Dementia Adviser Apprentice

**About The Role**:
**Dementia Adviser Apprenticeship**

**Closing Date**:22nd September 2023.

**Location**: Community based worker in West Northumberland with some home working elements.

**Contract**:Fixed Term Contract for 18 Months.

**Interview date**: TBC via Teams.

**About the role**

Are you looking for a
**rewarding** and
**challenging** career in advising people affected by dementia?

Do you feel you could you help people maintain their
**independence**, improve their sense of
**well-being** and enable them to take more control of their lives?

This is an exciting opportunity to join us at the Alzheimer’s Society as an apprentice Dementia Adviser. You will be able to gain a qualification as you work with us to support people with a diagnosis of dementia and their carers. You will be working towards an Early Intervention Practitioner qualification at Level 4 with 6 hrs of off the job training each week provided by our training provider partner organisation.

You must be able to to meet the general requirements of an apprenticeship:

- Be aged 18+ at the time of enrolment.
- Not already be in full-time education at the point of enrolment.
- Be a UK or European Economic Area (EEA) citizen, or have lived in the UK or EEA for the past three consecutive years.
Not hold a qualification at the same level or above in the chosen apprenticeship area.
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As a Dementia Adviser, you will have the rewarding opportunity to provide support, information, and guidance to people with dementia and their carers who live in the west of Northumberland, including rural; areas to the north and south of the Tyne valley. You will be helping them to maintain their independence, improving their sense of well-being, and putting them in more control of their lives.

**About you**

You will have:

- A passion to help people and support them to improve their quality of life and put people affected by dementia at the heart of everything you do.
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Good IT skills and the ability to maintain records and write reports.
- Good non-judgemental communication skills.
- The ability to build strong relationships with external providers and other organisations.
- The ability to understand the need for client confidentiality.
- A desire to learn develop your skills and progress your career within health and social care.
- An ability to travel independently across Northumberland.

**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.