The Extracare Charitable Trust are recruiting for a part-time Dementia and Mental Wellbeing Enabler to join our friendly and supportive team at Hagley Road Retirement Village, based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8BH.

We are excited to be recruiting for a part-time Dementia and Mental Wellbeing Enabler to support the village’s commitment in delivering ExtraCare’s mission of “better lives for older people”.

Benefits include

• Contributory Pension
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work village
• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays pro rata for part time
• Option to purchase or sell additional annual leave
• Free Gym Membership

Role Details

• Role: Dementia and Mental Wellbeing Enabler
• Hours: 33 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent - Part Time
• Rate: £13.23 per hour, (£22,763 pa, pro rata of FTE)
• Location: Hagley Road Retirement Village, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8BH.

ExtraCare strives to create a workplace that fully reflects society. We want our staff to feel empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work and be part of a safe and supportive community.

Essential requirements

• Provide one to one support to people living with dementia and common mental health conditions
• Caseload management experience
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of using cognitive assessments

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to develop empathic relationships with residents
• Ability to use supervision effectively and self-reflect
• Capacity to remain motivated even when working under pressure
• Respect for other people’s rights of autonomy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to apply your knowledge of psychosocial and solution focused interventions to residents’ problems
• Understand the limits of your role and when to escalate cases for clinical input
• Good IT skills, proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Formal qualification in relevant field (Health & Social Care, Psychology, Counselling)
• Good understanding of the psychosocial approach
• Good understanding of the needs of individuals living with dementia
• Be able to describe pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for dementia symptoms
• Good understanding of the needs of individuals living with common mental health conditions

Values and behaviour

• Aptitude for team working and fostering good working relationships
• A positive attitude to tackling challenges
• An honest and open approach to internal communication
• A genuine commitment to equal opportunities by their promotion and application in the workplace and in relation to residents and the wider community through creating an inclusive environment

Don’t miss out! Click ‘apply’ to make an invaluable impact to the lives of others as our Dementia and Mental Wellbeing Enabler.

• Closing Date: 2nd January 2023
• Interviews: w/c 9th January 2023

ExtraCare is committed to making our recruitment practices as fair and inclusive as possible. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support candidates throughout the recruitment process.

ExtraCare reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Be one of the first to Apply!