Health & Wellbeing Practitioner

Wdp; England; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job description

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Job Reference: JOB0150

Location: Cheshire West and Chester

Salary: £26,940 - £30,762 per annum

Vacancy Type: Permanent/Full Time

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week, evening and weekend work included

Application Deadline: Sunday, April 20, 2025

Job Summary

Would you like to join us in supporting those affected by drug and alcohol issues to improve their health and wellbeing?

The Role

The Health and Wellbeing Practitioner will work to coach awareness of unhealthy habits and associated risks, provide advice and guidance on how to change behaviours. It will include a manualised short (no longer than 6 to 8 weeks) program of interventions and encourage and signpost to the local services when appropriate.

This role is an outreach post, and the work will include evenings and weekends, if needed, to fulfil business needs. For more information, please refer to the Job Description.

The main purpose for the role is:

1. To develop and deliver a specialist wellbeing function in the community for low complexity and low dependency substance users. Offering advice, support, guidance and coaching to promote positive future behaviours, including:

• proactive and assertive assessment and engagement activities,
• education on the impact of substances on health and wellbeing,
• explore behaviours and identify methods to make positive change,
• planning for changing and maintaining future healthy behaviours.

To deliver interventions in a variety of settings including GP practices and community centres, in one-to-one, face-to-face, digital and remote ways, at a range of times including evenings and weekends, to provide a wide range of accessibility options and reduce barriers to maximise engagement.

To provide a highly visible point of contact to promote the service, working proactively and collaboratively with colleagues and all stakeholders, both internally and externally.

The Service

Cheshire West and Chester is a fully integrated recovery service delivered by Via. We offer free and confidential support for individuals affected by drug and alcohol problems and their families and carers. We believe with the right support; people can make long-lasting transformations in their lives to improve their health and wellbeing.

Location

Cheshire West & Chester

To see the generous range of benefits we offer at Via including 30 days annual leave for all new starters, our health and wellbeing initiatives, financial perks and development opportunities – visit our Benefits Package.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Jane Murphy, Service Manager via [e-mail]

The closing date for applications is Sunday 20 April at midnight.

Interviews are likely to take place on Thursday 24 April.

All our applications are sifted by humans. Please send us applications that reflect your own knowledge, experience and values.

We accept applications via this link using our short application form, and your CV. For guidance on how to complete the application visit this link. Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may close adverts at any time if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Via welcomes enquiries from everyone, and we value diversity in our workplace. Our commitment to promoting diversity and developing a workplace environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment process.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to the employment and career development of disabled people. We offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for our jobs, please confirm in the personal statement part of our application form that you are applying under this scheme.

Appointment to all our posts are subject to satisfactory completion of our safeguarding checks including DBS and we follow safer recruiting principles.

Please email [e-mail] if you have any recruitment enquiries or if you require this documentation in an accessible format.