety awareness among the workforce, leading to reduced incidents and accidents on site.
- Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered teamwork, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously, adhering to strict deadlines without compromising quality or safety standards.
- Documented order updates by inputting data into computer system.
- Trained new employees on warehouse protocols and answered task-related inquiries to help with job role adjustment.
- Minimized waste and reduced volume of packaging materials used to prepare shipments.
Youth Care Services
Marist180 Youth Care Services
06.2020 - 03.2022
- Supporting the implementation of each young person’s care plan in collaboration with the House Manager/House Coordinator and other stakeholders involved with the young person’s care.
- Engaging with the young person to develop a positive mentoring relationship, encouraging growth through assistance with day-to-day activities. Handles stock control via Excel.
- Assisting the development of personal and living skills through encouragement and promotion of positive self-care, food, hygiene, and financial practices.
- Assisting the development of educational, vocational, and social skills through participation in leisure, recreational, sporting, and community activities.
- Maintaining effective communication and positive relationships between the young people in care. Establishing an appropriate balance between a young person’s needs and the group’s needs.
- Assisting each young person to effectively manage their behaviour through self-awareness and a strengths-based approach in line with Marist180 guidelines. Responding appropriately to challenging behaviours or incidents and ensuring safety.
- Permanent Part-time
Youth Pastor
Granville South Public School
04.2021 - 12.2021
- Social and emotional support – assisting students in developing knowledge, understanding, and skills that support learning, positive behaviour, and constructive social relationships through social skills programs.
- Spiritual support – providing an additional dimension to the school’s care, guidance, and support of students with spiritual and religious needs.
- Mentoring – acting as a role model for students and assisting in developing supportive relationships for, with, and among students.
- Community development – enhancing the links between the school and its community, working with school-based support staff and community-based youth organizations and networks to support students.
- Educational support – assisting with classroom activities, under the direction of a teacher, where involvement by the chaplain/student welfare worker provides further social, emotional, spiritual support for those students who may be at risk of disengagement.
- Extra-curricular activities – participating in general school activities, for example, camps, excursions, sports days, or coaching team sports.
- Part-time
Education
Diploma - Community Services
Frontier Institute Of Technology
Sydney 03.2020
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Skills Update Ltd
09.2009
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Engineering Training Industry Ltd
08.2008
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Liston College
01.2007
Skills
- Non-Technical Skills: Hardworking, Good Communication Skills, Organized, Punctual, Committed, Honest, Creative and Patient
- Technical Skills: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets & Outlook Express
- Team development
- Workplace safety
- Following instructions
- Decision-making
- Critical thinking
Certification
- Certified:
- Full Kiwi Rail Inducted
- Wheel Tracks and Rollers Licence
Timeline
Leading Hand
Martinus Rail
08.2022 - 03.2025
Youth Pastor
Granville South Public School
04.2021 - 12.2021
Youth Care Services
Marist180 Youth Care Services
06.2020 - 03.2022
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Skills Update Ltd
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Engineering Training Industry Ltd
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Liston College
Diploma - Community Services
Frontier Institute Of Technology
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