Dementia Adviser

We have an exciting opportunity to join our talented team as a Dementia Adviser. In this integral role you will provide dementia knowledge and expertise across the Cheshire West & Chester area.

Location: You will need be able to travel across the Cheshire West & Chester area independently.

Contract: Permanent

The service is unique to each service user as it is based upon their personal circumstances and support needs. You will offer support to your clients in a variety of ways, whether in the client's own home, or at other locations in the community, face to face, by phone, letter, or email. You will also assist service users to access other services, providing signposting and referrals. 

You Will

• provide a person-centred and outcomes focused information, advice and support service to people affected by dementia and their carers.
• You will identify their needs and the services they may wish to access, give advice about how to live well with dementia and support the improvement of their sense of wellbeing.
• You will need to work with a variety of other professionals, such as GP’s, memory clinic staff and other health and social care services.
• Support may be provided in person, over the telephone, via virtual options or in writing.
• You will aim to reach people affected by dementia from all communities and work to make your service as inclusive as possible.
• You will be working from home, but you will be spending time in the community completing home visits, attending clinics and giving dementia awareness talks to groups, therefore you must be comfortable with public speaking.
• Assist colleagues in delivering our Carer Information Programme.

About You

• Be An empathetic listener, able to assess and evaluate client need in a non- judgemental manner.
• Able to work under pressure and manage own caseload.
• Self-motivated and can work independently from home using your own initiative, but equally you are a team player keen to support your colleagues.
• You have some knowledge or personal experience of dementia and the challenges people affected by it may face.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding Adults, Data Protection.
• Able and confident to travel within the service area and visit people in their homes.
• Able and confident to organise and oversee group information sessions across the area
• Experience of record keeping and client data bases and the importance of adhering to procedures and policies.
• Good IT skills.
• Able and confident to represent the needs of people affected by dementia at community events and meetings.

Closing date: 7^th March

Interview date: 18^th March