Dementia Carers Support & Development Coordinator

Could you make a difference for Carers in Wandsworth?

Benefits of working for Wandsworth Carers’ Centre:

Friendly team and working environment, hybrid working on completion of induction period with a minimum 60% office based.

Annual leave starts at 31 days increasing to 36 days plus bank and public holidays, contributory company pension, ongoing training and development opportunities and an employee assistance program.

Our Charity:

We are a busy, ambitious charity operating at the heart of the Wandsworth community since 1995, helping thousands of people across the borough in unpaid Caringroles. We give information and advice, organise respite, offer complementary therapies, deliver training, provide peer support, arrange fun events and much more. In short, we are the Carer's friend and advocate,often helping Carers through difficulttimes.

Dementia Carers Support and Development Coordinator

Salary: £33,803.52. per annum (inc. Inner London Weighting)

Full time (35 hours per week)

The role:

This role involves one to one support for unpaid Carers of people with dementia, providing information, guidance, and advocacy, developing, and delivering dementia training for Carers and facilitating peer support groups. This role also includes coordinating and delivering a monthly Dementia Cafe for people with dementia and their Carers, including supervision of the Cafe volunteers and sessional workers, as well as supervising a Carers Support and Development Worker.

Skills and experience

The successful applicant will have outstanding organisational and communication skills, be confident delivering training and outreach. They will be able to manage conflicting demands with tight deadlines, be a key team player and committed to working with Carers and volunteers.

They will have excellent IT skills and be able to adapt to providing services both face to face and via virtual platforms, whilst maintaining a consistent service for Carers.

Wandsworth Carers’ Centre is an inclusive employer, committed to the continued development of a diverse workforce.

Closing date for applications:

Please note we will be interviewing candidates as suitable applications come in and therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy before the stated closing date. We encourage applications as soon as possible.