Healthy Lifestyle Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABL Health delivers an integrated wellbeing contract for Torbay Councils Public Health Team. The service includes a Health Coaching, Tier 2 Weight management and Stop Smoking provision. The focus of the service is to deliver community-based provision, deliver health education and training and a core service of Tier 2 weight management provision and supporting residents of Torbay, those who work in Torbay or those registered with a Torbay GP to stop smoking.

You will be crucial in delivering our programmes to the local community - including weight management, smoking cessation and other well-being schemes. 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 within health promotion, 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.

Duties and Responsibilities

Deliver ABL Healths Healthy Lifestyles service, through one-to-ones or group sessions 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.

Regularly travel across Torbay to deliver the service to areas of need.

Deliver programmes with a client-centred approach using skills of positive psychology and motivational interviewing.

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.

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.

Skills and Competencies Required

Experience of implementing and delivering behaviour change interventions within a community health environment.

Positive and proactive in your delivery approach with the ability to motivate, engage and support individuals to achieve their targets and positive health outcomes.

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience with excellent listening skills and positive approach.

Build strong relationships; Foster trust and cooperation among clients, colleagues, stakeholders and community leaders, to develop and sustain personal contact in order to benefit health and wellbeing of the people of Oldham.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 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 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 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with CIMSPA (this can be obtained within 6 months of employment).

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience.
• 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. Or equivalent experience

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.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Torbay Business Centre

Torquay

TQ1 4DB

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)