Wellbeing Worker

**Salary**

NJC11 - 25,979

**Contractual hours**

37

**Hours**

37 Hours, Fixed Term Contract

**Date posted**

23/08/2024

**Job reference**

NELC223082424

**Do you have experience of helping people, delivering 1-1 or small groups to help people make positive lifestyle changes?**

**Are you organised, passionate and committed to helping others?**

**Our Purpose**

This is a exciting opportunity to become a part of our Public Health Directorate of North East Lincolnshire Council, in the Wellbeing Service as a Wellbeing Worker. Our purpose is to provide group and one to one support to North East Lincolnshire residents, ensuring the best support is provided.

**Your Role**

This role will provide holistic support to a selection of local children and their families to help them achieve healthy weight and providing support to the Wellbeing Specialist in terms of making bookings, setting up clinics and sessions.

The Wellbeing Worker role principally centres on providing person centred support to individuals requiring support with their general health and wellbeing.

The role will involve using a coaching approach to proactively engage and build supportive relationships with target populations in North East Lincolnshire, understanding “Who and what matters to them” encouraging and motivating children and families, helping to build confidence, self-esteem, and resilience. We work to empower our clients to take control of and improve their health and wellbeing, which will include managing a varied caseload.

**About You**

We are looking for someone who is dynamic and enthusiastic with a high level of autonomy, excellent communication skills, able to work on your own initiative and as part of a dynamic team. You must have proven experience of excellent listening and communication skills and understand empathy, unconditional positive regard and client autonomy is key to effective and positive support of our programmes and their development.

If you've had experience of any of the below, we'd love to hear from you...

**Your Application**

All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification.

**Key Dates**
Interview date: 18th September & 20th September

**Working Arrangements**

This role is a blended working role (the duties of the role may require a blend of home & office working in line with needs of the service)

**_ Working Arrangements_**

This role is a blended working role _(_the duties of the role may require a blend of home & office working in line with needs of the service)_

There are many perks to enjoy when you are part of **_TeamNEL_**...

**As part of your RewardNEL package**, you will have up to 26 days leave entitlement* (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.

You will also have access to our **_exclusive_**_ _**_RewardNEL_** platform.

This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.

NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.

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**North East** Lincolnshire Council is committed to being an inclusive employer, where **equality and diversity** is recognised, celebrated, and embodied throughout the organisation, becoming a workforce that represents all.**
- We regularly review data to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, transparent and promote equal opportunities for all. We also have an in-house Equalities Champions Group that works to promote and embed inclusivity in the workplace, helping us identify areas where we can take positive action, and make the organisation a safe space for colleagues to feel connected._