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    Health Improvement Officer - Wakefield, United Kingdom - Wakefield Council

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    We currently have a Health Improvement Officer vacancy to support our work in referral services.

    This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team to support the health and wellbeing of people across the district. Utilising the assets and reach of arts, culture and leisure to promote and encourage good health and wellbeing, and support people where and when they need it most.

    Working with colleagues in the Wellbeing Referral team, the Referral role will be expected to run or lead on physical activity sessions in the community as part of our Community Wellbeing programmes, encouraging people to move more and eat a balanced diet.

    We're looking to recruit enthusiastic individuals with a knowledge and understanding of the factors that affect health choices particularly related to physical activity including sport, food and nutrition, and mental wellbeing. An awareness and understanding of health inequalities and behaviour change techniques would be advantageous although opportunities for training and development will be available.

    We are looking for engaging candidates with good interpersonal, presentation and communication skills capable of working with members of the public, volunteers, partner organisations and as part of our team. The work is flexible to meet local needs, includes team-work and opportunities to work on individual projects, so a degree of self-motivation is needed along with a willingness to support other work areas within Wellbeing Services. There will also be a requirement to work some evenings and weekends. The team works across Wakefield district, so it is essential staff are able to travel around independently, and are willing to participate in, and lead wellbeing activities in a range of venues including outdoor settings.

    Project planning, implementation and evaluation are a key function of our work, including producing project plans, delivering activity to a range of audiences and presenting findings through reports, briefings, and presentations. This includes complying with all relevant procedures such as those related to health and safety and data protection. The right candidates will have an ability to develop, deliver and evaluate programmes using best practice and evidence from elsewhere as well as being creative and willing to try new and innovative approaches. Therefore, a sound basic level of education is required along with an ability to use MS office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams.



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