Health and Wellbeing Activator - Wimbledon, United Kingdom - AFC Wimbledon Foundation

Description

Health and Wellbeing Activator

Part Time: 3 days per week (including some evening and weekend work) with the potential to move to 4 or 5 days per week)

Salary: 25-27k pro rata depending on qualification and experience


Department:
Social Inclusion


Reports to:
Community Development Manager


About AFC Wimbledon Foundation

AFC Wimbledon Foundation was formed in 2011 after a recognition that the ground-breaking creation, establishment and success of AFC Wimbledon Football Club was built on the energy and effort of its supporters.

The football club wanted to pay back this support by providing a series of targeted community-based activities for local people and formed the Foundation to deliver this work.

The Foundation completed some fantastic project work in the early years of its existence in the

Merton, Kingston and Wandsworth areas and has now positioned itself to be at the centre of the exciting new stadium development at Plough Lane, that serves as a hub of activity for the community.

Our Strategic Plan sets out how we can work towards realising our vision and mission statements by focusing on our key aims over the next three years, building capacity in the organisation to meet these challenges.

• Develop safer and more cohesive communities
• Support the education of disadvantaged young people
• Improve health, wellbeing across Merton and Wandsworth
• Promote AFC Wimbledon's Plough Lane Stadium as a vibrant community hub

Overview
AFC Wimbledon Foundation are looking for an ambitious, forward-thinking and knowledgeable

Health and Wellbeing Activator to develop and deliver Foundation health activities.


Key priorities

• To deliver current health sessions including Active Ageing, Dons Fit, and Walk & Talk.
• To lead in the promotion, recruitment, and retention of participants across all health and wellbeing programmes at Plough Lane community hub, and grow participation numbers across all sessions.
• To ensure weekly recording of project engagement and implement regular data collection in the form of numbers, case studies, and feedback.
• To develop strong positive relationships with participants, key local partners, health bodies, and community organisations.
• Assess current range of health and wellbeing provisions for local residents in a mapping exercise identifying gaps across the borough.
• Collate a data bank of key stats about the ageing population of Merton and the key health needs.
• Develop two satellite community hubs in the east of Merton borough to replicate Plough

Lane community hub.

• Organise and deliver regular special events such as Walking Football tournaments and socials.
• Implement new ways to spread local health messaging at AFC Wimbledon Stadium and across the borough.

Personal Specifications

Essential

• Relevant experience coaching and/or working with adults in a community setting
• Level 1 qualified in at least one sport or as a PT (or working towards)
• Excellent verbal and written communication, and interpersonal skills to communicate with a range of audiences including adults with additional needs, carers, and partner agencies
• Strong understanding of statutory health systems

Desirable

• Additional coaching qualifications
• Level 2 first aid
• Level 2 safeguarding
• Mental Health First Aid certificate
• Awareness and understanding of social prescribing
• Experience and success in building relationships and working collaboratively with partners
• Experience delivering sports or social sessions in a community setting to targeted groups
• Experience recruiting and retaining participants living in hardtoengage communities
• An individual who is motivated to go the extra mile to provide opportunities for local adults to improve their health and wellbeing across the borough.
• AFCWF are fully committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and antidiscrimination. We will work to address areas of underrepresentation and disadvantage in all aspects of our operations, activities and services.

In practice, this means that we will respect the needs of each and every individual regardless of their differences:

and to this end we will deliver our work in such a way so as to ensure that that no one is excluded.

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To Apply
Interviews will take place the week beginning 6th February 23

• AFC Wimbledon Foundation

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Job Type:
Part-time

Part-time hours: 24 per week


Salary:
£25,000.00-£27,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Flexitime

Schedule:

• Flexitime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Wimbledon: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• A-Level or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location:
One location

Application deadline: 03/02/2023