Dementia Advisor

2 weeks ago


Basingstoke, United Kingdom Andover Mind Full time

Location: Basingstoke / Hybrid

**Salary**: £24,043.50 p/a

Hours: F/T 37.5 per week (Monday to Friday)

Andover Mind is one of the leading mental health providers in Hampshire and we are looking for a full time Dementia Advisor in the Basingstoke and surrounding areas as part of our County Wide Carer Support and Dementia Advisor service.

You will be delivering advice, information, support and signposting to people with dementia and their carers, with the aim of helping people to live long, healthy and happy lives, with the maximum possible independence. If you have a strong background in Adult Health and Care, with knowledge and understanding of dementia and an understanding of issues and challenges faced by carers, we would love to hear from you.

The personal attributes needed for this role are good interpersonal and listening skills, a non-judgemental and empathetic approach as well as being self-motivated as working as part of a mainly remote team.

If you're looking for a rewarding role where you can bring positivity to people and be present in the community this could be the role for you.

Location: Hybrid working - Home based / Hampshire wide service, however outreach work is predominantly Basingstoke area
- Our benefits include:_
- _ 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays - rising to 30 days with length of service_
- _ Vivup membership which includes access to discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers_
- _ Competitive sick pay scheme_
- _ Employee Assistance Programme_
- _ Competitive company referral scheme_
- _ Eye test vouchers_
- _ Cycle to Work Scheme_
- _ Enhanced Maternity Leave_
- _ Ongoing training and development_- Appointments are made on merit._

In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, we do not discriminate, and in line with our equality policy, we are dedicated to building an accurate picture of the make-up of our workforce to ensure we are developing policies and practices that meet the needs of all employees, regardless of their background or personal circumstances.

We'd love your help and cooperation to make this happen so would ask if you can fill in our **equality, diversity and inclusion monitoring form**, but it's completely voluntary. Don't worry, it is completely confidential and the info you share will be kept and only used for monitoring purposes

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