Job Summary
An exciting opportunity is available for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Health Trainer with a special interest in Mental Health to support the Lifestyle Service across Staffordshire. Health Trainers form an integral element of our whole systems approach to health improvement by providing support and practical information to individuals to assist them in making healthier lifestyle choices.
The Key Functions Of The Role Are
To work closely with the NHS Trusts in Staffordshire by providing individual personal support to people who have a serious mental illness (SMI), focusing on improving key lifestyle behaviours and signposting to other relevant services.
This post will
1. Improve the access of those with an SMI to lifestyle support and advice.
2. Increase Health Trainer awareness and understanding of mental health.
3. Increase capacity locally in terms of Mental Health First Aid delivery.
Main duties of the job
* Have at least 1 year’s experience of working with patients who have Serious Mental Illness.
* Have experience and knowledge of benefits of a healthy lifestyle and managing key risk factors such as healthy eating and increasing physical activity levels, smoking cessation, and reducing alcohol consumption.
* Experienced in delivering advice on community-based healthy eating and physical activity opportunities.
* Experienced in empowering individuals and groups to sustain behavioural change through an empathetic approach, utilising Behaviour Change Motivational Interviewing techniques and SMART goal setting.
* Desirable: Recognised Health Trainer qualifications e.g., City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate for Health Trainers, or equivalent, or Royal Institute of Public Health Level 2 Understanding Health Improvement or equivalent.
About us
Everyone Health Ltd supports people to live healthier lives. We offer advice and guidance, and our evidence-based prevention and treatment solutions enable individuals to take action to make a positive change. Our behaviour change dynamic services are co-designed by our service users as we continually strive to make a difference.
Mostly we are a company full of passionate individuals who love to help people achieve their health goals.
Date posted: 13 February 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £25,000 a year per annum pro rata for part time
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: U0129-25-0008
Job locations:
Everyone Health Ltd
3 Watling Drive
Hinckley
Leicestershire
LE10 3EY
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Staffordshire Mental Health Specialist Health Trainer
MAIN PURPOSE
To work closely with the NHS Trusts by providing individual personal support to people who have a serious mental illness (SMI), focusing on improving key lifestyle behaviours and signposting to other relevant services.
This post will:
Improve the access of those with an SMI to lifestyle support and advice.
Summary Of Responsibilities And Duties
Responsible and accountable for:
* Provide support for those with an SMI to improve their lifestyle and in turn, their physical health, enabling effective goal setting to elicit behaviour change ensuring a positive, motivational and engaging experience.
* To work closely with the community mental team to support patients with SMI that have been referred.
* Increase access to the Health Trainer service for those with SMI, leading to better monitoring of conditions, to improve lifestyle outcomes.
* Be an ambassador within the locality team in raising awareness of mental health.
* Support patients as they travel across the specialist pathway of care, utilising behaviour change techniques and SMART goal settings on a 1:1 and group basis to ensure sustainable changes are achieved.
* To keep abreast of the holistic range of services available in the community by developing links with service providers and keeping up to date with service changes and developments, in order to appropriately signpost individuals to the service as and when they need them.
* Utilise a range of communication methods including digital technologies, face to face, telephone, email, and texting to ensure patient-led support is proportionate to individual and varying needs.
* Be aware of local barriers and individual resistance to changing health behaviours, adopting a solution-focused approach to positively facilitating and supporting individuals to overcome such barriers.
* Support the service to achieve contractual performance indicators, including individual, team and contract targets.
* Be compliant with all relevant policies, procedures and guidelines, including the appropriate codes of conduct associated with this post maintain awareness of safeguarding issues, report and act on concerns in accordance with Everyone Health and Local Authority policies and procedures.
* Take responsibility for own CPD and participate in Everyone Health’s induction, training and continual professional development as required; recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct.
* Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes high quality.
* Deliver outstanding patient care, demonstrating empathy, understanding, attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering a quality service.
* Ensure that commitment to equality and diversity is reflected at all stages of project planning, delivery and evaluation, in line with agreed service standards.
* Be an ambassador for Everyone Health, promoting Staffordshire Lifestyle service and the Specialist Mental Health Trainer service to members of the public and other stakeholders/partners, where appropriate.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Skills Abilities
* Enthusiastic approach to reducing stigma associated with mental ill health.
* Be able to plan own time and activities around the varying needs of individuals in the community.
* Respond effectively to referrals in line with agreed service protocols.
* Strong communication skills written, verbal and non-verbal, and listening skills.
* Keep accurate records of activity to provide data and monitoring information.
* Ability to document information in clear accurate English.
* Good numeracy and literacy skills.
* Emotionally sensitive and empathetic to members of the public who wish to improve their health.
* Ability to research and update accurate information.
* Experience of being active in a team, group and MDT.
* Strong relationship building skills with a range of people, from different backgrounds and situations.
* Computer literate - ability to use PowerPoint and to maintain and monitor information systems in line with the national minimum dataset and adapt to reflect local needs.
* Flexible and adaptable approach to working.
* Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to prioritise, often managing competing priorities and deadlines.
* Flexible attitude to working environment and specific community needs, ability to think innovatively to engage specific community groups effectively.
* Strong team player, whilst also confidentially working independently when reaching out to communities.
Experience
Essential
* Positive attitude towards people with mental health issues.
* Providing 1 to 1 and group support to communities, evidencing a sustained positive change in knowledge and behaviour, resulting in positive healthy lifestyle behaviours.
* Providing ongoing individual support, working cohesively with a team of specialists or MDT.
* Building strong links and relationships with a range of groups, organisations and agencies.
* Raising public awareness and provision of consistent healthy lifestyle messaging, on issues relevant to the health of the community.
* At least 1 year’s experience of working with targeted communities, in particular those with an SMI.
* Managing own workload, to ensure tasks are completed on time and to a high standard.
* Using software systems to document, collate and evidence work.
* Experience of effectively networking.
Desirable
* Knowledge and a good understanding of the social determinants of health.
* Knowledge of lifestyle risk factors with good understanding of the increased risk to health when individuals present with multiple risk factors that contribute towards unhealthy lifestyles.
* Understanding of the inequalities that those with SMI may experience.
* Knowledge of behaviour change and theoretical principles that support people when embarking on a behaviour change, including the use of Motivational Interviewing.
* Knowledge of health inequalities and the barriers to health improvement.
* Knowledge of the benefits of undertaking regular physical activity, reducing sedentary behaviour and improved healthy eating with a view to preventing falls.
* Knowledge of social marketing approaches and use of market segmentation tools, with a focus on identifying triggers for behaviour change.
* A comprehensive knowledge of good communications and engagement practice and how to translate practice into innovative and effective solutions.
* Knowledge of the range of mental health services in England.
* Knowledge and understanding of the Patient Confidentiality Act and the Data Protection Act.
Qualifications
Essential
* GCSE Maths and English to at least Grade C, or equivalent.
Desirable
* Recognised Health Trainer qualifications e.g., City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate for Health Trainers, or equivalent, or Royal Institute of Public Health Level 2 Understanding Health Improvement or equivalent. If these are not held, the post holder will be supported in achieving Everyone Health’s accredited behaviour change training during their first year in post.
* Mental Health First Aid Instructor qualification.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name: Everyone Health Ltd
Employer's website: https://everyonehealth.co.uk/
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