Job summary
You will be crucial in
delivering our programmes of work to the local community - including weight
management, smoking cessation, reducing alcohol consumption particularly with
individuals who live with long term conditions or a cancer diagnosis. You will work with this community to develop
services that meet their needs. The ideal candidate will be passionate about
delivering client-centred motivational change and supporting people living with
long term conditions to take up healthy lifestyles. You will have a background
in working with people living with long-term conditions or cancer, or
nutrition, exercise, health improvement, adult and/or family weight management,
smoking cessation or similar and be an excellent team player and have a
willingness to learn and develop.
Main duties of the job
ABL
Health will soon be launching a new Healthy Lifestyle service in
Gloucestershire, commissioned by Gloucestershire County Council. This
transformative service seeks to work collaboratively with communities to
transform the lives of the local population. The service will support residents
to help them lose weight, stop smoking, reduce alcohol consumption, get more
active and improve their wellbeing - all embedded in sustainable behaviour
change. The service will also deliver
the 1001 days programme supporting families and young children and the Healthy
Workplace award scheme.
About us
ABL is an exciting, fast-paced, growing community
health organisation. As an experienced, CQC-registered provider of community
health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence-based, innovative,
effective and relevant healthcare services in partnership with individuals,
communities and stakeholders.
We
are a values-driven organisation dedicated to reducing health inequalities and
improving peoples lives. We would love to hear from you if you would like the
opportunity to work within a close team of committed professionals and if you
share our values of designing and delivering health services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Deliver ABL Healths Healthy Lifestyles service, through one-to-ones, in the community, and through digital methods such as Zoom/Teams or phone appointments.
- Deliver evidence-based education around nutrition, physical activity and behavioural change as advised by ABL Health team and in line with ABL Health programme curriculums.
- Deliver programmes with a client-centred approach using skills of positive psychology and motivational interviewing.
- Support with delivery of 1001 day or workplace programme as required.
- Monitor client's progress through regular consultation and with the use of Microsoft excel, identifying specific treatments for those not on track to achieve their goals.
- Work with clients and stakeholders to co-produce in-session materials.
- Contribute to the contract performance report by submitting regular case studies to the project lead.
- Contribute to and support ABL Healths social media pages.
- Contribute to training and support new staff and volunteers.
- Working with individuals and groups using SMART goal-setting.
- Keep detailed files, recording data accurately, ensuring all forms and other documentation is completed correctly.
- Have a thorough understanding of ABL Health policies and procedures.
- Engage and recruit potential clients at promotional and community events.
- Contribute to ongoing service development needs.
- Build community links and partnerships with long-term condition and/or cancer leads to encourage new referrals into the service and maintain close working relationships with other community services. Present service and referral pathway information at stakeholder meetings as directed by the Head of Service
- To attend and actively participate in team and wider company meetings, such as MDT.
- Be able to organise own workload in order of priority and deadline dates, daily administration tasks and other work-related activities.
- To demonstrate personal and professional development in line with the ethos of lifelong learning
- To work within the framework of clinical governance to maintain and improve patient care, quality and efficiency.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Deliver ABL Healths Healthy Lifestyles service, through one-to-ones, in the community, and through digital methods such as Zoom/Teams or phone appointments.
- Deliver evidence-based education around nutrition, physical activity and behavioural change as advised by ABL Health team and in line with ABL Health programme curriculums.
- Deliver programmes with a client-centred approach using skills of positive psychology and motivational interviewing.
- Support with delivery of 1001 day or workplace programme as required.
- Monitor client's progress through regular consultation and with the use of Microsoft excel, identifying specific treatments for those not on track to achieve their goals.
- Work with clients and stakeholders to co-produce in-session materials.
- Contribute to the contract performance report by submitting regular case studies to the project lead.
- Contribute to and support ABL Healths social media pages.
- Contribute to training and support new staff and volunteers.
- Working with individuals and groups using SMART goal-setting.
- Keep detailed files, recording data accurately, ensuring all forms and other documentation is completed correctly.
- Have a thorough understanding of ABL Health policies and procedures.
- Engage and recruit potential clients at promotional and community events.
- Contribute to ongoing service development needs.
- Build community links and partnerships with long-term condition and/or cancer leads to encourage new referrals into the service and maintain close working relationships with other community services. Present service and referral pathway information at stakeholder meetings as directed by the Head of Service
- To attend and actively participate in team and wider company meetings, such as MDT.
- Be able to organise own workload in order of priority and deadline dates, daily administration tasks and other work-related activities.
- To demonstrate personal and professional development in line with the ethos of lifelong learning
- To work within the framework of clinical governance to maintain and improve patient care, quality and efficiency.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience..
- Registration with CIMSPA (this can be obtained within 6 months of employment).
Desirable
- Sports Coaching qualification
- Degree in nutrition and/or eligible to be registered as an associate or full member of the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists/ or degree OR in exercise, psychology, public health, health improvement other health related field.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Adults with long term conditions delivering group workshops in an age-appropriate and engaging manner
- Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one behaviour change
- Experience of delivering health promotion / public health interventions in community settings
- Experience working with hard to reach groups and tackling health inequalities.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Previous paid or voluntary experience working with people.
- Experience of building professional relationships
Desirable
- Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one specialist weight management, Smoking Cessation or similar interventions to children, young people and adults.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of planning and delivering appropriate health interventions specific to individual requirements.
- Experience of working with people with long-term conditions or cancer.
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly with people.
- Excellent administration, record keeping and data collection skills.
- IT literate, preferably with experience using Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Must have a high attention to detail.
- Pro-active approach and ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to manage stressful situations and cope in a fast-paced work environment.
- To cope with unpredictable work patterns and work well under pressure.
- To be able to work as part of a team and independently as required.
Desirable
- Knowledge of safeguarding.
- Experience of delivering parenting programmes.
- Experience of contributing to the supervision of staff/ volunteers/ students.
- Experience of developing public health educational materials.
- An understanding of different social media platforms.
- An understanding of how social media can support positive behaviour change.
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across Gloucestershire.
- Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required.
- Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience..
- Registration with CIMSPA (this can be obtained within 6 months of employment).
Desirable
- Sports Coaching qualification
- Degree in nutrition and/or eligible to be registered as an associate or full member of the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists/ or degree OR in exercise, psychology, public health, health improvement other health related field.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Adults with long term conditions delivering group workshops in an age-appropriate and engaging manner
- Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one behaviour change
- Experience of delivering health promotion / public health interventions in community settings
- Experience working with hard to reach groups and tackling health inequalities.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Previous paid or voluntary experience working with people.
- Experience of building professional relationships
Desirable
- Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one specialist weight management, Smoking Cessation or similar interventions to children, young people and adults.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of planning and delivering appropriate health interventions specific to individual requirements.
- Experience of working with people with long-term conditions or cancer.
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly with people.
- Excellent administration, record keeping and data collection skills.
- IT literate, preferably with experience using Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Must have a high attention to detail.
- Pro-active approach and ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to manage stressful situations and cope in a fast-paced work environment.
- To cope with unpredictable work patterns and work well under pressure.
- To be able to work as part of a team and independently as required.
Desirable
- Knowledge of safeguarding.
- Experience of delivering parenting programmes.
- Experience of contributing to the supervision of staff/ volunteers/ students.
- Experience of developing public health educational materials.
- An understanding of different social media platforms.
- An understanding of how social media can support positive behaviour change.
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- The ability to travel independently across Gloucestershire.
- Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required.
- Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
