Specialist Wellbeing and Public Health Officer (Mental Wellbeing)
Permanent, Full Time
£41,383 to £48,687 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style: Anywhere worker
Closing Date: 22nd September 2024
Join Our Growing Public Health Team at Essex County Council
Are you ready to create positive change and be part of something bigger? As we embark on the next phase of our 5-year Business Plan, the Wellbeing, Public Health, and Communities Team is seeking passionate individuals to join us. Here's what's on the horizon:
1. Community Empowerment: We're all about building community capacity. Be part of a team that fosters resilience, collaboration, and positive change across Essex.
2. Health Champions Wanted: Addressing health behaviors head-on. If you're passionate about improving wellbeing, this is your chance to impact the lives of our diverse population.
3. NHS Collaboration: We're breaking down silos by enhancing joint working with NHS colleagues. Together, we'll achieve the ambitious goals set out in our Business Plan.
The role
In this role, you will support the public health consultant with developing public health's strategic priorities for improving the mental wellbeing of people across Essex, developing and implementing a plan of evidenced-based interventions that will deliver those priorities.
This will involve building relationships and working in collaboration (for example with, but not limited to Regional Commissioning Leads, District/Borough/City Councils, Community Safety Partnerships, Mental Health Service commissioners and providers, children and families ECC directorate and adult social care ECC directorate, NHS) to deliver levels of integrated activity, and to identify any further opportunities and efficiencies across organisations and to improve impact for the benefit of people with multiple disadvantages.
You will bring…
* Educated to degree level and/or appropriate professional qualification relevant to the field or equivalent by experience, with specialist knowledge of substance misuse treatment, governance, procedures and practices across the substance misuse field.
* Proven track record of successfully delivering outcomes.
* Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately and to inspire and gain the confidence and participation of a wide range of stakeholders.
* Knowledge and experience of all aspects of the commissioning cycle, project life cycle and related activities gained within a commissioning environment.
* Experience of delivery of public services and managing change in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
* Experience of working in a political environment, working effectively with members and senior officers across the council and partner agencies.
Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.
Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.
We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.
As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained.
Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk.
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