Evonne Burns, CSS

Experience

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  Nova Scotia Health Authority

  Aug 2010 - now

  Developmental Worker

  Evaluating risks, hazards and making suggestions for corrective actions on a daily basis, when assessing clients level of aggressionImplementing behavioral interventions to enable clients to achieve their active daily living skills and potentially transition back into the community Supporting persons with dual diagnosis (mental health and developmental disability)Implementing and developing care plans to support behavioral and environmental changes in clientsPersonal and environmental assessments and evaluationsCase management and report writing every four hours to ensure accurate informationWorking within an interdisciplinary team of sixty people to communicating and resolve conflict Ensuring clients safety by introducing personal protective equipment and utilizing non-violent crisis intervention as needed Communicating with outside health services and providers for general inquiries and or emergency responses Show less

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  Community Transition Program

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2015

  Residential Rehabilitation Worker

  Attend monthly safety meetings to come up with ideas as a team to eliminate or control some of the hazards within the unit. Continuously analyzing critical task, when working with aggressive clients. Evaluating the hazards and risks of all behavioral interventions so controls can be implementedCrisis intervention/ ASIST suicide intervention Requesting and utilizing proper personal protective equipment for the clients to ensure safety of staff and clients Supporting individuals with mental health illnesses with the proper tools to transition back into their community. Carrying out fire drills on a monthly basis and performing evacuations to ensure the safety of 16 individuals Ensuring proper function and documentation of shift notes and constant observation sheets Properly filling out Workers Compensation forms and incident reports. Ensuring these forms are delivered to management before the time limits found in the Occupational Health and Safety Act Show less

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  Municipal Group of Companies

  Apr 2016 - now

  Health And Safety Advisor

  To know, advise, train and enforce the Organization’s safety program, safety policies, rules, acts and regulations.Control and monitor the safety program, making any necessary amendments as required to ensure it complies with all applicable acts, regulations and codes of practiceComplete formal written safety inspections on site to ensure compliance to company safety program (policies, rules, Acts, Regulations)Promote open discussion of safety concerns/issues, best practices, and review accidents/incidents/near misses to identify and develop corrective actions.Promote a positive safety culture Show less

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  Eastern Traffic Services

  Aug 2019 - Sept 2020

  Traffic Control Manager