Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Thistle Foundation Full time

We are recruiting a Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to join our team and support the ongoing development of Thistle’s rehabilitation and self-management support for people living with Long Term Conditions. The role has a specific focus on promoting physical activity and the successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing Thistle’s Physical Activity Programme including our community-based gym, outdoors programme and peer led activities which promote physical activity.

The successful candidate will also work closely with our Training and Consultancy team to ensure effective modelling of Thistle’s approach to generic, non-specialist rehabilitation within our Centre of Wellbeing. This will include hosting site visits, and supporting secondments, and student placements.

About You

The successful candidate will:

- Be a health and social care practitioner with experience of supporting people living with long term physical and mental Health Conditions to self-manage.

- Have an exercise professional /rehabilitation background and recognise the value of a generic, non-specialist approach to rehabilitation and supported self-management.

- Be able to cope well supporting vulnerable people who experience significant psychosocial barriers and health inequalities.

- Hold a firm belief that people have strengths, are resilient and are experts in their own lives.

- Have good solution focused coaching and group facilitation skills.

Thistle Foundation is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Successful applicants will be subject to a Disclosure Scotland check.

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