Wellbeing Practitioner

Portsmouth City Council; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth City Council's Wellbeing Service is seeking a motivated public health practitioner to join the team delivering health improvement across PO1–PO6. You will support individuals to change behaviours, reduce health inequalities and promote wellbeing through mentored, community-based approaches.

You will assess needs, run group and 1:1 sessions, coordinate with GP practices, hospitals and community centres, and supervise staff where needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-facing role with clients (1-1s or groups).
• Ability to facilitate support with smoking cessation, healthy weight interventions, physical activity, alcohol reduction, emotional wellbeing and personalised support planning.
• Knowledge of Portsmouth's demographic and the wider determinants of health.
• Good analytical, communication and organisational skills.
• Right to Work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Lead initial assessments and identify support needs.
• Foster community involvement and connect people with appropriate support.
• Lead community-based clinics and supervise staff in small to medium-sized teams.
• Be the point of contact for advice and information within your area of expertise.

Job description

The Wellbeing Service supports individuals to modify behaviours, improve their health, increase life expectancy, and to reduce health inequalities for people in Portsmouth. The Wellbeing team provide services across the PO1 - PO6 locality in a range of venues.

Within this role you will provide a range of public health delivery services, linked to health improvement and reducing health inequalities such as those which address the wider determinants of health. This will include addressing modifiable risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol, overweight and obesity and physical inactivity, as well as mental health and wellbeing. You will provide services in a range of venues across the city including GP practices, hospital settings and community centres. In addition, the service provides telephone/virtual support. Some of the work undertaken will be targeting our most deprived communities, who suffer the greatest health inequalities.

Working as part of a team, work patterns typically involve working 2 evening shifts per week. You will be required to meet clients in a variety of setting, engaging with them and communities to identify support needs through initial assessment, fostering community involvement, promoting wellbeing and connecting people with the appropriate support.

You may be required to supervise staff within small to medium-sized teams which may include lower banded staff. In addition, you will be the point of contact from other individuals and services for advice and information on your expertise areas and be required to mentor and support new staff development.

With experience of working in a customer facing role with clients (1-1's or group), delivering/supporting behaviour change interventions. You will have the ability to facilitate support withsmoking cessation, healthy weight interventions, physical activity, alcohol reduction, emotional wellbeing and the broader issues that may be impacting on an individuals current health through personalised support planning. With skills to lead community-based clinics, you will have good interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate effective team working with the ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider team. You will have a knowledge and understanding of Portsmouth's demographic and of the wider determinants of health and how they can impact, as well as knowledge on how to engage people with support to address these. With good analytical skills, you will need good communication and organisational skills to enable you to priorities and organise your workload. A knowledge of recognised behaviour change models and techniques, with the ability to apply these effectively to support individuals in making positive health and wellbeing changes would be desirable.

With good data management and IT skills you will be a car driver or have the ability to travel across the City as you will be working across the PO1-PO6 area and will be required to transport resources to and from the venues. Experience of working with community and voluntary sector groups is desirable.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Standard/Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please read the relevant DBS