Dementia Outreach Coordinator
Job Description

Post:

Salary:

Dementia Outreach Coordinator (Part-time)

£21,840 (£27,300 FTE)

Place of work:

Clockhouse / Community Locations

Hours of work:

28 hours per week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday

Reporting to:

Dementia Service Lead

Reporting to Jobholder:   Volunteers

Job Offer and Employment subject to satisfactory Right to Work Checks and

Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Job Purpose

To support individuals living with dementia and their carers. Delivery of group activities
e.g. carer support, dementia activity groups & Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
(MCST). Development and delivery of tailored 1-1 respite / sitting services / activity
sessions in people’s own homes / community locations.

Main Duties

To include the following:

•  To plan and organise dementia activity groups in community locations
•  To deliver the MCST programme in community locations
•  To establish and run carer support groups in community locations
•  Connecting and developing a community network of partners to assist in

facilitating groups

•  Work with volunteers to ensure the smooth running of group sessions
•  Taking payment for sessions and maintaining records of transaction

August 2025

•  Assessing individuals and their carers in the home environment and developing

support plans to enable engagement and meaningful activity for the person living
with dementia and respite for the carer

•  Delivering against agreed care plans to support individuals living with dementia on

a 1-1 basis in their homes and at community locations

Person Specification

Skills and abilities

•  Able to organise and lead group meetings and activities
•  Able to work autonomously
•  Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
•  Excellent organisational skills and ability to determine priorities in a pressurised

environment

•  Proficient in MS Office and Database Management
•  Adaptable, flexible and self-motivated and prepared to go the extra mile
•  Experience of delivering high quality customer service
•  Experience of working with people living with dementia and their families
•  Experience in adult safeguarding
•  Highly organised and able to develop and maintain volunteer and partner rotas
•  Caring, compassionate and patient
•  Confident driver

Other requirements

•  Must be fully supportive of diversity and equality of opportunity in the workplace
•  Must be willing to undertake training relevant to the role and update this when

required

•  Car driver with use of own vehicle for work purposes

Desirable

•  Current DBS on update service, adult workforce

Working conditions:

•  The nature of this post will require travel therefore a requirement of this post will be
access to and the use of a vehicle with a current driving licence and business use
insurance.

•  This post will involve some lone working therefore the advice and guidance of Age

UK Surrey must be followed

August 2025