Health and Wellbeing Practitioner HWBEL251

Thistle Foundation; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A health and social care foundation in East Lothian seeks a part-time Practitioner for its Wellbeing team. This role involves supporting individuals with long-term health conditions through coaching, facilitating lifestyle management courses, and engaging with communities. Ideal candidates possess experience in health care, strong facilitation skills, and the ability to work independently. Attractive benefits include access to a gym and continuous learning opportunities.

Benefits

Access to the Thistle Gym

Non-contributory death in service benefit

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with long-term health conditions.
• Ability to engage with vulnerable individuals facing psychosocial barriers.
• Skills in solution-focused coaching.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the East Lothian GP contract in collaboration with a team.
• Manage personal caseload and provide individual support.
• Conduct group-based lifestyle management courses.

Skills

Coaching and group facilitation

Support vulnerable populations

Resilience

Job description

We are looking for a part time Practitioner to join Thistle’s Wellbeing team located in East Lothian GP Practices.

• Are you a health and social care practitioner with experience of supporting people living with Long Term physical and mental Health Conditions to self-manage?
• Do you cope well supporting vulnerable people who experience significant psychosocial barriers and health inequalities?
• Do you believe people have strengths, are resilient and are experts in their own lives?
• Do you thrive working autonomously in the community setting?
• Do you have good solution focused coaching and group facilitation skills?

If you do, then we would like to hear from you!

The post holder will:

• Work with a team of practitioners to deliver our East Lothian GP contract
• Be prepared to travel across East Lothian to engage with people referred to the Wellbeing Service. (see further information on location below)
• Practice persistent engagement to help people who struggle to receive support
• Manage a caseload of people referred to the service
• Use a strengths based personal outcomes approach to help people identify and access appropriate support for them to self-manage including:
• Providing specific coaching in self-management
• Delivering group based Lifestyle Management courses
• Linking people to community resources and supports

Support volunteers who have lived experience of long-term conditions into peer roles

Location: The practitioner will be predominantly based in Prestonpans and Tranent and significant travel between other GP practices across East Lothian is an essential aspect of this role.

In return we can offer you the following:

- A highly attractive work environment.

- Support and supervision from your line manager and a supportive team of colleagues.

- A structured development programme including continuous learning with our internal leadership development programme.

Some of our other staff benefits include…

- a non-contributory death in service benefit scheme

- Free access to the Thistle Gym

- FREE membership* of the HSF Health Plan which gives, amongst other things:

o money back for everyday healthcare costs,

For further information please view the role profile here .

*This membership can be extended to cover immediate family members after completion of a satisfactory probationary period.

Closing date for receipt of your cover letter advising how you meet the requirements outlined in this advert and person specification and CV is Monday 11th August ( 9am). Please note, the cover letter will be used to shortlist applicants for interview.

• Interview will take place at Thistle’s Centre of Wellbeing, Queen’s Walk, Edinburgh on Tuesday 19th August.

Thistle Foundation is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Successful applicants will be subject to a PVG check.