Wellbeing Practitioner (Weight Management)
Salary:
Band: 5, £25,652 - £27,363 37 hours per week "We want Portsmouth to be a healthy and happy city, in which each person has the education, care and support they need for their physical and mental health"
(Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 - 2030) The Public Health service plays a key role in achieving the city's ambitions, providing leadership and influence to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Portsmouth. We do this working closely with a range of colleagues and other partners by focusing on improving the health and wellbeing of our poorest residents fastest to reduce health inequalities. Your New Role The Wellbeing Service supports individuals living in Portsmouth to modify behaviours, improve their health and life expectancy as well as reduce health inequalities. The service provides support to Portsmouth residents in a range of venues including community centres, GP practices and hospital settings. In addition, the service provides telephone/virtual support. Some of the work undertaken will be targeting Portsmouth's most deprived communities who unfairly suffer the greatest health inequalities. Within this role you will focus on supporting the Weight Management provision for clients, primarily those attending the Weight Management programme 'Healthier Me' in a range of community settings. You will co-deliver the weight management groups across PO1 - PO6 and assist in meeting, greeting and weighing clients. This will include preparing resources and ensuring safe transportation and storage of resources and equipment for the sessions. You will follow up with clients who do not attend sessions or require additional support as well as update all client interactions on the system. You may be required to support lower banded staff with the delivery of the programme as well as new referral processing and triage of clients as required. In addition, you will support the promotion of the service across the City. Work patterns typically involve 2 evening shifts per week. What you'll need to succeed With some experience of working in a customer-facing role with clients (1-1's or group), you will have the ability to facilitate support. You will have knowledge and understanding of Portsmouth's demographic and of the wider determinants of health and how they can impact, as well as knowledge on how to engage people with support to address these. A self-motivator, you will need excellent communication and organisational skills to enable you to prioritise and organise your workload. A knowledge of recognised behaviour change and the ability to deliver health behaviour change, including guidance around healthy eating and being active would be an advantage. You will have good data management and IT skills and be a car driver as you will be working across the PO1-PO6 area and will be required to transport resources to and from the venues. Experience of working with community and voluntary sector groups is desirable. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role About Portsmouth City Council What we can offer you: Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act. Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage. Application process: Please read the full job profile for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the 'Who is the Person' section. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the home page of the careers website. Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of 'adults at risk' and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Closing date:
7 February 2025. The assessment process will take place on the 14 February 2025. If successful from assessment you will be invited to an interview on the 20 February 2025. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
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Band: 5, £25,652 - £27,363 37 hours per week "We want Portsmouth to be a healthy and happy city, in which each person has the education, care and support they need for their physical and mental health"
(Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022 - 2030) The Public Health service plays a key role in achieving the city's ambitions, providing leadership and influence to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Portsmouth. We do this working closely with a range of colleagues and other partners by focusing on improving the health and wellbeing of our poorest residents fastest to reduce health inequalities. Your New Role The Wellbeing Service supports individuals living in Portsmouth to modify behaviours, improve their health and life expectancy as well as reduce health inequalities. The service provides support to Portsmouth residents in a range of venues including community centres, GP practices and hospital settings. In addition, the service provides telephone/virtual support. Some of the work undertaken will be targeting Portsmouth's most deprived communities who unfairly suffer the greatest health inequalities. Within this role you will focus on supporting the Weight Management provision for clients, primarily those attending the Weight Management programme 'Healthier Me' in a range of community settings. You will co-deliver the weight management groups across PO1 - PO6 and assist in meeting, greeting and weighing clients. This will include preparing resources and ensuring safe transportation and storage of resources and equipment for the sessions. You will follow up with clients who do not attend sessions or require additional support as well as update all client interactions on the system. You may be required to support lower banded staff with the delivery of the programme as well as new referral processing and triage of clients as required. In addition, you will support the promotion of the service across the City. Work patterns typically involve 2 evening shifts per week. What you'll need to succeed With some experience of working in a customer-facing role with clients (1-1's or group), you will have the ability to facilitate support. You will have knowledge and understanding of Portsmouth's demographic and of the wider determinants of health and how they can impact, as well as knowledge on how to engage people with support to address these. A self-motivator, you will need excellent communication and organisational skills to enable you to prioritise and organise your workload. A knowledge of recognised behaviour change and the ability to deliver health behaviour change, including guidance around healthy eating and being active would be an advantage. You will have good data management and IT skills and be a car driver as you will be working across the PO1-PO6 area and will be required to transport resources to and from the venues. Experience of working with community and voluntary sector groups is desirable. Please read the job profile for the full details of this role About Portsmouth City Council What we can offer you: Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act. Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage. Application process: Please read the full job profile for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the 'Who is the Person' section. When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the home page of the careers website. Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of 'adults at risk' and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society. Closing date:
7 February 2025. The assessment process will take place on the 14 February 2025. If successful from assessment you will be invited to an interview on the 20 February 2025. You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it. We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders. Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
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