Trainee Health and Wellbeing Adviser

2 days ago

Horsham, West Sussex, United Kingdom Horsham District Council Full time

About the role:

Horsham District Council is looking for a Trainee Health and Wellbeing Adviser to join our established Health and Wellbeing team to support the delivery of the Wellbeing Hub across the Horsham District. This is an exciting opportunity to embed yourself into the team, learn the essential elements that enable the team to succeed and gain experience and qualifications in health and lifestyle interventions.

This is a dual role providing administration support to the team which will involve using behaviour change techniques to triage and assess individuals accessing the service for suitability, data inputting and other administrative duties, as well as on the job training to gain the skills and experience necessary to become a Wellbeing Adviser and support individuals to reduce their risk of long term health conditions. This will include one-to-one sessions and group work with clients and promotional work such as giving talks, attending events and taking an active role in health promotion campaigns.

The Wellbeing Service is part of a county-wide programme in West Sussex to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent ill-health within our local communities. The service provides information, advice, and signposts local people to services for help and support.

This post will be based at Horsham Wellbeing Hub in Swan Walk and requires some flexibility, as occasional weekend and evening work may be required.

As Health and Trainee Wellbeing Adviser, you will:

  • Work with Wellbeing Advisers and undertake training to gain skills, knowledge, and experience within the different service areas including general lifestyle interventions, NHS Health Checks and Smoking Cessation
  • Act as first point of contact for members of the public (face to face at reception, telephone and via email), health professionals and other organisations
  • Monitor and maintain the Wellbeing Service inbox, triaging, replying to and assigning to other team members as appropriate
  • Assess eligibility for in-house services such as Weight Management and Physical Activity, liaising with external services where appropriate
  • Monitor and maintain the Wellbeing Service databases and support the production of quarterly monitoring reports for Public Health
  • Liaise with internal and external partners to book venues, coordinate group sessions and promote the service
  • Assist with organising events to promote the Wellbeing Service and to identify new opportunities for promotion
  • Create monthly newsletters to promote the service and health campaigns
  • Facilitate the creation and payment of invoices through the Council's finance system

About you:

To succeed as Health and Trainee Wellbeing Adviser, you will have:

  • An interest in health and wellbeing issues
  • Knowledge of the benefits of healthy eating, weight management, physical activity and stress reduction on health and wellbeing
  • An awareness of nutrition and healthy lifestyle interventions
  • Customer service experience with good interpersonal and communication skills
  • A passion for promoting health and wellbeing
  • Highly motivated with excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Excellent IT skills and ability to use basic Microsoft packages effectively
  • The ability to work within a team and under own initiative

For an informal discussion about this role please call Taylor Pierce, Health and Wellbeing Team Leader on

DBS

Due to the nature of this role it is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance.

About us:

We have a friendly and supportive working environment and being a smaller Council, you can really get to know everybody.

We encourage and support our employees to have a healthy work life balance by offering 28 days' hours) annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata), and flexible/hybrid working options where applicable.

We offer a generous benefits package including an online platform offering discounts from online retailers and access to a car lease scheme. Staff are also eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), where the Council contributes circa 20% of pensionable salary.

To support employees' professional development the Council provides reimbursement for professional subscriptions and a number of training opportunities, including extensive in-house learning resources, short courses, Apprenticeships, and qualifications such as Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Visit our Jobs and careers page to find out more about Working for Horsham District Council and Our employment commitments.

To apply:

If you would like to apply for the role, we highly recommend you show clearly within the 'Experience Section' of the application form how you meet the essential criteria detailed within the Role Profile when applying. If you do not make this clear, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for interview.

Internal applicants, if you would like to apply for the role, please submit an expression of interest to explaining clearly how you meet the criteria and what you feel you can bring to the role.

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