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Dementia Wellbeing Activity Support Worker
Location: Northampton General Hospital
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: £24,291.65 per annum
Reporting to: Hospital Lead
Make a Difference Every Day
Are you passionate about supporting people living with dementia and memory challenges? Do you believe in the power of meaningful activity to improve wellbeing? Join our compassionate and dedicated team at Northamptonshire Carers, working within Northampton General Hospital, and help enhance the hospital experience for patients who are frail, have memory problems, or are living with dementia.
Your Role
As a Dementia Wellbeing Activity Support Worker, you will:
Provide one-to-one and group-based activities tailored to patients' cognitive abilities and interests.
Use tools such as puzzles, music, crafts, conversation, and reminiscence therapy to engage patients meaningfully.
Collaborate with ward staff, dementia nurses, and volunteers to identify patients who would benefit from your support.
Offer guidance and signposting to informal carers (family and friends), helping them understand dementia and build resilience.
Contribute to discharge planning and support continuity of care at home.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and deliver person-centred activities.
Liaise with hospital staff and volunteers to coordinate support.
Promote the service across wards and raise awareness of Northamptonshire Carers.
Attend dementia-related meetings and maintain up-to-date knowledge of long-term conditions.
What We're Looking For
Empathy, patience, and excellent communication skills.
Experience working with people with dementia or in a care/support setting.
Creativity and adaptability in delivering engaging activities.
A team player who can also work independently.
You may already be working as a Support Worker, Hospital Activity Coordinator, Patient Engagement & Activity Facilitator
If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible.
We at Northamptonshire Carers are committed to supporting and promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and are passionate about action, not words, being essential when tackling workplace race inequality. We have made some great progress with our EDI work and as a result, have become a Race Equality Matters Trailblazer, awarded to us for our efforts in championing and pioneering the drive towards racial equality. But we still have lots of work to do to continue to raise awareness, tackle all forms of discrimination and inequality, and create greater understanding of the issues that impact all of the people we affect, both in the workplace and the services our organisation provides. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation and recognise the important role our staff and service users play in creating and maintaining that inclusive culture.
We are striving to be a diverse, inclusive organisation and support under-represented unpaid carers. You can read about our Big Promise and Making Carers Count Projects here.