Dementia Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Bangor, United Kingdom Gwynedd Council Full time

Job title:
Dementia Support Worker

Directorate:
Adults, Health and Well-being

Service:
Provider Services

Closing date:
13/07/2023 10:00

Job type/Hours:
Temporary (see job advertisement) | 37 Hour

Salary:
£21,575 - £21,968 a year

Pay Scale:
GS3

Location(s):
Bangor Area

Gwynedd Council operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification.

**This is a temporary post to be held until March, 2024**

**For further information about this post please contact Davy Allan Evans on 07766990390**

**Interview date to be confirmed.**

**CLOSING DATE: 10.00 AM, THURSDAY, 13 JULY, 2023**

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

ESSENTIAL
1.Being positive and passionate
2. Non judgemental
3. Able to listen and respect the ideas of others, although you may not agree
4. Able to use your imagination to connect emotionally with others
5. Appreciate the ability of the individual
6. Be able to make the most of the time you have to connect positively with the individuals who use the service.
7. Able to appreciate and respect skills and the personalities of others
8.Able to identify and support individuals to develop different skills
9. Able to be flexible
10. Show a friendly professional attitude
11. Be punctual, unless in exceptional circumstances
12. Ability to undertake designated work unsupervised

QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT TRAINING

ESSENTIAL
QCF/NVQ level 2 care or a commitment to gain qualification with a specific time

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL
Experience of having worked/supported individuals to live their lives as they want to live.
Experience of supporting individuals living with Dementia

DESIRABLE
Experience of working within a professional team

SKILLS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIAL
A conscientious, creative, emotional, level headed person when dealing with individuals
Sensitive to others feelings
Show initiative
The ability to create a good relationship with other members of staff and individuals
Good communication and recording skills, being respectful and honest
Knowledge and skills to support them in activities of daily living such as cooking, cleaning baking.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

SPEAKING AND LISTENING - Foundation Level
Able to maintain a simple conversation through the medium of Welsh and English in the everyday context of the post, using specific vocabulary that arises regularly, in order to present information.
Able to present simple information through the medium of Welsh and English that hasn't been prepared beforehand and respond to questions.

READING - Foundation Level

WRITING - Foundation Level

Purpose of the Post.
- Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
- Promote the person Centred care ethos through standards of professional practice that meets the physical emotional social intellectual and spiritual needs of individuals who use the service
- Support people to make decisions that have an impact on their lives, involving the individuals and families
- Develop and adhere to a personal care plan that is created in partnership with the individual to promote and encourage them to live their lives as fully as possible by making use of any resources and activities which are available in the community.
- Support the individual to live their lives as they want to live it.

Responsibility for functions. e.g. staff, budgets, equipment
- Use appropriately any tools and equipment required to fulfil your duties
- Notify your Line Manager and / or the person responsible for the equipment as soon as possible of any defect therein, or the lack of services (water, electricity, gas etc.)
- Ensure appropriate management of service users property e.g. medication and cash if applicable.

Main Duties
- Promote independence, self -sufficiency, well-being, choice and control by assisting individuals to understand their situation better and help them to develop coping strategies.
- Respect individuals rights, beliefs and choices.
- Support individuals in their wish to stay in their own home within their own communities as long as this is safe and that they maintain their Health, welfare and quality of life.
- Focus on supporting through person centred methods, keeping within the policies and procedures of Gwynedd council and the service.
- To respect the dignity and independence of individuals
- It will be necessary to promote the rights of the individual by identifying, measuring and reducing the element of risk.
- Assist with personal care in identified cases (on a short term basis) if needed.
- The post holder is required to work independently.
- To identify, support the individual to develop their skills and ability, and encourage t the individuals to be actively involved within their community
- The post holder will be expected to work in partnership with the Community Connector to identify social opportunities

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