Lead Dementia Support Worker

You will be part of the team supporting Residents with dementia to live well and age well. You will provide person centred care as identified in personalised individual care plans to lead full and purposeful lives providing maximum choice, empowerment and control. You will be a role model to staff and offer support and guidance to your team during the day, you will be responsible in decision making and leading a team and be responsible and accountable in providing high standards of care to residents.

You will need to be flexible to the needs of the service and be able to work on a rota pattern that is unsociable hours including weekends, you will need to have excellent communication skills, both oral and written in order to best support the residents and have knowledge of delivering person centred care to residents. You will need to effectively communicate with your team and lead by example. You will need to be kind and caring and have an understanding of dementia and display values and compassion at all times.

Wigan Council has been voted 'Overall Council of the Year' at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.