Dementia Advisor

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.

The successful candidate will be competent in the use of IT and need to have a valid driving licence and access to a car due to the nature of the role.   

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

We take Safeguarding seriously, therefore you will be required to undergo a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check at the enhanced level before working with us.  Further information can be obtained from www.dbs.gov.uk

We welcome applications from all of the communities in which we work. We also positively encourage applications from people with mental health problems, those who are physically disabled and neurodivergent to apply for a role within Andover Mind. 

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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