About The Role
Are you enthusiastic and positive and enjoy bringing a group of people together through activities and songs?
Do you have skill and experience with working with people affected by dementia to engage them in group situations?
Join us as a Group Facilitator to provide a range of vibrant, supportive groups to our service users in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. You will be an instrumental part of facilitating and coordinating our Memory Cafes, Activity Groups and Singing for the Brain and other ad-hoc events. We have several, well established groups, but also there would be a great opportunity for the successful individual to develop and promote the less established to reach a wider number of people.
The successful candidate will be joining a supportive and experienced team of Group Facilitators and dedicated volunteers. As a Group Facilitator you will be connected to the expert local teams of Dementia Advisers and Dementia Navigators.
Interviews will be held on 25 February in person at the Bristol office.
About you
1. Compassionate, supportive individual with a good understanding of dementia and how it impacts both the person with the diagnosis and the carer.
2. An excellent communicator with the ability to engage people in group activities, ensuring the person with dementia can fully participate as well as the carer.
3. Organised and proactive in your approach to be able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and reaching out when required.
4. Understands the importance of volunteers in group services is essential, plus the ability to role manage volunteers to support them in their role.
5. Good computer skills are required to facilitate virtual groups, and to complete accurate records on the computer system.
What you’ll need:
6. Good organisational, facilitation, and timekeeping skills to deliver high quality, supportive groups for people affected by dementia
7. Strong interpersonal and interpretation skills will allow you to have open jargon-free conversations.
8. Experience of co-ordinating and role managing volunteers, working with them to deliver each group
9. Good IT skills including MS Word, MS Outlook, Zoom and Teams
10. Ability to update client or customer databases with detailed and accurate notes
Our successful candidate will need to be able to travel independently across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset to work in a variety of community venues.
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