Dementia Adviser

About The Role

Closing Date:

8th May 2024.

Location:

Community based in Suffolk, excluding Waveney, with some homeworking elements.

Contract:

Fixed term contract till March 2025.

Hours:

30 Hours per week over 4 days.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Are you

passionate

about supporting people living with Dementia and their family/carers?

Can you interact face to face, via telephone and virtually to give people the

tools

and

knowledge

to make informed decisions about their future?

Are you ready to work as part of the Dementia Support Service in Suffolk?

About the role

We are recruiting a Dementia Adviser to work 30 hrs /4 days a week predominantly in West Suffolk.

The Dementia Adviser role requires you to work passionately to provide advice, support and guidance to people living with dementia and their family members/carers, often in their own home.

You will provide reassurance, support and guidance at any stage of a person's dementia journey.

You will build and establish good working relationships with external organisations to continue to increase reach and build inclusivity, including pre-diagnostic support.

About you

We are looking for someone who is caring, compassionate, professional, and empathetic. Someone who can empower individuals with dementia, their carer's and others to live well with Dementia. The successful candidate will support our service users to learn about dementia and the services, communities, and agencies around them. You will support people to live well with Dementia and to plan for the future. You will have professional curiosity, be a great motivator and demonstrate versatile communication skills. You will be ready to learn about Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of Dementia and to promote the important messages around good brain health, early diagnosis and living well. You will be joining a great local team and be part of an amazing charity.

About You

About Alzheimer's Society

At Alzheimer's Society, we believe passionately that life doesn't end when dementia begins. We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most.

Everything we do is shaped by people affected by dementia. Their knowledge and experience are critical to bringing about real-world solutions. From choosing the most promising research through to telling their stories to raise awareness; they are the heart of this organisation.

Our Values

We are

Determined to make a difference

when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.

Every one of us is a

Trusted expert , listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are

Better together

by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are

Compassionate , we are kind and honest, and we don't shy away from challenges.

Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.

Equal Opportunities

We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.

We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best. TPBN1_UKTJ

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