Creative Health Apprentice

Arts Council England; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Ealing Council is seeking a Creative Health Apprentice to join the Culture team. This role focuses on developing creative health projects that support wellbeing and engage communities across the borough.

You will assist with the Mauveine Line heritage and wellbeing trail and Healing Ealing pilots at Perceval House and libraries. You will collect feedback, compile case studies, and help monitor health and social value metrics.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in culture, the arts, heritage and creativity.
• Interest in engaging with communities and Creative Health to enhance residents' lives.
• Good communication skills with clear spoken and written English.
• Able to work as part of a team, flexible and supportive.
• Willingness to learn about different workstreams and collaborate with other Council teams.
• Understanding the importance of confidentiality in the workplace.
• Ability to communicate professionally internally and externally.
• Ability to handle difficult situations and seek help when needed.
• Punctual and reliable, with strong time management.
• Follow instructions and meet deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Providing project support on Mauveine Line and other Creative Health and Wellbeing projects in the Culture team.
• Co-ordinating and supporting workshops and events as part of Mauveine Line projects.
• Supporting Healing Ealing programmes at Perceval House and across Ealing Libraries.
• Capturing feedback and evaluation on health and wellbeing and social value metrics.
• Engaging with communities, external organisations and volunteers and setting up communications for project updates.
• Setting up spreadsheets in Excel and maintaining databases for evaluation information.
• Organising meetings with stakeholders and taking minutes.
• Producing basic documents, research reports, and presentations for various audiences.

Skills

Culture, arts & heritage

Community engagement

English communication

Teamwork

Willingness to learn

Confidentiality awareness

Professional communication

Punctuality

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office

Education

GCSEs or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Summary

Are you interested in working for a local authority? Are you passionate about arts, culture, heritage and communities? Do you want to be part of a new approach for culture in the borough? This is an exciting opportunity to join Ealing Council as the Creative Health Apprentice.

Job Description

Creative Health involves creative approaches and activities that prevent ill-health, including mental health, and promote health and wellbeing. It aids the management of long-term conditions, treatments, and recovery across the life course. Initiatives can also help strengthen social cohesion and reduce health inequalities across communities.

This new role will work within the Culture team, as well as closely with Public Health, to support the implementation of a new Creative Health approach within the Borough. The role will include working on the Mauveine Line, a new heritage, culture and wellbeing trail
celebrating Ealing's canals and waterways, which was recently awarded significant support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The role will also support Healing Ealing, a pilot creative
health programme taking place at Perceval House and across Ealing Libraries, focused on delivering creative workshops to improve residents' wellbeing.

These projects will inform a new Creative Health approach with the borough. Central to this role will be the collection of health and wellbeing metrics, residents feedback and detailed
case studies; this evaluation will be key for both the NLHF reporting and to support future Creative Health projects.

You will work with experienced team members on the administration and delivery of these projects, ensuring all work is prioritised and processed efficiently and in accordance with deadline, and enabling the directorate to deliver commitments to improve the lives of
residents.

Job Requirements

1. 1. Strong and demonstrable interest in culture, the arts, heritage and creativity
2. 2. Interest in engaging with communities and in the potential of Creative Health and
   Wellbeing to improve residents' lives
3. 3. Good communication skills with clear spoken and written English
4. 4. Able to work as part of a team, working flexibly, asking for and giving support as needed
5. 5. A keen willingness to learn about different workstreams and work collaboratively with
   other Council teams.
6. 6. Able to understand the importance of confidentiality within the workplace
7. 7. Able to deal professionally in all forms of communication (internally and externally)
8. 8. Able to deal with difficult situations, seeking assistance where necessary
9. 9. Able to understand the importance of being punctual
10. 10.Able to follow instructions and work to deadlines
11. 11.Accurate with excellent attention to detail
12. 12.Good knowledge of Microsoft office (specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Job Responsibilities

Providing project support on Mauveine Line and other projects relating to Creative
Health and Wellbeing in the Culture team. This includes but is not limited to:

• Co-ordinating and providing support for workshops and events as part of Mauveine Line projects
• Supporting Healing Ealing programmes at Perceval House and across Ealing Libraries.
• Capturing feedback and evaluation on health and wellbeing, and social value, metrics of creative projects.
• Engaging with communities, external organisations and volunteers and setting up lines of communication for project updates.
• Setting up spreadsheets using Excel and using databases to maintain and monitor information and records relating to evaluation of projects.
• Organising meetings with internal and external stakeholders and taking minutes at meetings.
• Producing basic documents, include research reports, and presentations in for a range of audiences, internal colleagues, external stakeholders and businesses.