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Community Dementia Care Advocate

2 weeks ago

City of Stonnington, Australia Hammond Care Full time
About Us
Dementia Support Australia is a leading provider of care services for individuals living with dementia. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. Our team is passionate about delivering high-quality care and support to individuals living with dementia and their families. If you share our vision and values, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Role Overview
This is a unique opportunity to join our team as a Family Liaison Officer. In this role, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals living with dementia and their families. You will be responsible for providing compassionate pre- and post-placement support and counselling for families and care teams, assessing clients' needs, abilities or behaviour, building rapport and a working relationship with families/representatives, facilitating conversation between families/representatives, Hospital Staff and aged care staff, exploring and understanding opportunities and challenges around the transition and placement of someone living with dementia, supporting families and managing expectations around placement of someone living with dementia, participating in family and case conferences, providing emotional support and practical advice for families in relation to obtaining a placement and supporting the person living with dementia to transition out of hospital, collecting data sets to aid in better understanding what is needed for successful placement of someone living with dementia.

Key Responsibilities
This role involves contributing to assessing clients' needs, abilities or behaviour using a variety of methods including validated assessments, semi-structured interviews with key support network, and direct observation of behaviour as needed, building rapport and a working relationship with families/representatives participating in the program, facilitating conversation between families/representatives, Hospital Staff and aged care staff, during the pre and post placement phase, exploring and understanding opportunities and challenges around the transition and placement of someone living with dementia, supporting families and managing expectations around placement of someone living with dementia, participating in family and case conferences, providing emotional support and practical advice for families in relation to obtaining a placement and supporting the person living with dementia to transition out of hospital, collecting data sets to aid in better understanding what is needed for successful placement of someone living with dementia.