Description

Dementia Adviser (Telephone)

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Belfast
Salary: £20,872- £22,143 actual per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Working Hours: 35 per week. Includes regular evening and weekend working as part of a rota.

Closing Date: 21 April 2022
Interview Date: To be confirmed

Our client is a leading charity. Every day, they work tirelessly to find new treatments and, ultimately, a cure for dementia. They provide expert information, training, and support services to all those who need their help. And they are creating a more dementia-friendly society so people with the condition can live without fear and prejudice.

About the role

Their Dementia Connect service provides high quality tailored information and support to anyone affected by dementia in the way they need it, when they need it:

• A specialist telephone based information and navigation service
• Community based services offering an increased level of support for more complex cases
• Self-management - their online community (Talking Point) and online service directory are always available 24/7
• Keeping in Touch Calls - a way of keeping in contact with service users as their journey with dementia progresses

This role is an Adviser working in their telephone based service. You will be the first point of contact via phone, letter, email or social media, for people affected by dementia. You will assess their needs and identifying desired outcomes, providing excellent support in the moment as well as referrals and signposting to ongoing support where needed.

As a Dementia Adviser (Telephone) you will provide a highly responsive, individualised information and signposting service to people with a diagnosis of dementia as the first priority for the service and provide an extended information and signposting service to immediate carers, families and friends of the people who are referred to the service.

You will have knowledge of working alongside volunteers and have an understanding of the valuable contribution volunteers bring to services whilst championing their inclusion in all that they deliver.

About you

They are looking for empathetic, motivated and professional individuals. You will join a team of people who are passionate to improve the life opportunities of people living with dementia and those close to them; and who are committed to learning from and supporting each other.

You will have an understanding of the needs of people with dementia and their carers and direct experience of working in a telephone and e-mail based service. You will have excellent spoken and written English, be skilled in active listening and questioning skills, and have strong keyboard skills. A health and social care qualification, such as NVQ level 3 or equivalent would be an advantage.

Their service operates seven days a week and you will have the flexibility to support their service users across their working hours, which are currently Monday – Wednesday 9am-8pm, Thursday – Sunday 9am – 5pm. They will only be able to consider candidates who can commit to regular evening and weekend working as part of a rota.

Their employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people's lives. They 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. They also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with them.

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.

Post source:jobs.theguardian.com

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