Service User Involvement Officer (Southampton) Southampton, England
Job description
About The Role
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Service User Involvement Officer to join our award-winning Time for Dementia team who currently cover southern England.
We enable people affected by dementia to help improve the knowledge and understanding of dementia for our health professionals leading to a better standard of professional support for future generations.
You will need to be flexible in your work to ensure that we can provide support across the area. It is essential that applicants can travel independently within Southampton and the surrounding area.
- Able to travel independently around Southampton and surrounding areas.
- Be part of a highly motivated and supportive team, sharing responsibility of some group activities.
- Build relationships with a range of local contacts, networking with health and care professionals, and attending community lead support groups.
- Develop networks and pathways with partner organisations who work in the field of dementia, ensuring good relationships and referrals to time for Dementia.
- Supporting and empowering people and their families to shape the future of healthcare.
- As a self-starter you’ll be happy to work to set timescales within a team and on your own.
- Understand client confidentiality and how this is applied when representing client needs
- Have some experience of working with a wide variety of relevant agencies.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written [essential]
- Strong interpersonal and interpretation skills will allow you to have open jargon-free conversations with the business.
- Highly organised and can manage multiple tasks and priorities.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Be a team player, supporting colleagues when there are deadlines, and who knows when to ask for help themselves.
- Ability to collaboratively, develop strong relationships and influence to ensure effective fit for purpose business solutions
- Be a self-starter and incredibly motivated.
About Alzheimer's Society
We are Determined to make a difference when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a Trusted expert, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are Better together by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are Compassionate, we are kind and honest, and we don’t shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer's Society.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.
If there is anything that you would like us to know, or any support that you need then please email us at [email protected] and we will be in touch.
