Dementia Adviser

About The Role

About the opportunity

We are offering a great opportunity to join our Swindon Dementia Advice team on a fixed term contract until the 31st December, providing personalised support to people diagnosed with dementia and their carers.

This role requires travel for home visits and meetings within the Swindon area, mileage is payable within the Swindon Borough Council boundary. You will be working at home as all admin tasks are completed from home.

The service provides person centred and outcome focused information, advice and support. This is provided in person on an individual basis, over the telephone, via virtual options, or in writing as well as through in person and online group presentations. You must therefore be comfortable presenting to groups of people.

About you

This is a great opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic, committed, organised, resilient have excellent communication skills as well as strong organisational skills in order to manage a busy caseload of service users effectively.

You will be passionate about putting people affected by dementia, their carers and supporters at the heart of everything you do to make our service the best it can be. You are self-motivated working independently at home using your own initiative, while also being able to build effective relationships with your colleagues.

Interviews will take place on the week commencing 7th April.

What you’ll focus on:

- Have a good understanding of professional boundaries, the importance of a strength-based approach and outcome based work
- Have some knowledge of dementia and the challenges and barriers faced by those affected by it
- Have confidence to develop relationships and networking internally and externally with professionals and organisations in Swindon.
- Be empathetic and non-judgmental in your approach, committed to equal opportunity.
- Have a sound knowledge of IT systems such as Microsoft Office and Salesforce or be commitment to learn.

About Alzheimer's Society

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding ground breaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives.

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.