Dementia Support Worker

5 days ago

Truro, United Kingdom Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Dementia Support Worker**:
**Band 3**:
**Main area**
- Dementia and Older people's Mental Health Services.
- **Grade**
- Band 3
- **Contract**
- Fixed term: 12 months
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 201-22-1477-A**Site**
- Trevissome Park
- **Town**
- Truro
- **Salary**
- £21,730 - £23,177 Per Annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:

- Are you looking for a rewarding carer in dementia services?
- Do you want to make a difference to people with dementia and their family/carers?
- Do you have passion and energy?

We want to hear from you.

This is an exciting new opportunity to work with our Primary Care Dementia Practitioner Service. This is a countywide motivated innovative team who work closely with General Practitioners, community services and the third sector. We support people after their diagnosis and help people with dementia and their families live well. We offer support advise and help resolve any problems they may experience. We are always there when they need us.

Enthusiasm and kindness is required for this dynamic role for which we can offer and provide all appropriate training to be successful in this role.

The successful applicant will deliver;
- APHC (using remote health checks)
- Monitoring role and referral/support with PCDP
- Improving recording of health checks and dementia diagnosis
- Case scenario outcomes to feed into service re-design

**Main duties of the job**:
The post holder will be part of the PCDP team, contributing to supporting people with dementia in their own homes in the community. The team works within metal health services but has close links to General Practice and primary care colleagues.

The post holder will provide a range of services including practical and emotional support to individual service users and their carers and complete the annual mental health check alongside the PCDP for GP.

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

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