Physical Activity Advisor - Woking, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Woking, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

The starting salary for this position is £29,291 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.
This opportunity is offered on a 12 month fixed-term basis.

This role is open to
agile working meaning you aren't required in the office 5 days a week.

You may wish to
work from home or any of our council offices most of the time, whilst also being able to visit our customers across the county; therefore the ability to drive and have access to a vehicle is important.

Active Surrey is looking for a Physical Activity Advisor to join the dynamic and enthusiastic Active Surrey Team. In this role, you will help strengthen the connections between physical activity and health and wellbeing, and contribute totackling inactivity and health inequality in Surrey.

This is an extremely exciting time to join the Active Surrey team. We are now into our journey of Surrey's 10-year physical activity strategy
:Movement for Change.

This role will support our aims of facilitating and empowering people to change behaviour and adopt positive lifestyle changes by providing health education and evidence-based advice regarding increasing habitual physicalactivity and reducing sedentary time.

Reporting to the Head of Health, this role will be part of the thriving Health Team and will also work closely with local and national partners including Children and Family Health Surrey (CFHS), boroughs and districts, voluntary sector and the Active Partnershipsnetwork.

About Us
As the Active Partnership for Surrey, we believe that movement matters. It matters to our health, our schools, our communities and our environments.

Focused on tackling inactivity and inequality, we work together to help everyone in Surrey realise the benefits of a more active way of life by influencing systems, removing barriers, and creating opportunities to get people moving more.

Our vision is that everyone in Surrey, but with a particular focus on those who need it most, embrace moving more, to improve health and wellbeing and to thrive as an active community.

About the Role
As a Physical Activity Advisor you will focus on providing expert physical activity advice to both residents and professionals.

Sound knowledge of prescribing exercise and advising on physical activity to special populations, for example those with a long-termcondition and/or those above a healthy weight range, will be key.

Knowledge of the principles of behaviour change and a thorough understanding of barriers to change is essential.

You should have the ability to build positive relationships with health and social care professionals, in signposting them to credible and evidence-based resources, which they can use to help the people they support.

You will be required to work in placeand to signpost and share activities that people, who need it the most, can get involved with.

Ability to translate physical activity and exercise information into a format that is appropriate and understandable for people, to support increased levels of physical activity and reduced sedentary behaviour
Experience of working with families and adults in a 121 and group environment
Experience of delivering and prescribing exercise to those with Long Term Health Conditions
Experience of working with people of different cultures, genders and ages in targeted communities
Knowledge of weight management and nutrition in relation to health improvement
A good understanding of the Health, Social Care and VCFS system.
Knowledge of behavioural, emotional development and social isolation issues

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 15/01/2023.

Interviews will take place week commencing 23/01/2023.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance.

You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, aswell as the option to join our car lease scheme.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

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