You may choose to support on our Flexible Dementia service (FDS) which provides care and support to enable people with dementia, in a crisis or an apparent or predicted deteriorating situation, to remain living independently at home.
The service provides a specialist intermediate care and support service for people with dementia that is focussed on re-ablement and sustaining people’s capacity to maintain their independence.
You will be part of a team providing a flexible, enhanced domiciliary service for adults with dementia in crisis or potential crisis situations meeting people’s health and social care needs, including contributing to needs assessment and review.
The service offers same day, short-term reablement support, working closely with Dementia Intensive Support services, other reablement and other Admission Prevention services.
Consideration of needs and potential for Assistive Technology/Telecare, are a central part of the service to support the person/family carer.
Where people have ongoing needs beyond the period of reablement, the service directly contributes towards the development of Personal Budgets and Support Plans. For those people for whom it is no longer possible to provide care at home, the service also includes co-working and reviewing with social care and health assessors to access suitable placements/services to meet people’s ongoing needs.
Following specialist training you can support individuals as much or as little as they need, whether this is daily visits or full-time live in dementia care.
The service also supports people to deal with and avoid: