Dementia Co ordinator - Hamlin Knight - Recruitment Specialists in Human Resources, Office Support and Sales & Marketing : Job Details

We are currently recruiting for a Dementia Professional to join a large charity organisational based in Coventry City centre.

Hours iof work are 37 hours between 7am - 10pm. Mon - Fri paying between £25,000 - £27,000pa for a maternity leave cover. Due to the nature of work you will need to drive and have your own transport.

Job role:

Provide one to one support to people living with dementia.

• Work with caseloads.
• To work collaboratively with their in house OT's to enable people living with dementia to retain or regain a level of independence.
• Working with other professionals supporting people living with dementia.
• Understand and use cognitive assessments, goal planning, strengths and strategies to compensate/manage impairment.
• To develop intervention techniques to enable the person living with dementia to regain and maintain independence in their own home environment.
• Prevent or reduce hospital admissions through early intervention to avoid crisis.
• Support the family carer and carer professionals to understand behaviours and implement techniques to manage those behaviours.

Skills And Competencies

• Ability to develop empathic relationships with customers.
• Respect for other people's rights of autonomy.
• Ability to use supervision effectively and self-reflect.
• Understanding of cognitive impairment and impacts upon the person.
• Knowledge of strategies, techniques and interventions to understand and manage unwanted behaviours.
• Ability to apply your knowledge of solution focused interventions.
• Understand the limits of your role and when to escalate cases for clinical input.
• Hold a recognised dementia qualification or have at least 2 years' experience in dementia care and willingness to undertake further training.
• Good understanding of the needs of individuals living with dementia.
• Capacity to remain motivated even when working under pressure.
• Good IT skills, proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

In return the company offer:

• Pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (Pro rata for Part time)
• Ongoing training
• A role that offers further career opportunities and qualifications
• Mobile phone, laptop provide and fuel allowance paid
• Birtholiday