Health Improvement Practitioner - Morpeth, United Kingdom - Appcastenterprise

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Morpeth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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The Council
Northumberland County Council operates a huge range of services across the largest county in the UK. Local Government's ongoing challenges and the diversity of our residents means we have to work smarter. That's why we want bold, creative and agile thinkerswho can help us move forward and innovate.
The Service

The Integrated Wellbeing Service is part of the Northumberland Public Health Team based within the Adult Social Care, Children's Service and Public Health and Communities directorate.

The Integrated Wellbeing Service comprises 36 members of staff working withinHealth Improvement, Specialist Stop Smoking and Health Trainer teams who are responsible for delivering services and influencing parts of the system to improve the health of our residents in Northumberland.

We are seeking to recruit a Health Improvement Practitioner with knowledge of Tobacco Control and Drugs & Alcohol, contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of health improvement programmes across the County.

The post will have emphasison delivering training and education packages on Tobacco Control and Drugs & Alcohol.

The post holder will work autonomously within their health improvement specialism, working alongside other key health improvement staff and wider partners to deliver the overall Integrated Wellbeing Service programme.

The post will

Contribute to, and advises on, the development and implementation of local community health improvement programmes.
Facilitate team working and collaboration by working with other partner organisations.
Develops and maintains public health information and support structures.
Facilitates and provides evidencebased training courses for Tobacco Control and Drugs & Alcohol via the Integrated Wellbeing Service training programme.
Ensures methods of monitoring, evaluating, and reporting across all areas of work.

You must hold a degree in a related field and have the knowledge and understanding of the main health inequalities in Northumberland and the social determinants of health.

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