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Maximus is hiring to support the National Child Measurement Programme. You will contact families who received the NCMP letter, discuss results, and encourage them to access free health services. You’ll link families to local community support and document interactions in the CRM.
Strong communication and empathy are essential to help families navigate options. You will work in a role focused on motivation, listening, and challenging situations with sensitivity, contributing to childhood obesity
Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year. Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people’s lives. From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.
We are looking for passionate and empathetic person to support the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). This role will include calling families that have taken part in the NCMP and encourage them to access our free healthy lifestyle programmes.
You will be a connector within the delivery team, to link families who are looking for support within the programmes we are running across local community services and professionals.
You will be responsible for calling families who receive the National Child Measurement Programme to chat about the impact of the results, discuss what is happening for them as a family, and encourage them to take up any of our free services.
Whilst calling families, you'll need to be flexible and adopt multiple approaches and techniques to encourage parents to make use of free services that will ultimately improve the health and wellbeing of their family.
You'll thrive in this role if you enjoy having meaningful conversations, have skills around motivational interviewing, empathetic listening and have the courage to approach parents/carers with tenacity and challenge decisions with curiosity.
In this role, you'll be able to engage in meaningful work that truly impacts childhood obesity, enhancing lives by improving quality and longevity.
A personable, non-judgemental and sensitive approach to communicating with the public.
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