Healthy Lifestyle Advisor

ABL Health Ltd; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

ABL Health Ltd in Nottinghamshire is recruiting an experienced wellbeing facilitator to deliver weight management programmes for adults in community settings and via virtual channels. The role focuses on client-centred approaches, SMART goal setting, and collaboration with local partners to promote healthy eating, physical activity and behaviour change.

Weekend work is required as part of the service. You will conduct assessments, manage a caseload, contribute to curriculum development, and help

Qualifications

• Experience delivering behaviour change interventions in community health settings.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Weekend working required, including every Saturday.
• Ability to engage with clients and partners in a supportive manner.

Responsibilities

• Deliver weight management programmes to adults in community settings and virtually.
• Conduct anthropometric and wellbeing assessments and manage a caseload.
• Support triage within the Integrated Wellbeing Service and direct clients to appropriate interventions.
• Record data accurately and maintain documentation in line with policies.
• Deliver health promotion activities and build community partnerships to increase referrals.
• Contribute to curriculum development and assist in training staff and volunteers.
• Engage clients face-to-face and via digital channels.

Job description

ABL Health and Nottinghamshire County Council are partnering to deliver an Integrated Wellbeing Service across Nottinghamshire called Your Health Notts. This transformative service will play a central role in system change, bringing previously separate lifestyle behaviour change services together into one holistic service. It seeks to work collaboratively with communities to support the transformation of services for the local population. The service will provide integrated behaviour support for smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol reduction, physical activity and falls prevention, all embedded in sustainable behaviour change and positive wellbeing., The successful candidate will deliver engaging, evidence-based weight management programmes to adults in community settings and virtually, supporting healthy eating, physical activity, behaviour change and exercise delivery. Using a client-centred, non-judgemental approach and motivational interviewing techniques, you will empower service users to achieve sustainable lifestyle changes through SMART goal setting. Responsibilities include conducting anthropometric and wellbeing assessments, managing and monitoring a caseload, supporting triage within the Integrated Wellbeing Service, and directing clients to appropriate interventions while tracking progress. You will deliver health promotion activities across localities, support the training of new staff and volunteers, contribute to curriculum development, and build community partnerships to increase referrals and meet local need. The role requires accurate data recording in line with policies, engagement through face-to-face and digital

methods, completion of mandatory training, and a commitment to ongoing professional development. Weekend working is required, including every Saturday. The ideal candidate will have experience delivering behaviour change interventions in a community health setting, demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills, be proactive and motivating, and build effective relationships with clients, colleagues and partners while remaining open to new ideas.

ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities and stakeholders.

We are a values driven organisation, dedicated to reducing health inequalities and improving peoples lives. We would love to hear from you if you would like the opportunity to work with in a close team of committed professionals and you share our values of designing and delivering health services.