Cheryl-ann Gaff

A fun loving, kind hearted and strong level headed women. Live life to the fullest enjoy and appreciate everything that I come across. Hard working and bring the best out in people. 

Housewife after relocation 02/2024--present

The Gin To My Tonic - Order fulfilment Manager - Faringdon- 09/2023-02/2024

·       Back of house warehouse distribution

·       Loading with distilleries

·       Assisting with planning nationwide events

·       Promoting leads with wholesalers

·       Updating webpage and stores

·       Customer enquiries and complaints

·       Front of house and bar staff at nationwide events promoting sales within

Broad Town Brewery - FOH – Broad Town- 05/ 2021- 08/2022

·       Table service

·       Barmaid services

·       Cleaning

·       Stock taking

·       Entertaining guests

·       Sales

Housekeeper- The Housekeeper – Malmesbury – 03/2020 – 06/2023

·       General cleaning of clients’ own homes (dusting, polishing, hoovering, windows and mopping etc).

·       Thorough end of tenancy clean.

·       Cleaning holiday homes/lets including making the beds and making the home presentable.

·       Cleaning residential homes/communal areas

·       Deep cleaning clients’ homes

·       Deep cleaning holiday homes/lets.

·       Conservatory cleans.

·       Ironing

Healthcare Assistant – NHS – Various sites – 03/2020 - 05/2020 (COVID-19)

·       Assisting patients with personal care; washing, dressing and oral hygiene

·       Continence management including changing of stomas, urine drainage bags and catheter care.

·       Undertake the agreed clinical activities including collection of urine, faecal samples and swabs,

·       Recording and reporting of all required data for the patient’s wellbeing, this includes input/output charts, blood pressure, saturations and NEWS scoring etc.

·       Assisting patients to eat and drink as required, helping with menu selections.

·       Safe movement handling of patients following pre assessment checks.

·       Answering the ward telephone as required

·       Assisting with discharge procedures

·       Assisting nurses as and when required to do so.

·       Tidying bed areas, and to clean and strip beds and remake after patient discharge.

·       Safe disposal of soiled laundry and waste

·       Ensuring the ward equipment is suitably maintained and cleaned frequently.

·       Spending time with patients when able too, reassuring them and keeping them occupied and distracted from their worries.

Senior Care Assistant - Agincare – Chippenham, Wiltshire – 02/2019 –12/2019

·       Food preparation including.

·       Personal care including continence care.

·       Medication

·       Complex and palliative care

·       Spot checks, quality assurance checks and auditing

·       Companionship

·       Risk Assessments and care planning

·       Out of hours telephone

Unemployed- Housewife- 05/2012-02/ 2019

To begin with raising my three children on my own two who have ASD and LD. Then raising my remaining two children after remarrying.

Coordinator - Agincare - Wokingham, Berkshire- 10/2011 to 05/2012

·       Food preparation

·       Personal care including continence care

·       Medication including special techniques

·       Palliative care including dialysis treatment (hospital trained)

·       Risk assessments and care plan assessments

·       Spot checks, supervisions and appraisals

·       Care plan review and quality assurance checks

·       Recruitment and weekly KPI’s

·       Liaising with health professionals, LA and families

·       Coordinating care workers weekly rota

·       Implementing new packages on care system

·       Out of hours telephone

Supervisor - Mac Care - Bracknell, Berkshire – 06/2008 to 10/2011

·       Food preparation including P.E.G feeding.

·       Personal care including continence care.

·       Medication including special techniques.

·       Complex and palliative care

·       Risk assessments and care plan assessments

·       Spot checks, supervisions, and appraisals

·       Care plan review and quality assurance checks

·       Mentoring care workers

·       Auditing, compliance checks where needed.

·       Multi agency meetings

·       Out of hours telephone

·       Liaising with health professionals, LA and families

Carer - Carewatch – Wokingham, Berkshire – 09/2006 – 06/ 2008

·       Food preparation                          

·       Personal care

·       Manual Handling                         

·       Domestic care

·       Medication

NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care

Team player, Fun, easy going and strong.

Focused, organised and a good motivator.

Commitment to quality with strong communication skills

Keen to learn to greater my knowledge and practice.