Intensive Dementia Outreach Worker

1 month contract with A Local Authority

Job Summary:

·         To provide person-centred, high-quality community-based support to enable people with dementia and their carers to maintain their independence, choice and control.

Key Duties/Accountabilities:

·         Provide intimate personal care to vulnerable adults.

·         Provide person-centred, high-quality support to people with advanced dementia, including personal care. To support the carer to continue within their role.

·         To ensure that maximising independence, choice, and control is at the heart of all service provision.

·         Support service users to achieve maximum independence, choice, and control through the delivery of effective dementia-specialist support.

·         Report to Reablement Therapists and work closely to achieve the outcomes specified within the support plan, seeking guidance as required.

Essential Experience Required:

·         Appropriate experience of working with service users with a range of support needs and understanding of the relevant statutory frameworks / requirements plus current best practice in working with people with dementia.

·         Knowledge of the following subjects from the Department of Health’s Dementia Core Skills Education and Training Framework:

1: Dementia awareness

2: Dementia identification, assessment, and diagnosis

3: Dementia risk reduction and prevention

4: Person-centred dementia care

5: Communication, interaction, and behaviour in dementia care

6: Health and well-being in dementia care

7: Pharmacological interventions in dementia care

8: Living well with dementia and promoting independence

9: Families and carers as partners in dementia care

10: Equality diversity and inclusion in dementia care

11: Law, ethics and safeguarding in dementia care

12: End of life dementia care

13: Research and evidence-based practice in dementia care.

Additional information to note:

·         ICT skills including use of Microsoft applications, CM2000 and Mosaic.

·         Enhanced DBS Required.

The closing date for this position is 10/05/24