Lead Health - Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom - Blackburn with Darwen Council

Blackburn with Darwen Council
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Terms and Conditions: 37 hours, Permanent

Department:
Wellbeing and Prevention

Shortlisting date:
W/C 26th February 2024

Interview date: 1st March 2024

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Councils' Health & Wellbeing Team is looking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to work as a Lead Health and Wellbeing Coach.

About us**:

We are committed to our ambition that the people of our Borough will stay as healthy as possible for as long as possible.

To achieve that, we work in collaboration with people to assist them to improve their health, as well as forming partnerships with professionals and we work together for the community we serve.

We respect and embrace the diverse Borough that we work in, and strive to reduce health inequalities by making healthy lifestyles accessible to all.

We also trust the individual contributions of each of our team members, and are receptive to innovation.

We firmly believe that people have untapped resources within them, that can be unleashed by providing high quality, non-judgemental support.


About the role:

As a Lead Health and Wellbeing Coach, you will take a lead role in coordinating the operational delivery of our team of Health and Wellbeing Coaches, whilst supporting their development and learning through training and mentorship.

You will also coordinate the delivery of community NHS Health Checks and Enhanced Health Checks ensuring a targeted outreach approach.


About you:
Here are some of the skills, knowledge and abilities that we are looking for in our Lead Health and Wellbeing Coach:

  • Robust knowledge and experience of supporting behaviour change, the importance and process of helping people (including those with a long-term condition) to develop their knowledge, skills & confidence in managing their health and the range of models and tools available.
  • Experience of people management and mentorship, with the commitment to developing performance management alongside continual business improvement.
  • Demonstrable passion for working in a health, wellbeing and physical activity setting along with the ability to maintain a focus of personcentred care and proactively develop and maintain high standards of customer care.
  • You need to be reliable, approachable, highly organised, have excellent presentation / communication skills and a flexible approach to working (occasional evening or weekend working may be required to meet the needs of the service).
  • The ability to work with challenging and sometimes conflicting work demands, demonstrating skills such as delegation and prioritisation.

Please note that your CV needs to evidence the requirements of the role profile and be accompanied by a supporting statement outlining how you meet the Key Requirements of the post.

Please note that the listing may be closed before the closing date should sufficient applicants have been received.

Job details:

Job reference

  • REQ02624
Date posted

  • 19/01/2024
Application closing date

  • 25/02/2024
Location

  • Blackburn with Darwen
Salary

  • Grade F, SCP , £28, £32,076.00 per annum
Package

  • Blank
Contractual hours

  • 37
Basis

  • Full time
Job category/type

  • Council
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