Dementia Advisor

**Dementia Advisor**
**Contract Type**: Fixed Term
**Location**: Hybrid Role (Homebased, Community and Office)
**Salary**: £20,363 - £21,603 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience) (+ London Allowance of £3,600 if applicable)
**Working Hours**: 35 per week
**Closing Date**: 28 April 202
**Interview Date**: To be confirmed (interviews will be conducted through Zoom or Teams)
**Area role covers**: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.
**Contract type**: Fixed Term - 2 years
Do you have experience of supporting People Affected by Dementia?
If so we are looking to recruit a Dementia Support Worker who will be based at Queen Elizbeth Hospital, Woolwich, London, to a brand new and exciting post.
This is an amazing and rewarding opportunity providing support and guidance to people living with dementia and their carers. We strive to help people to maintain independence, improving their sense of well-being, and putting people in more control of theirown lives. We promote a person-centred service so that our support is unique to each individual, based upon their own aspirations and needs.
This role will be supporting people at the point of discharge from hospital.
**You will have;**
- A passion to support people to maintain their independence, improving their sense of well-being and putting them in more control of their lives
- A broad knowledge of understanding the needs of people affected by dementia, to understand what 'go home’ will look like.
- The ability to work inclusively with people affected by dementia, along with an understanding of the need for client confidentially.
- Great communication skills, adapting your approach to ensure understanding at all levels
- Networking and influencing skills plus the ability to manage several tasks at once and keep yourself motivated to perform under pressure.
- Good IT skills and experience working with databases.
- Ability to travel across boroughs independently where required.

This is a great opportunity to join our team in a new role, providing personalised support to people diagnosed with dementia and their carers, helping them to maintain their independence. Evidencing how the support we provide makes the greatest impact to thosewe support.
**You will;**
- Supporting people to access vital services.
- Improve people’s sense of well-being, and have more control of their lives.
- Assist with the identification of needs and providing information and access to relevant services.
- Promote our amazing service and build relationships with a range of health and social care professionals.
- Support people affected by dementia with the transition from hospital back to 'home’.

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 learningprogrammes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer's Society.
You can also visit our Working for Us pages, which give you more information about what it is like to be an employee at the Society.
You may have experience of the following: Dementia Adviser, Care Assistant, Caseworker, Special Needs Assistant, Social Worker, Social Care, Community Care, Helpline Coordinator, Volunteering Officer, Support Worker, Mental Health, Dementia, etc.
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