Dementia Day Care Assistant

How You'll Make a Difference

Cambrian Green Day Services is a Dementia Day Care facility offering Day Care to residents of South Gloucestershire. As a Dementia Day Care Assistant, you will make a difference by supporting with person centred activities and making connections with the people who attend whilst having an understanding and awareness of how Dementia can affect individuals.

Flexible working pattern are available of either 30 or 22.5 hours per week - salaries would then be pro-rated to hours worked.

What Will You Be Doing

• You will assist and support people to participate in a variety of meaningful activities at the Centre during the day that have been planned.
• Daily, you will help those who attend achieve positive outcomes, including sustaining lifelong skills and improve on their quality of life, as specified within their assessed support needs.
• You will demonstrate the ability to learn relevant Dementia practices, approaches and procedures to support those who attend.
• You will be responsible in maintaining records including daily notes and Care plans and contribute to the Risk Assessments that identify and meet the needs of Service Users who attend.
• It will be your responsibility to support/assist Service Users with their personal care needs in accordance with individual support plans.
  
  

What We Need From You

• It is essential that you have experience of working with people living with Dementia.
• You will show sensitivity in your work including good empathy, communication and relationship building skills and be aware of positive person-centred approaches that work well for people who live with Dementia.
• Ideally, you may hold a vocational care qualification e.g. NVQ2 or equivalent and a willingness to acquire this if not already held.
  
  

Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.

How a Career At South Gloucestershire Council Is Different

• We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.
• As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts , including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.
  
  

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life
• We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.
  
  

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.

We’re making a difference, be part of it!