Dementia Care and Lifestyle Assistant
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2024 |
| Location: | Caversham - RG4 6LB, RG4 6LB |
| Company: | Signature Senior Lifestyle |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9094 |
Summary
You’ll be part of a caring, supportive team when you join Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Dementia Care and Lifestyle Assistant at our luxury care and nursing home in Caversham. As a Dementia Care and Lifestyle Assistant you will provide support, information and guidance to people living with dementia, helping to maintain their independence and improve their sense of well-being.
We’ll need you to bring your compassion and uniqueness to this role.
You’ll be providing direct care to residents supporting and promoting their independence, assist residents with washing, dressing, eating, drinking and supporting residents with their mobility..
You will provide practical support and assist residents who are living with dementia to engage in meaningful daily activities. This will involve encouraging residents to choose to take part in activities during the day which match their interests and joining the residents if possible.
You\\'ll develop strong relationships with the individuals you work work, and their families, and support residents to make positive choices about eating well, taking exercise and maintaining good hygiene to enable to resident to maintain and improve their quality of life.
You’ll be respectful of residents’ choices, dignity and independence, always. You’ll also be integral to developing residents Care Plans, which includes being aware of any specialist support needs.
We are kind and compassionate. Positive and resilient. Proactive and organised. Honest and accountable. Passionate and keen to develop. If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.
A knowledge of dementia and an understanding of person-centred care and how this is reflected within Dementia Care is required along with good written and verbal communication, and some IT skills. An NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social care is a big advantage.