Day Services Practitioner - Dumfries and Galloway

Alzheimer Scotland; Dumfries; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Location: Dumfries Resource Centre, 8 Gordon Street, DG1 1EG

Rate: £13.54 - £14.27 per hour

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Supply/Casual/Relief

Contract: 1x flexible, permanent position (flexible hours which can vary depending on service requirements)

Who we are

Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aim is to make sure nobody faces dementia alone. We provide support and information to people with dementia, their carers and families, we campaign for the rights of people with dementia and fund vital dementia research.

What you’ll do

1. You will be responsible for supporting people living with dementia to achieve good outcomes using a range of therapeutic interventions, resources and activities as appropriate.
2. Working as part of the Registered and Commissioned Services/Community Connections team, you will ensure that services are of the highest quality and meet Alzheimer Scotland’s vision for unique therapeutic, highly person-centred support.
3. You will work with the wider team and Day Services Manager to ensure safe practice and delivery of high-quality, person-centred, therapeutic Registered and Commissioned Services/Community Connections, ensuring practice complies with Alzheimer Scotland’s policies.
4. You will contribute to evidencing, reviewing and continually improving the quality of the services and will participate in internal audit and Care Inspectorate inspections.
5. You may operate within a building-based Day Care or as part of a Community Connection team delivering Community Groups and Outreach services across an allocated area, which may involve working without supervision in the absence of the Day Services Manager.
6. You will work with the wider team to evidence that services meet Alzheimer Scotland’s Quality Guarantees, Scotland’s Health and Social Care standards and other quality frameworks including those of the Care Inspectorate where relevant.

What you’ll have

1. The successful candidate will have a good understanding and/or experience of working with or supporting people living with dementia and their families, including an understanding of the benefit of high quality, evidence-based therapeutic activity, ongoing evaluation, quality assurance and continuous improvement.
2. Knowledge and understanding of the Health and Social Care Standards and SSSC codes of practice and the Care Inspectorate and their role in registered services.
3. Understanding and knowledge of dementia, mild cognitive impairment and Brain Health and experience of working with or supporting people living with dementia and their families.
4. The successful candidate will have a recognised professional qualification in health, social work or related field, to SCQF Level 6 (SVQ 2).
5. This post requires a full driving license and access to a car.

For a full job description, please click apply where you will be redirected to our website to fill out an online application form. Applicants must complete the form on our website to be considered for this role. CV applications will not be considered.

The successful candidate for this post will be required to provide proof of right to work in the UK and will also be subject to a PVG check through Disclosure Scotland.