Health Improvement Specialist

3 weeks ago


Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom Brighton & Hove City Council Full time

**Health Improvement Specialist**: Posted on 29 January 2024 Apply
- Directorate BHCC: Health & Adult Social Care
- Salary £32,076 - £36,648
- Contract Permanent

**Location**:
Hove Town Hall

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**Job Summary**:
- Job reference- orbis/TP/489/39105-
- Positions available- 2-
- Working hours- 37-
- Closing date- 25 February 2024-
- Job category- Public Health-
- Organisation- Brighton & Hove City Council**Job introduction**:
Do you have experience of working to improve outcomes of children and young people and those from diverse backgrounds? Are you passionate about the health and wellbeing of children and young people? Can you develop and deliver effective interventions that are inclusive and accessible?

We are looking for a two Health Improvement Specialists to join our Public Health team within Brighton & Hove City Council. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the delivery of whole school health and wellbeing in schools in the City. You will be a member of the Public Health Team located at Brighton and Hove City Council supporting the local implementation of the Public Health Schools Programme which promotes health and wellbeing for children, young people, families and schools and colleges in the City.

There are two full time (37 hours) contracts available one permanent and one fixed term until 31 July 2025

This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy.

For an informal discussion, please contact Sarah Colombo - Starting Well Programme Manager, Public Health Team on 07827233577.

**About the role**:
**About the Role**:
As a Health Improvement Specialist, you will:

- work in partnership with colleagues in teams including the Council’s Personal Social Health and Economic Advisory Team, the Healthy Lifestyles team, School Nurses, and commissioned providers in partner organisations.
- develop and deliver interventions activities and events to promote the health and wellbeing of the school community.
- support schools in accessing initiatives for the promotion of health and wellbeing including support for staff wellbeing.
- develop and provide training to school pastoral staff to raise awareness of pupils’ health and wellbeing issues.

You will be someone who is:

- experienced in working with children and young people from diverse backgrounds.
- able to communicate with a diverse range of people in an inclusive and accessible way.
- experienced in promoting health and wellbeing.
- able to manage a range of work tasks and develop projects on your own initiative.

**Additional information**:
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
- For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

**Company information**:
**Encouraging a diverse workforce**

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).



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