Job summary
Extraordinary People, Exceptional Care
Are you a Support Worker, Care or Healthcare Assistant, with a passion for Dementia Care, looking for a new opportunity with an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your professional goals and aspirations?
Dementia Support Worker
We take dementia care seriously, it is our passion and the reason why we are one of the leading specialists in the UK. Our ambition is to change the way people with dementia are supported and the role of Dementia Support Worker is vital to our success.
As a Dementia Support Worker, you will have responsibility for the delivery of exceptional care to a designated group of people living with dementia. The Dementia Support Worker will ensure that people are treated with respect and dignity, your approach is empathetic, compassionate, and focused on ensuring their life is the best it can be, promoting the strengths and abilities of each person.
In specially designed areas, you will engage with individuals, ensuring you understand their needs, encourage, assist, and support people to participate in appropriate leisure activities and activities of daily living, normalising life as much as possible with joy and happiness.
This role does involve aspects of personal care and you may support individuals who show signs of being distressed. With support from the team, you will receive tailor made dementia training to enhance your skills and the lives of people living with dementia.
Main duties of the job
To assist with delivery of individual peoples care and support plan, working as an integral part of the caring team, to deliver the highest standards of individualised care to people who are living with a complex dementia, adopting a holistic approach which encompasses the individual needs of both the person and their families.
About us
About us:Welcome to Paisley Lodge Care Home - A specialist dementia, residential and short term respite care home in Armley which is due to open it's ReConnect community in November.People living with dementia often have continuing periods of loss and distress and do not live life to the full in care homes. Orchard Care Homes are aiming to transform and reshape care for people living with dementia in our homes. We know it is going to be a long journey but our Orchard Dementia Promise is striving to reach that aim. We know the current way care homes provide dementia care must change to give people living with dementia the best life they can have.To achieve this we are looking for new team members with the same passion to joins us in our journey. We are looking for people who have a genuine drive to make each moment of people's lives joyful, purposeful and meaningful. Of course, we know there will be times when people will be experiencing anguish, fear, upset and anger, and as a member of our team you may find that difficult. We will provide you with exceptional in depth training in all areas of Dementia Care and support you to understand why the person is distressed and what we can do to help them.
Details
Date posted
17 February 2023
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£11.39 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
L0016-23-5814
Job locations
Paisley Lodge
Hopton Mews
Leeds
LS12 3UA
Employer details
Employer name
Orchard Care Homes
Address
Paisley Lodge
Hopton Mews
Leeds
LS12 3UA
Employer's website
https://orchardcarehomes.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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