Senior Dementia Intensive Support Team Practitioner
2 weeks ago
Dementia Intensive Support Team - Senior DIST Practitioner Band 6 (Mental Health Nurse/OT/Social Worker)
This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and motivated, multi-disciplinary team of professionals who support people with dementia and their carers to remain living independently in the community.
The team has a philosophy of early intervention and specialises in working with those who are hard to engage with. We become involved when situations are breaking down including periods of crisis. The team aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital and premature moves to long term care. It has an open referral system where anyone can refer in, and works with people for short periods, aiming to stabilise situations and ensure there is support in place to meet their needs in the future.
Working with other multi-disciplinary professionals within the team you will:
Manage and hold a caseload
Undertake initial assessments including risk assessments
Engage and work with clients with dementia and their carers
Liaise with statutory and voluntary Sector to get care and support in place as required
Triage referrals and undertake duty role
Attend Clinical and Business Meetings for the team
Take on a supervisory role within the team
Represent team in meetings with partner agencies
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
The Dementia Intensive Support Team is a part of the Suffolk Care Group, working within the community to meet the needs of people with Dementia and their carers. We are a passionate and supportive team with a desire to develop and learn from each other.
**can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition**:
Flexible working hours
FREE physio service
FREE Yoga and Pilates
Cycle scheme tax-free bikes and accessories
Support with revalidation
Post graduate training opportunities
We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY
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