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Do you have experience of working with Older Adults with Mental Health issues related to cognitive impairment and Dementia ?

A rare opportunity has become available to join the Dementia Rapid Response Team covering Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire as a specialist support worker. 

The Dementia Rapid Response team support people to live in their own homes and to live well with dementia.

We'll be holding a recruitment day for this post! If you feel this is the perfect opportunity for you, then come along on Thursday, 12^th June, for an assessment day.

We are not accepting applications via TRAC, to apply for this role, just turn up on the day and meet the team!

Please note this role requires travel in the community and public transport may not be fast enough for these visits.

Date: Thursday, 12^th June 2025

Time: 10am – 12 noon (Please arrive 9.30 to start promptly)

 Venue: Deepdale Business Park, Bakewell, DE45 1GT. 

Please ensure you bring your original, relevant qualification certificates to be offered an assessment on the day!

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What are the hours?

The service runs 365 days a year, Monday-Friday, 8am-8pm, weekends and bank holidays 9am-5pm. This post offers 30 hours / week.

Where would I be working?

Base: Deepdale Business Park, Endcliffe Mount, Ashford Road, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1GT

Area Covered: The High Peak and North Dales

This job involves traveling to different sites/places in the community. Public transport might not be fast enough for these visits.  

The role:

• To support service users in their own homes and / or in other settings as agreed, and to undertake tasks in support of service user's care plans.
• To encourage service users to participate in relevant activities through the development of therapeutic relationships. 
• To support and assist in practical activities outlined in the care plan
• To maintain effective record keeping

“As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa’s and Immigration. Please note without previous NHS Service you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)”

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service 
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities