Age UK Oxfordshire
Location
Didcot, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
About Us
We're a local independent charity working in the community to support older people, their families and carers. We want everyone to live life to the full.
What we stand for:
Enabling older people across the county to live life to the full. Age UK Oxfordshire is an independent local charity.
We have over 160 dedicated staff and over 235 volunteers helping us to deliver services and activities for older people in Oxfordshire.
Our mission:
Enabling and empowering individuals and communities to support older people to stay independent and live life to the full. Our vision:
We are working for a world where those we serve are living their best lives.
Our values
We encourage applications from all candidates to support a more diverse workforce. We are committed to challenging all forms of discrimination and celebrating and promoting diversity throughout our work.
Dementia Advisers (DAs) support people with a diagnosis of dementia, their carers and families. As a DA you’ll a take a holistic approach to support, encouraging person-centred care and providing timely and accurate information and advice. DAs signpost and refer to the right support at the right time across a wide range of services. By enabling clients to access support that they and their family need you will play a vital role in enabling them to live as well as possible for as long as possible in their own homes and remain active in the community.
DAs are primarily home-based; you’ll taking be referrals within a geographical area and from GP surgeries. As a self-motivated initiative taker, you’ll need to be largely self-managing, happy to work alone. In particular, you need to be comfortable working with clients and carers face-to-face via video conferencing, telephone and also visiting clients in their own homes. You will have the freedom to manage your own caseload, working within the service framework and under the guidance of a Locality Manager and the Head of Service.
Location:
Covering Didcot, Wallingford and Goring
Hours Remuneration and Benefits:
Ideally we are looking for someone with experience and lots of skills. However, for the right person we can offer a training and development programme, with mentoring support from an experienced DA, a structured induction, and a pathway to a level three qualification ( as per the Regulated Qualifications Framework).
We are looking for someone able to see beyond the diagnosis, to show empathy and enable clients to navigate the pathways of dementia care and help them to live well with dementia.
We need someone who is comfortable working with older people and with experience of supporting people in a caring or cared for role, preferably caring for people living with dementia.
We are looking for someone with the ability to listen and understand a client’s needs, good problem-solving skills, and a positive attitude to learning.
You will need to be highly organised, able to communicate with a wide variety of people and able to show empathy and provide support to those facing challenging circumstances.
DAs are asked to take on additional responsibilities to support service development, and we are also interested in hearing from candidates who have complimentary skills or experience in providing education and awareness sessions, fund raising, and in supporting social media and websites.
Closing date: 18th March
Screening Interview : 21st March
Final Interview: 25th March
If you are unavailable on the proposed interview dates please contact [email protected]
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Salary
£11.37 per hour
