Memory Café Manager

Longfield Hall Trust

London, Greater London (On-site)

£27.50 per hour

Part-time (14 hours a week (2 days per week) at least one of the days per week at Longfield Hall)

Contract (12 months, with potential for extension)

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Job description

Responsible to: Longfield Hall Trust (‘LHT’) Board

Salary: paid monthly at rate of £27.50 per hour

Contract: 12 months, with potential for extension

Hours of Work: 14 hours a week (2 days per week) at least one of the days per week at Longfield Hall. We will launch an all-day café (10.30 to 3.30pm) on Thursday 4 September.

Background:

Longfield Hall Trust (LHT) manages the historic Longfield Hall, offering a range of cultural experiences and classes for all ages. Our new Memory Café project aims to support dementia patients and their carers by providing a welcoming space for social and recreational activities. The Café will offer dementia friendly activities (including karaoke, bingo, arts/crafts and immersive theatre/dance shows) to empower dementia patients to enjoy regular social, cognitive and physical activities.

Alongside supporting patients, the Memory Café will create a highly supportive environment for carers. This will enable carers to take some 'time out' while remaining nearby in a safe space where both carers and patients can socialize more widely. Furthermore, the Café will provide access to information about relevant local services, ensuring comprehensive support for all attendees.

We are also providing a dementia care-worker who will support the Memory Café manager and enable us to support a broad range of dementia patients and their carers.

Main duties and responsibilities:

Roles and responsibilities:

To manage the Memory Café service for people living with dementia and their carers.
To coordinate and deliver a stimulating programme of weekly sessions of the Memory Café at Longfield Hall together with our collaborators/partners/external agencies.
To lead the coordination and facilitation of the Memory Café, providing a welcoming and supportive space.
To undertake assessments, risk assessments and including home visits of new participants to ensure group suitability and engagement.
To liaise with carers, family members, and professionals to support participant wellbeing.
To help plan and deliver a range of personalised activities to create a lively and stimulating environment.
To take responsibility for evaluating the service and report writing.
To take the lead in the team for the implementation of a comprehensive service of care and support for participants.
To ensure all sessional facilitators have materials required for sessions by liaising with Memory Café Care Worker.
To actively participate in the development of improvements for the service.
To support people with care needs, including those living with mild - moderate dementia and complex needs.
To understand the changing needs of older people, including those with mild to moderate to advanced Dementia.
To arrange transport as needed.
To assist with handling monies for transport and reimbursement
To provide dementia advice and support signposting and making referrals to external agencies as and when the need arises. 
Awareness of safeguarding, and health and safety responsibilities.
To build referral relationships with external agencies.
To recruit, train and supervise volunteers.