Description East Suffolk Council, East Suffolk House, Melton, Woodbridge IP12 1RT / Riverside Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0EQ £27,711 - £30,060 per annum 37 hours per week (applications for part-time hours also considered) Post 1: Maternity cover, 14 Months Fixed Term Contract Post 2: Smoking Cessation, 12 Months Fixed Term Contract East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk. We currently have two opportunities to join East Suffolk Council's Communities and Leisure Team as a Feel Good Suffolk Advisor. We are looking for a Feel Good Suffolk Advisor as maternity cover on an 14-month fixed term basis to join our existing team of Advisors, delivering healthy lifestyle support to our clients based around Healthy Weight, Physical Activity, and Smoking Cessation. We are also looking for a dedicated Feel Good Suffolk Advisor (Smoking Cessation) as part of the government’s ‘Smokefree Generation’ campaign, who will be employed on a 12-month fixed-term basis to deliver Stop Smoking interventions to our clients on a 1:1 and group basis. Your role Feel Good Suffolk is an exciting partnership across Suffolk with the aim of empowering clients to take control of their health and wellbeing with health improvement changes such as weight loss, eating well, increasing physical activity levels, and stopping smoking. As a Feel-Good Suffolk Advisor, you’ll provide support to adults by telephone, video call or face to face in community venues on a one-to-one and group basis. You’ll also plan and facilitate the delivery of group sessions, drop-in’s and one-to-one support based on the key themes of exercise on referral, adult weight management and smoking cessation. We are looking for dynamic and motivational Feel-Good Suffolk Advisors to provide holistic health and wellbeing support to clients accessing the FGS service. You will be required to triage and undertake a ‘what matters to you’ client-centred assessment, build individualised support packages, refer clients to appropriate services and support, and deliver 1 to 1 and group health-based interventions. You will support and empower the client to use their skills and networks to overcome barriers and make positive changes to improve their health and wellbeing. Please note, the Feel Good Suffolk Advisor (Smoking Cessation) will solely focus on delivery of Smoking Cessation interventions and triage of clients into and out of this service. You’ll be joining a great team that works in partnership with each other to deliver the best outcomes for the people of Suffolk. What you will need As the successful candidate, you will have a strong understanding of wider health determinants and experience of supporting people to access local services. You will have experience of working with individuals from a variety of backgrounds with differing level of support system and needs and have broad knowledge on health and wellbeing issues. You will be organised and able to work under pressure to tight timescales over a period of time and be a strong communicator with proven active listening skills. Previous experience of delivering Stop Smoking interventions will be advantageous for the Smoking Cessation role, but not essential. If you think you have what it takes to be successful in either of these roles, even if you don’t meet all of the essential requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application. Why work for us? East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (youtube.com). Here are some of the main benefits: Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays) Local government pension scheme Flexible working arrangements Learning and development tailored to your role A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes. Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services. Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf). These roles will primarily be remotely based, utilising local community assets, but will also involve travel across the district to provide face-to-face services as well as providing client support over the phone and via our digital platform. A full drivers’ license and access to a car is essential for this role. For more information For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Sarah Maidment by either calling 07867188181 or email sarah.maidmenteastsuffolk.gov.uk, or alternatively Matt Stevens by either calling 07771343116 or email matt.stevenseastsuffolk.gov.uk Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 2 December 2024. Interview date: Week commencing Monday 9 December 2024 How to apply Step 1 - Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification (pdf) Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted). Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (suffolk.gov.uk)