Dementia Adviser

**About The Role**:
We have an exciting opportunity to be involved in a new addition to Alzheimer’s Society service delivery. We have been delivering a pilot of the Flexible Response service for the last year and are delighted the team has now been established as part of the Dementia Support and Partnerships Directorate. We are recruiting a full time Dementia Adviser that will primarily deliver telephone-based support and join our existing team of seven Flexible Response Dementia Advisers.

Led by the Flexible Response Team Manager, Flexible Response Dementia Advisers have a national remit, providing operational support to our local services teams within any geographical area of England, Wales or Northern Ireland. These roles are home based, for which you will receive home worker allowance.

This team will provide interim Dementia Adviser capacity that will support and enable local community teams to meet demand whilst experiencing local staffing shortages, mobilisation of new contracts or recruitment issues. We stay in teams sometimes for very short periods of time, which means DA’s regularly move to new teams, and need to pick up new services quickly. The Flexible Response DA’s use both CRS Legacy and CRS Legacy Flex databases.

Our experience over the pilot has shown the benefit of having interim cover on the wellbeing of teams, achieving contractual delivery targets and ensuring the timely delivery of good quality dementia support to those in the local area.

These roles are all full time and will need to cover the core working days of a full working week.

**About you**

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with an understanding of dementia and the needs of people affected by dementia. You will;
- Have an empathetic and non-judgmental approach.
- Have great communication skills.
- Have some experience of working with a wide variety of agencies.
- Have the ability to adapt to changes and new teams quickly
- Have a positive attitude and ability to work through challenging situations.

**Interview Dates**:7th, 8th or 10th May**

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.

**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.