Job Title: Dementia Service Co-ordinator Reporting to: Healthier Lifestyles Service Manager Responsible for: Dementia Service Team (currently 1x PT Memory Tree Officer, 1x PT Dementia Carers Group Support Adviser, 1x PT Dementia Activities facilitator) Contract: Fixed Term for 2 years / 28 hours per week (worked across Mon to Fri with occasional evening and weekend cover as needed) Salary: £23,800 Pro Rata (£29,750 FTE) Pension: Automatic enrolment applies Location: Hybrid working across various community borough locations to support the service and our office, 81 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7JH Role Overview The Dementia Service Co-ordinator is a newly created role responsible for coordinating and developing Age UK Croydon’s Dementia Service. A varied role with development, supervisory, and facilitation responsibilities, it offers an exciting opportunity to join the team and help shape the service to support people living with dementia, their carers, and the wider community. The Dementia Service sits within the Healthier Lifestyles Team and currently offers six monthly Memory Tree Cafés for people living with mild to moderate dementia and their carers, alongside co-located support groups for carers. Cafes are delivered at our Brigstock Road Community Hall and across the borough in local community venues. The role has two main areas of responsibility: coordinating, facilitating and expanding the existing café and carers’ group; developing a new preventative strand of the service focused on providing information and advice to residents aged 50 on raising awareness of dementia, promoting brain health and reducing the risk of developing dementia. The post holder will ensure the effective delivery, monitoring and evaluation of our dementia-related services across the borough. You will supervise and work with the staff and volunteer team to provide a welcoming, inclusive environment within our Memory Tree Cafes and carers’ support groups which promotes interaction, stimulation and wellbeing. You will build and maintain positive working relationships across Age UK Croydon and with external partners, referrers and stakeholders, including health professionals and voluntary organisations, to develop and promote the service. Age UK Croydon is currently reviewing its Dementia Service, and in this role the post holder will work closely with the Healthier Lifestyles Service Manager to put the review’s recommendations into practice, ensuring improvements and new monitoring systems are embedded across the service. To apply please visit www.ageuk.org.uk/croydon for an application pack. You can also send an email to executive.assistant@ageukcroydon.org.uk to receive an application pack. CV’s will not be accepted. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how your experience, skills and abilities meet the criteria set out in the Person Specification and provide specific examples of these. Please also ensure you complete the equal opportunities monitoring form. Completed application forms should be signed and sent to: executive.assistant@ageukcroydon.org.uk Applications sent by post should be marked confidential and for the attention of: Recruitment, Age UK Croydon, 81 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7JH Closing date for applications: 9am, 4th March 2026 Interview Dates: 9th March 2026 Please note this role is subject to an enhanced DBS check