Dementia Adviser

**About The Role**:
**Dementia Adviser - Veterans**

**Closing date**:
**Location**:Community based in County Durham with some homeworking elements.

**Hours**: 21 per week.

**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?

Do you have experience of working with or within the
**Armed Forces**?

If yes, we are offering a great opportunity to join our team providing personalised advice and support to ex
- service personnel/ veterans diagnosed with dementia or caring for a loved one with dementia

The role will work alongside Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Advice Service. This involves dedicated Dementia Advisers giving one to one advice, support and information to people affected by dementia, to help them understand dementia, cope with day to day living with dementia and prepare for the future.

This role will require you to build relationships with a range of local contacts. You will network with health and care professionals and veteran support services, marketing Alzheimer’s Society provision in County Durham to promote people being referred to the service as early as possible. You will also develop networks with partner organisations to promote the aim of empowering individuals living with dementia to make informed choices.

**About you**

This is an amazing opportunity to have a rewarding career providing advice and support to ex
- service personnel/ veterans with dementia and their carers.

We are looking for:

- Working experience of person-centred assessments, face to face and over the phone, with the ability to co
- create a support plan and identify outcomes.
- Strong organisational and time management skills, including the ability to effectively manage a caseload.
- Good IT skills and experience working with databases.
- The ability to build strong relationships with external providers and stakeholders, to ensure dementia is a priority, and effective referral pathways are established.
- Understanding the need for client confidentiality.
- Excellent non-judgmental communication skills.
- An empathetic approach with a commitment to equal opportunities.
- The ability to travel independently across the area.
Applications from people with lived experience of working in the Armed Forces or professional experience of working with veterans are welcomed.

If you have the qualities we’re looking for and are passionate about improving the quality of life for veterans with dementia, then we want to hear from you Please note
- to give yourself the best possible chance of being shortlisted please provide details and examples in the supporting statement based on the criteria in the person specification.

**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.