Intensive Dementia Outreach Worker

As an Intensive Dementia Outreach Worker, you will deliver person-centred, dementia-specialist support to people with complex needs and behaviour that may challenge. Working in partnership with carers and professionals, you will help individuals maintain dignity, choice and control during group sessions and home visits. You will provide practical and emotional support, manage risk positively, and contribute to outcome-focused support plans that enable people to live the life that matters to them.,

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred dementia support in line with individual support plans
• Provide intimate personal care where required, ensuring dignity, safety and wellbeing
• Support people with complex needs and behaviour that may challenge, using planned and consistent approaches
• Work collaboratively with carers, empowering them to sustain their caring role
• Monitor progress against outcomes, identify risks, and take timely, appropriate action
• Liaise with health, social care and voluntary sector partners to ensure coordinated support
• Record work accurately using council systems and contribute to service reviews
• Actively promote safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of practice
  
  Experience supporting adults with dementia and a range of complex support needs, including behaviour that may challenge.
• Sound understanding of person-centred, outcome-focused practice that promotes independence, choice and control.
• Knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities, relevant legislation and best practice when working with vulnerable adults.
• Experience working in partnership with carers, families and professionals across health, social care and community services.
• Understanding of risk assessment, positive risk-taking and shared risk management.
Skills and Abilities
• Ability to build trusting, professional relationships with people with dementia and their carers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to respond appropriately to challenging behaviour and complex situations.
• Ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team.
• IT literacy, including use of Microsoft applications and electronic care-recording systems.
• Ability to maintain accurate, timely and confidential records.
Personal and Professional Requirements
• Commitment to safeguarding, dignity, respect and person-centred values.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Willingness to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends.
• Ability and willingness to travel across the borough.
• Enhanced DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain).
Qualifications and Training
• Relevant qualification in health, social care or a related field.
• Completion of, or significant progress towards, Dementia Core Skills Framework (Tier 1 or 2) subjects, Experience providing intensive or outreach-based community support to people with dementia.
• Experience delivering intimate personal care in a community setting.
• Experience working within a local authority or NHS-commissioned service.
Additional
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
  
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• Satisfactory employment references;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with vulnerable adults;
• Satisfactory Enhanced DBS with the Barred List for Working with Adults check