Health Ambassador x 2
Location: Barnet
Salary: £27,010 per annum (Pro-rata for part time post-holder)
Job Type: Fixed term for 18 months, 15 hours per week
The Role
The aim of a Health Ambassador is to build connectivity and trust in targeted communities, to primarily increase awareness of cancer prevention, early signs and screening. The role will work towards reducing cancer inequalities in Barnet by raising awareness and understanding of early cancer signs and symptoms and increasing access / removing barriers to cancer screening uptake. Alongside cancer prevention, the Health Ambassador will engage communities in wider health conversations. Health Ambassadors will empower individuals to promote their own health, and the health of their families and their networks.
The work of Health Ambassadors will be shaped according to the needs of each of the target communities. Health Ambassadors will work closely with the organisation, Barnet Together and Barnet Council Public Health to maximise engagement opportunities. They will also liaise with Health Ambassadors and Health Champions in the London Borough of Haringey.
Main Objectives:
1. Engage Barnet communities, including target communities listed above, to raise awareness of cancer prevention, early signs and symptoms of cancer, and cancer screening. Incorporate awareness raising of oth...