An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Falls Prevention Team within the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing services.
You will contribute to reducing falls and fall-related injuries across Plymouth, supporting older adults to live their best lives; utilising behaviour change skills to support engagement and longer-term adherence to physical activity, specific falls prevention programmes and other health improvement programmes supported by the team.
You will have experience of delivering exercise and a willingness to learn and gain new falls prevention exercise delivery skills which will include the completion of the Postural Stability Instructor course. This will enable us to expand our FaME (Falls and Management Exercise) programme delivery across Plymouth to progressively improve participants' strength, balance and physical function.
The post holder will also be responsible for conducting multifactorial assessments for appropriate individuals, referring to and working in close collaboration with physiotherapists and therapy support workers within the team, the wider multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations.
This role is a 2 year fixed term contract.
Main duties of the job
The Falls Prevention Team are responsible for the delivery of multifactorial falls risk assessments for older adults, who are at risk or who have fallen, the delivery of group-based strength and balance classes - Falls Management Exercise (FaME) and one-to-one interventions. They play a preventative role by spreading the message of the importance of strength and balance exercises and other evidence-based falls prevention activities.
Job responsibilities
Job responsibilities
1. After competency-based training, conduct multifactorial falls risk assessments with appropriate individuals who have been identified at risk of falling, or who have fallen.
2. Provide basic falls prevention interventions and onward referrals.
3. To deliver the FaME (Falls Management Exercise) programme upon completion of the Postural Stability Instructor course.
4. To take responsibility for all aspects of FaME group delivery and management, as directed by the protocols/Standard Operating Procedures.
5. To work under the indirect supervision of a Registered Practitioner.
6. Carry out one-to-one interventions for behaviour change after appropriate training.
7. Liaise with partners to help reach target populations and communities.
8. Actively seek out Hard to Reach populations and help them to engage in healthy lifestyle initiatives.
9. Actively seek out Livewell Southwest teams who would benefit from Wellbeing training and who can help deliver brief interventions and referral to the Wellbeing Team.
10. Contribute to the delivery of falls prevention training programmes for other professionals / interested parties internally and externally.
11. Contribute at network meetings and team events.
12. Monitor and evaluate outcomes via processes, procedures, and systems.
13. Give feedback on performance and local intelligence to senior management team.
14. Ensure that all stakeholders receive up-to-date information on a wide range of health improvement topics.
15. Support health fairs, and other community engagement events to deliver health promotion and brief interventions.
16. Contribute to the communications and marketing strategy by collecting case studies and photos.
17. Develop fact sheets and resources.
18. Contribute to research and development as directed.
19. Act as a Health Champion, Making Every Contact Count.
20. Be up to date with a range of health improvement topics through competency-based learning.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Knowledge and understanding of the psychology of behaviour change.
* Knowledge of the benefits of health improvement interventions.
* Understanding of determinants of health and health inequalities.
* Understanding and commitment to Community Development approaches.
* Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology.
* Knowledge of the benefits of undertaking strength and balance training to prevent falls.
* Knowledge of relevant physical activity guidelines and NICE guidance relating to older adults.
* Awareness of sources of up-to-date relevant data/information i.e., national and local guidance relating to health promotion interventions.
Additional requirements
* Full current driving licence and access to a car or other appropriate form of transport.
* Flexible hours.
* Team player.
Experience
* Experience of community health promotion work.
* Experience and ability to work on a one-to-one basis and with local groups on specific health initiatives.
* Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of people and groups.
* Experience of working with and sustaining partnerships with statutory, public, private and community voluntary sector.
* Quantitative and/or qualitative research.
* Experience of leading/developing and implementing Health Promotion Initiatives.
* Demonstrable experience of delivering physical activity/exercise programmes to a range of people, ideally older adults.
* Experience in falls prevention/working with frailer older adults.
Qualifications
* NVQ level 3 in health or relevant subject and evidence of experience to diploma level or equivalent.
* Endorsed exercise qualification, or equivalent experience and knowledge.
* Postural Stability Instructor (PSI) certificate (Later Life Training).
* Member of CIMPSA (if exercise professional).
* Evidence of continuing professional/personal development in health improvements/ behaviour change/public health.
Specific Skills
* Able to deliver training sessions in group sessions using effective leadership and facilitation skills.
* Ability to sustain good working relationships with local people, colleagues, external organisations and partnerships.
* Ability to self-motivate and motivate people to effect behaviour change.
* Ability to prioritise plan and manage workload.
* Monitoring analysis and evaluation of projects.
* Multi-media communication and presentation skills.
* Development of health education resources.
* IT literate.
* Data analysis and interpretation.
* Budgetary management.
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.
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