Description

Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Rotherham
Salary: £20,872 - £22,143 pro rata per annum (depending on skills and experience)
Working Hours: 28 Per Week

Closing Date: 15 June 2022
Interview Date: 28th June 2022 - via Zoom or Microsoft Teams

Please note the deadline for submitting applications for this vacancy is midnight on the closing date

Our client reserves the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Office Location: Community Based in Rotherham

This role requires reasonable access to the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough area and requires regular travel around this area to groups, home visits and for networking.

Hours: 28 per week

About our client:

Who they are

They are a vital source of support and a powerful force for change for everyone affected by dementia.

What they want

They will not rest until people with dementia and their carers live more fulfilled and less fearful lives, free from stigma and inequality.

What they do

They support people affected by dementia through some of the hardest and most frightening times, to improve their lives and help to avoid crisis. No matter whoever you are, whatever you’re going through, you can turn to them for expert support through practical advice, emotional support, and guidance for the best next step. They join forces with people affected by dementia, leading scientists and policy makers, amplifying voices to push for cutting edge breakthroughs and societal change that’ll improve the lives of people affected by dementia, now and in the future

How they do it

They’re the friendly face of support, the warm voice at the end of the phone and the determined minds who will fight passionately for the cause of everyone affected by dementia

About the role

Our client has a fantastic new opportunity for a Dementia Support Worker to join their skilled and supportive team! This role will take the lead in the delivery of their Social Prescribing specialist dementia enabling service which is commissioned by Voluntary Action Rotherham. This service is focused on supporting people to engage with their community, to improve confidence in accessing services, supporting people to stay independent and putting them more in control of their lives .

The role is community based and will involve working from home, accessing groups in the community and visiting people with dementia and their supporters in their home when needed. The role requires you to support people with dementia on a one to one basis looking at strategies and services which will support them to make connections in their community in a sustainable way.

This role will require you to:

• Build relationships with a range of local contacts.
• Network with health and care professionals, marketing our client's services to help people with a diagnosis to get referred to the service as early as possible.
• Develop networks with partner organisations to promote the aim of empowering individuals living with dementia to make informed choices.

Post source:jobs.theguardian.com

Posters Information:

Name:hireful

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