Feel Good Suffolk Advisor

5 months ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Babergh District Council and Mid Suffolk District Council Full time

**Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils - Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2BX**:

- **£29,269 - £33,945 per annum (pro rata for part time)**:

- **Full Time, 37 hours per week**:

- **Fixed Term or secondment opportunity - Maternity Cover (1 year)**

**Full time, part time and job share opportunities will be considered.**

**What we are looking for**

We are looking for a** Feel Good Suffolk advisor** to join our team in Communities** **and share our **values**, commitment, and motivation to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities.

**About the role**

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Communities Team and work as part of a new service, Feel Good Suffolk. This service will support people to make positive changes to their health and wellbeing, including losing weight, giving up smoking and becoming more active.

**Key duties**:

- Provide triage and assessment of clients accessing the Feel Good Suffolk (FGS) service in your locality and deliver behaviour change interventions and techniques based around Physical Activity, Smoking Cessation, and Weight Management as required
- Motivate and empower clients to make behaviour changes, conducting ‘what matters to me’ assessments to approach the client’s health holistically, and supporting clients to identify modifiable factors which may be affecting or posing a risk to their health, creating a personal action plan to make changes which can improve their health
- Using Health Coaching techniques deliver face-to-face, digital, and over the phone 1-to-1 and group interventions
- Deliver group and 1-to-1 smoking cessation support to clients as required, including coordinating the use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) where necessary and delivering sessions using a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach
- Work closely and forge strong links with partners across the locality at place and neighbourhood level to refer and signpost the client to ensure suitable support is provided, including but not limited to local authorities, the integrated care board and primary/secondary care, leisure providers, and Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise organisations (VCFSE)
- Complete ‘touch point’ assessments and evaluations of clients to monitor their progress, recording the data in a case management system and reporting on outcomes as required
- Contribute to the measurement of change and improvement in health behaviours using relevant outcome measures
- Equip people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to access information and support via a digital front door where they can find resources and information to self-manage their health behaviours
- Understand the wider determinants of health and barriers to healthy lifestyles and reduce health inequalities impacting on health behaviours
- Undertake training and development opportunities to ensure continual professional development and to boost the Feel Good Suffolk provision
- Work closely with colleagues across the county as part of the Feel Good Suffolk team to ensure collaborative and efficient working, and equity for residents accessing services.

**About you**

We are now looking for the right person who is dynamic and motivational to provide a holistic approach to health & wellbeing support to clients accessing the Feel Good Suffolk service.

As an advisor, you will be responsible for triaging cases and undertaking “what matters to you” client centred assessments, as well as delivering 1 to 1 support and group health-based interventions. You will be supporting and empowering the clients to overcome barriers and make positive changes in their lives.

This role will primarily be remotely based, utilising local community assets, and will involve travel across the district to provide face-to-face services as well as providing client support over the phone and via our digital platform.

A full drivers’ license and access to a car is essential for this role and a strong working knowledge of the area will be advantageous.

An extensive training package will be provided to you to develop your skills and ability as a Feel Good Suffolk Advisor.

**About us**

Working together across our Councils and with our partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, we provide excellent services to our 190,000 residents across Babergh and Mid Suffolk.

We are proud of the role we play in creating the environment, economy, and communities for our districts. We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work. With picturesque market towns, 60 conservation areas and with two National Landscapes within our districts, it is little wonder that we are consistently within the top 50 places to live in the UK.

**Benefits**
- Great opportunities for learning and development.
- Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 26 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays).
- Competitive Local Government Pension Sche

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