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Adult Weight Management Practitioner

2 months ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom MoreLife Full time

**Job Title**:Adult Weight Management Practitioner

**Location**:Bedfordshire & Milton Keynes (Travel across the two areas will be required)***

**Hours**:37.5 hours or pro-rata if part-time (will include evenings and weekends)

**Reporting to**:Engagement & Delivery Lead

**Key Relationships**:Engagement & Delivery Lead / Delivery Lead / Marketing Co-ordinator/Administrator& Data/ Bank Staff

**Closing Date**:8th March 2023

**The Role**:
To provide delivery for an evidence based behavioural change obesity programme for adults and children, if required.

Promote the service to stakeholders, clients and health professionals in a range of different ways. Events, drop-ins, telephone calls to generate sufficient referrals to meet the KPIs.

**Key responsibilities: -**
- Be responsible for leading groups of adults to enable them to lose weight in an effective and sustainable way. Delivery should account for 80% of a practitioners time.
- Deliver the multi-component programme ensuring an action orientated approach to learning for the full range of individuals to fully engage.
- Use psychological coaching strategies, including motivational interviewing, goal setting and cognitive communication, behaviour therapy skills to negotiate change to overcoming barriers to achieve required weight loss.
- Educate adults by facilitating interactive and engaging sessions on physical activity, dietary and healthy eating advice.
- Support and encourage adults to set realistic goals in terms of changing behaviour and achieving positive healthy outcomes.
- Lead inclusive, fun, motivating and positive lifestyle experiences, considering the needs of the members of each group.
- Promote a flexible approach to engaging with the programme. Ensure there is the regular communication with participants between sessions, ring those who do not show up and conduct follow up calls and drop in sessions on a regular basis.
- Be sensitive and supportive to the psychological and physiological needs of participants, and signpost additional support where appropriate.
- Regularly evaluate the success of the programmes and provide feedback to ensure continuous improvement in terms of outcomes.
- Adhere to local and national safeguarding procedures.

**Benefits**:

- 25 days annual leave and 8 bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
- Company sick pay
- Nest pension scheme
- Death in service benefit.
- Salary sacrifice for pensions
- Contribution Towards Development Training
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Paid Professional subscriptions
- Volunteering days
- Workwear if required for the role.

**For Essential & Desirable Criteria Please See attached document**

Adult Weight Management Practitioner - MK.docx

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