Job summary
Working Well is commissioned by Essex County Council and sits within the Essex Wellbeing Service. This fast paced, innovative programme that supports the national and local agenda around workplace health, wellbeing and inequalities, ensuring that the Essex workforce is healthy and productive.
The role involves delivering a range of health initiatives as part of an outreach programme across Essex, including: Stop Smoking Support and training, NHS Health Checks and lifestyle management.
Main duties of the job
The role involves delivering a range of health initiatives as part of a new outreach programme across Essex.
About us
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision:Transforming Lives
Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Apply behaviour change techniques to support routine individual lifestyle changes, e.g. goals setting
Provide evidence based information about a range of health issues such as smoking, alcohol, mental health, healthy eating and physical activity
Social prescribe to other service that will enhance and sustain the outcome of the interventions.
To work autonomously on non complex cases and in partnership with the Workplace Health Outreach Coordinator for complex cases
To support asset mapping within the community
To manage caseloads efficiently
To undertake basic clinical interventions: blood pressure, BMI
Provide Smoking Support and training for workplaces
Contribute to and work as works as part of a team.
To follow up client during and after completion of their lifestyle change intervention and discuss further steps.
Undertake any other delegated work
Any other function commensurate with competencies and job role
Job description
Job responsibilities
Apply behaviour change techniques to support routine individual lifestyle changes, e.g. goals setting
Provide evidence based information about a range of health issues such as smoking, alcohol, mental health, healthy eating and physical activity
Social prescribe to other service that will enhance and sustain the outcome of the interventions.
To work autonomously on non complex cases and in partnership with the Workplace Health Outreach Coordinator for complex cases
To support asset mapping within the community
To manage caseloads efficiently
To undertake basic clinical interventions: blood pressure, BMI
Provide Smoking Support and training for workplaces
Contribute to and work as works as part of a team.
To follow up client during and after completion of their lifestyle change intervention and discuss further steps.
Undertake any other delegated work
Any other function commensurate with competencies and job role
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
Desirable
- Level 2 Health Trainer Qualification - Understanding Health Improvement (Royal Institute of Public Health)
Work Related Knowledge
Essential
- Health and social care or Equivalent training and experience in health care setting
- Level 2 Stop Smoking Cessation
- NHS Health Check training or willingness to learn
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Car owner - must be able to travel to various areas of Essex as part of the job role. Be willing to drive a Provide CIC outreach vehicle
- Flexible working - which will include evenings and weekends Willingness to work throughout all areas covered within Esse
Skills and Apptitude
Essential
- Experience of using a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and Systmone
- Knowledge and expertise to apply of behaviour change methods
- Well organised and ability to prioritise workload and work unsupervised
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake further training as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
Desirable
- Level 2 Health Trainer Qualification - Understanding Health Improvement (Royal Institute of Public Health)
Work Related Knowledge
Essential
- Health and social care or Equivalent training and experience in health care setting
- Level 2 Stop Smoking Cessation
- NHS Health Check training or willingness to learn
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- Car owner - must be able to travel to various areas of Essex as part of the job role. Be willing to drive a Provide CIC outreach vehicle
- Flexible working - which will include evenings and weekends Willingness to work throughout all areas covered within Esse
Skills and Apptitude
Essential
- Experience of using a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and Systmone
- Knowledge and expertise to apply of behaviour change methods
- Well organised and ability to prioritise workload and work unsupervised
Desirable
- Willingness to undertake further training as appropriate
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
