Dementia Adviser

7 months ago

London, United Kingdom Alzheimer's Society Full time

**About The Role**:
Could you offer **expert** **guidance** and **advice** to people affected by dementia and their families?

**S**upporting** and **empowering** them to make informed and independent choices to make a **positive** difference in their lives?

Do you want a career where every day is **different** and full of **reward**?

**Yes? Well, we would love to hear from you**

We are recruiting to an exciting and rewarding part time role **21 hours per week.**

**About the role**

**Office Location**: Telford community based with elements of working from home

**Area role covers**:Telford area: Newport and Central Primary Care Network, including the communities of Donnington, Shawbirch and Newport

**Interview date**: 17th June, venue to be confirmed in Shrewsbury.

You will work in the community as part of a multidisciplinary team offering proactive, holistic care and support working within Newport and Central Primary Care Network to help deliver the Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Dementia Vision.

Our local Dementia Link Workers provide a highly responsive and individualised information, signposting, and referral service to people affected by dementia.

You will:

- Provide personalised support to people with dementia, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing, to live independently, to improve their health outcomes and maintain a healthy lifestyle
- Connect people with dementia into their community networks to enable them to live the lives they choose, enhancing and preserving their wellbeing, as detailed in their ‘Living Plan’
- Co-produce a simple personalised support plan to address the person with dementia’s health and wellbeing needs by introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.
- Enable people living with dementia to decide what they want to do, where they want to meet and how they want to run their groups and keep in touch.
- Create opportunities for people with dementia to meet other people with dementia
- Assist people with dementia and their carers in identifying their needs, providing information and guidance to help maintain their independence, improving their sense of well-being, and putting them in more control of their lives
- Support the introduction of groups and activities for people living with dementia.
- Support the development of Dementia Friendly GP practices and community resources
- Run ‘Talk about Dementia’ sessions - which support carers with dementia knowledge, sharing strategies, hints and tips, linking together for future peer support.
- Manage and prioritise own caseload, in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs of their population and where required and as appropriate, refer people with dementia back to other health professionals within the PCN
- Work closely with Telford Admiral Nurses, Telford Carers Service, Memory Services and your 4 GP practices

**About you**
We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with an understanding of dementia and the needs of people affected by dementia.
- Be empathetic and non-judgmental in your approach with a commitment to equal opportunity.
- Have good communication skills to meet the diverse needs of our community and represent their needs to statutory and other voluntary agencies.
- Understand client confidentiality and how this is applied when representing client needs.
- Preferably had some experience of working with a wide variety of relevant agencies.
- Have demonstrable experience in Health and Social Care.
- Have the ability and means to be able travel independently.

**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

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