This is a unique Dementia Adviser role working across Rotherham and Sheffield in the Rotherham Carers Resilience Service and our Sheffield Dementia Short-term Intervention Service and Hospital Discharge Pilot. These services offer specialist support for 4 to 6 weeks offering advice and support, preventing crisis or provide crisis intervention support if needed. Referrals for these services come from Rotherham and Sheffield GPs and staff working in the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. No two days are the same in this role and our work really can transform the lives of people affected by dementia. You will be supporting dementia carers in Rotherham and people with a dementia diagnosis (or on the dementia pathway) and/or their carers and wider families in Sheffield. You will be supported by a small team of dementia advisers, along with our Sheffield & Rotherham local services manager and manager of the Carers Resilience Service in Rotherham. About you Be An empathetic listener, able to assess and evaluate client need in a non- judgemental manner. Able to work under pressure and manage own caseload. Be emotional resilient and be able to support our service users to become emotionally resilience. Self-motivated and can work independently from home using your own initiative, but equally you are a team player keen to support your colleagues, working in community venues when required. You have some knowledge or personal experience of dementia, and the challenges people affected by it may face. Knowledge of relevant legislation such as the Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding Adults, Data Protection. Able and confident to travel within the service area and visit people in their homes. Able and confident to organise and oversee group information sessions across the area Experience of record keeping and client data bases and the importance of adhering to procedures and policies. Good IT skills. Able and confident to represent the needs of people affected by dementia at community events and meetings. Interviews will be held on the 8th May. What you'll focus on: Provide a person-centred and outcomes focused information, advice and support service to people affected by dementia and their carers. You will identify their needs and the services they may wish to access, give advice about how to live well with dementia and support the improvement of their sense of wellbeing. You will need to work with a variety of other professionals, such as GP’s, memory clinic staff and other health and social care services. Support may be provided in person, over the telephone, via virtual options or in writing. You will aim to reach people affected by dementia from all communities and work to make your service as inclusive as possible. You will be working from home, but you will be spending time in the community completing home visits, attending clinics and giving dementia awareness talks to groups, therefore you must be comfortable with public speaking. Represent the service at Primary Care multi-disciplinary meetings. Be involved with joint home visits with local authority social workers when requested. Attend awareness raising events and meetings with partner organisations when required. About You About Alzheimer's Society 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 groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be. 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