Dementia activities support worker – closing date 19 September 2022

To be part of a new initiative in Wokingham Borough working towards making the Borough Dementia Friendly by planning and delivering fun, interesting and engaging activities and information sessions for people with dementia and their carers.

  • To develop, administer, facilitate and deliver activities for people living with dementia and their carers to enjoy. These will include, but are not limited to, dementia cafés, singing groups and Maintenance cognitive stimulation therapy sessions.
  • Assess and review the success of the events particularly the opinions and needs of those attending the group and report any concerns to line manager/liaise with carers/family.
  • Ensure there is adequate staff/volunteers at each activity and complete risk/health and safety assessments as needed.
  • To deliver information sessions to people with dementia and their carers to help them to live well with dementia.
  • To provide information and support to people with dementia and their carers in relation to diagnosis, living with dementia, health and social care issues.
  • Using a variety of platforms but predominantly Microsoft applications and our own CRM to collect and analyse data which will provide information to demonstrate the achievement of milestones, monitoring, evaluation and reporting the success of the activities.
Organisation
Address Line 1
119 Broad Street Mall
Address line 2
Reading
Address line 3
(Office, extensive travel and use of the Wokingham Hub)
Town
Reading
County
Berkshire
Postcode
RG1 7QE
Contract type
Full time
Location
Berkshire-wide
Salary
£10.00 - £12.50 per hour
Contact
Fiona Price, CEO
Main contact telephone
0118 959 4242
How to apply

Please contact Fiona Price to discuss further or to apply.

Open for applications from
7 September 2022
Closing date for applications
19 September 2022
Will my application be acknowledged?
We regret that we will only be able to acknowledge applications from shortlisted candidates