Young Onset Dementia Community Mental Health Nurse (MHSOP) inBarry inBarry PUBLISHED 7 JUN 2024

The YOD service was first established in 2, and across the past ten years has evolved into a multidisciplinary service providing clinical, nursing, psychosocial, and therapies support to people with a diagnosis of young onset dementia living within Cardiff and the Vale. Supporting carers and families is essential work. A core principle is that the YOD service provides continuity of care. The service engages with people from the point of diagnosis and remains involved across the entire course of an individual’s dementia progression.

The service is founded upon developing collaborative relationships of trust, understanding individual’s personal stories, bringing people together to enjoy mutually supportive social engagement activities, and being available to respond to often rapidly changing mental health, psychological, physical and social care needs.

The service is based at the Cariad Centre, Barry Hospital, which is alongside the services inpatient facility at St Barrucs ward. This is a fantastic development opportunity to work in the community broadening skills in holistic assessments of the needs of clients, carers and families.

The successful applicant will have a mix of responsibilities including Care Coordination for a caseload of clients in the community, supporting outpatient clinic reviews and hospital discharge planning processes, undertaking reviews with clients in care home settings and contributing to the wide range of cognitive stimulation therapy interventions and therapeutic group work which the service has evolved.

This is an exciting time to join the service as we forward plan and shape the service for post-pandemic work. You will be joining a highly dedicated and enthusiastic MDT where collaborative working both within the MDT and with allied health and social care partners, and third sector services is central to the ethos.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.


Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is
“Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”,
and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Jones Job title: Team Lead - YOD Service Email address: Telephone number:
The YOD service was first established in 2, and across the past ten years has evolved into a multidisciplinary service providing clinical, nursing, psychosocial, and therapies support to people with a diagnosis of young onset dementia living within Cardiff and the Vale. Supporting carers and families is essential work. A core principle is that the YOD service provides continuity of care. The service engages with people from the point of diagnosis and remains involved across the entire course of an individual’s dementia progression.

The service is founded upon developing collaborative relationships of trust, understanding individual’s personal stories, bringing people together to enjoy mutually supportive social engagement activities, and being available to respond to often rapidly changing mental health, psychological, physical and social care needs.

The service is based at the Cariad Centre, Barry Hospital, which is alongside the services inpatient facility at St Barrucs ward. This is a fantastic development opportunity to work in the community broadening skills in holistic assessments of the needs of clients, carers and families.

The successful applicant will have a mix of responsibilities including Care Coordination for a caseload of clients in the community, supporting outpatient clinic reviews and hospital discharge planning processes, undertaking reviews with clients in care home settings and contributing to the wide range of cognitive stimulation therapy interventions and therapeutic group work which the service has evolved.

This is an exciting time to join the service as we forward plan and shape the service for post-pandemic work. You will be joining a highly dedicated and enthusiastic MDT where collaborative working both within the MDT and with allied health and social care partners, and third sector services is central to the ethos.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.

Our mission is
“Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together”,
and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. Our 10-year transformation and improvement strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, is our chance to work collaboratively with the public and our workforce to make our health board more sustainable for the future.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Jones Job title: Team Lead - YOD Service Email address: Telephone number:


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