Dementia Ambassador

Job Description

If youre a dedicated Care professional with experience of supporting residents living with dementia within a care home environment and wish to be rewarded with a truly competitive remuneration package, then please keep readingMaria Mallaband Care Group have a genuinely exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to join an experienced and dedicated team who, with your help, can further build on their standards of excellence.As the Dementia Ambassador, you will be trained by the Alzheimers Society to deliver bespoke training to all team members within the care home setting. The role is to advise, guide and support a Care Home team in the delivery of good dementia care by actingas an ambassador for the MMCG dementia strategy within the home, developing the service and to play a key role in raising and promoting awareness, knowledge and understanding of Dementia within Maria Mallaband and the local community to: Encourage, support and motivate others to make a positive difference to people living with dementia in the care home Act as an ambassador for MMCG dementia strategy within the home, developing the service in line with the strategy objectives Promote and share best practice with others, providing information, advice and guidance Keep staff up to date regarding current dementia issues Play a key role in raising the awareness, knowledge and understanding of Dementia by empowering other members of the team to develop good practice in caring for people living with dementia To act as a coach on dementia related matters within your Care Home. Support people with dementia to have a voice and be heard within the running of ones home Be a named point of contact or a specialist resource for colleagues who are working with people living with dementia and their families, carers, friends To help locally embed dementia related initiatives within MMCG To deliver learning and development activities, both individually and with community groups to develop capabilities within the Care Home.What well need from you: Relevant experience of supporting residents living with dementia within care home environment Experience of current issues relating to people with dementia and their families Experience of providing person centred care Experience of delivering Training Ability to transfer training knowledge into practice NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or same level qualification in a similar field or willing to work towardsPersonal Attributes: Possess strong communication, coaching and interpersonal skills that inspire and motivate teams Be able to build and nurture positive relationships with key residents, families & external professionals Able to deliver company dementia initiatives to support with change and positive outcomes Have confidence, patience, politeness, tact and diplomacy when dealing with difficult situations Able to recognise opportunities to support the company purpose at all times Able to identify people trends and risks within your assigned Care Home Able to lead by exampledisseminate and support new initiatives to improve care and assist in any changes to practice and culture Act as a resource for staff within their area on issues relating to older people, dementia care and best practiceBenefits: A truly competitive salary Training support and development opportunities 5.6 weeks annual leave Fully funded training Nurse and carer referral scheme Rewards for 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service Annual staff recognition through MMCG Care Awards Simply Health cover after one year of service, inc. cashback on medical and dental expenses Perkbox - a range of discounts and free monthly offers for a variety of high street shops and restaurants Car through salary sacrifice Cycle to Work scheme NEST pension planMaria Mallaband Care Groups main priority is the welfare and wellbeing of its residents and staff. We have therefore adopted a Group wide policy across all our Homes requiring all new staff to confirm they are willing to receive a [Covid-19] vaccine. Priorto commencing employment, the successful applicant will be required to confirm in writing that they are happy to consent to receiving a Covid Vaccine when available, in accordance with the Governments UK wide vaccination programme and that they are not awareof any reason why they would should not consent. We are happy to answer any queries any applicant might have about this policy.