# Specialist Dementia Day Centre Officer

**Company**: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
**Location**: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 38,184 - 39,915 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are recruiting for a Specialist Dementia Day Centre Officer to join the Russia Lane Day Centre team.

If you are passionate about supporting individuals living with dementia, committed to achieving positive outcomes, and bring experience of supporting, we would love to hear from you.

In this role, you will:

- Provide a specialist, quality, person-centred service that meets the needs of vulnerable people living with moderate to severe dementia and supports their carers.

- Work as a team member to deliver a model of dementia care that focuses on maintaining the strengths and abilities of service users, while promoting choice and independence.

We are looking for someone who can demonstrate:

- Acting as key worker for a number of service users taking into account their physical, psychological, cultural, social and religious needs.

- Monitoring and recording signs of decline in service users' cognitive and/or physical abilities and referring/signposting to appropriate agencies in a timely manner.

- Developing and utilising specialist dementia care techniques (including direct observations and life history work) to enable individualised support plans to be developed and participating (on a rotational basis) in completing a reflective practice case study to the wider team.

- Strong communication and collaborative skills, with the ability to work effectively in a diverse community.

Our Benefits:

- Competitive salary £38,184- £39,915 plus allowances (if applicable).

- Local Government Pension Scheme membership.

- Generous annual leave: 29 days, rising to 33 with 5+ years' service, plus bank holidays and 3 additional days at Christmas.

- Flexible and agile working to support work-life balance.

- Staff money-saving schemes (e.g., rent deposit loans, season ticket loans).

- Learning and development opportunities through our Learning Academy, with clear career development and leadership pathways.

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## Skills

### Required
- dementia care
- person-centred service
- team work
- communication skills
- collaborative skills

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