Health and Wellbeing Exercise Instructor

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Enable Leisure & Culture Full time

About Us: 

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.  

At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best. On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:  

 

Reports to: Mental Health Client Assessment Coordinator

Based: Kingston

Salary: £31.52 per hour 

Work Arrangement: Casual

DBS: Enhanced

  

Role Overview: 

This role will offer the opportunity to work as a personal trainer across the Active Wellbeing Programme. 

The Active Wellbeing Programme:  

The Active Wellbeing programme is a specialist mental health exercise referral programme. This programme is designed to engage and promote health and wellbeing to people diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI). The role will be working across the Kingston borough on our Active Wellbeing Kingston BME pilot service the option to work across our Richmond Active Wellbeing programme.  

The Health and Wellbeing Team at Enable are a passionate group of health professionals who empower people to make lasting changes to their health and wellbeing and improve their quality of life. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, building innovative initiatives that tackle barriers to improving health. We are experts at reducing health inequalities, real or perceived, and creating lasting changes. 

 

Job Purpose and Dimensions 

  • The post-holder will be responsible for delivering a 10 week, 1:1 personal training programme to clients with severe mental health illnesses (SMI) which can include: Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Severe Clinical Depression.
  • The post-holder will be responsible for attending initial and final assessment meetings either side of the 10 week programme for each client assigned to them as part of the Active Wellbeing programme.
  • Ensures that the service is provided to the standards required by the organisation, Government Legislation and governing body rulings.
  • Deliver a one hour exercise session each week over a duration of 10 sessions per assigned programme client.
  • Actively involved in programme assessments either side of the 10 session programme.
  • Deliver an individualised physical activity programme to each client assigned.

 

 

Main Duties/Responsibilities:  

  

  • Design and deliver a weekly physical activity session for each client considering safety and progression with each of the 10 sessions.
  • Engage in all client assessments prior to and beyond their 10-week programme
  • Active engagement and design of goals and individualised exercise plans for each client
  • Monitor clients exercise intensity, type, and ability to ensure clients are exercising safely.
  • Monitoring clients mental wellbeing during sessions to ensure safety and communicating any concerns to the line manager.
  • Responsible for arranging weekly sessions with clients.
  • High level of communication between instructor and client to confirm session times and locations.
  • High level of communication between instructor and line manager to report any concerns with a clients mental and physical wellbeing during sessions.
  • Provide motivation and encouragement for clients to engage in sessions and stay engaged in their programme.
  • Responsible for the setup of equipment for outdoor or online sessions.
  • Responsible with checking in and out of sessions with the admin team to ensure safety of both instructor and client.
  • Responsible for checking the safety of equipment. If equipment is faulty and needs to be replaced, responsible for communicating this with the Active Wellbeing programme coordinator.
  • Responsible for administering first aid in the event of an accident and ensuring that safety requirements are met in all areas.

  

Skills and Experience:  

  • Level 3 qualified personal training certification (essential)
  • At least 2 years’ experience in a role that involves delivering face-to-face personal training physical activity support
  • Experiencing working in a mental health setting and/or long term health conditions (essential)
  • Experience working with vulnerable groups (desirable)
  • Mental health first aid, suicide prevention or mental health awareness qualification (desirable) or willingness to undertake training (essential)
  • Understanding of the principles of confidentiality and how these apply when handling service-user information.
  • Understanding of the challenge’s vulnerable adults diagnosed with an SMI face in relation to independent activity and accessing health programmes
  • Good ability to use Microsoft Office and Outlook email
  • Ability to work with vulnerable adults with a wide range of social, health and wellbeing needs, inspiring trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential. 
  • Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills.
  • Able to commute to various service locations across the Kingston borough as required

 

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts. 

 

Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website. 

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