Dementia Meeting Centre Activity Worker
Aliveactivities
Dementia Meeting Centre Activity Worker
£24500
Aliveactivities, Nailsea, North Somerset
- Full time
- Temporary
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 4 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: ce0b1928a7264a60a91596ddc3287864
Full Job Description
- Setting up the venues for Meeting Centres, preparing activities with members and
- Providing a friendly and safe atmosphere by encouraging and helping members to get
- Offering meaningful activities in response to members' life experiences, history, interests
- Developing and carrying out one to one and group activities, using dementia-friendly
- Developing and updating a support plan with individual members
- Working with members to evaluate progress towards goals agreed in their support plan,
- Running activities and responding to the needs and requests of members
- Assisting in tasks such as making drinks, meals and washing dishes
- Advising members on other support services as appropriate
- Attending daily briefings with the Meeting Centre Manager
- Participating in the monthly Meeting Centre meeting
- Contributing to the evaluation of the Meeting Centre project
- Carrying out any related administrative and financial activities.
- To comply with data protection regulations, ensuring that information about members
- To be responsible for learning and development for yourself
- To support community fundraising and media events
- To work within safeguarding and confidentiality policies
Confident in working with people with dementia and their carers - Able to work with groups and individuals in a person-centred way
- A good understanding of safeguarding and confidentiality policies
- Organised and can carry out basic administrative tasks
- Good record-keeping skills
- Computer literate, including using Office Word (365)
- A good clean driving licence, and access to a car
- Experience of working with people with dementia
- Experience of running group and individual activity sessions with people with dementia
- Experience of working in a team
- A real people person
- A great communicator, especially with people living with dementia
- Able to create a warm and friendly atmosphere
- Empathy and compassion
- Good team player
- Ability to establish good working relationships with staff, members, other services
- Ability to work independently and under own initiative
- Able to travel independently within the three meeting centre areas
- Ability to be flexible and make the best use of available resources
Salary: £24500 FTE
clearing the venue at the end of the session
involved in recreational and social activities
and abilities
techniques, materials and IT resources
and informing the Meeting Centre Manager
Additional responsibilities:
remains confidential
Experience
Attributes
and volunteers
Post: 3 days a week, 7.5 hours a day
Overall Job Purpose:
To work with people with dementia and their carers to engage in meaningful activities at
Meeting Centres held in Bristol and Nailsea.
To work as part of a staff team and alongside volunteers and members., Salary: £24,500 FTE plus contributory pension. Salaries are paid monthly in arrears and reviewed
annually.