Healthy Lifestyle Advisor - 1001 Days, Pregnancy and Early Parenthood
ABLHealth will soon be launching a new Healthy Lifestyle service in Gloucestershire, commissioned by Gloucestershire County Council. This transformative service seeks to work collaboratively with communities to transform the lives of the local population. The service will support residents to help them lose weight, stop smoking, reduce alcohol consumption, get more active, and improve their wellbeing - all embedded in sustainable behaviour change. The service will also deliver the 1001 days programme supporting families and young children and the Healthy Workplace award scheme.
You will work with a particular focus on our 1001 day programme, supporting people during pregnancy and early parenthood with weight management, smoking cessation, reducing alcohol consumption (accredited training can be provided), as well as working with this community to co-produce the development of the programme to meet their needs. The ideal candidate will be passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and delivering client-centred motivational change. You will be passionate about improving maternal and infant health and wellbeing, have a background in nutrition, exercise, health improvement, adult and/or family weight management, smoking cessation or similar, and be an excellent team player with a willingness to learn and develop.
Main Duties of the Job
* Deliver ABL Health's Healthy Lifestyles service, through one-to-ones, in the community, and through digital methods such as Zoom/Teams or phone appointments.
* Deliver evidence-based education around nutrition, physical activity, and behavioural change as advised by ABL Health team and in line with ABL Health programme curriculums.
* Deliver programmes with a client-centred approach using skills of positive psychology and motivational interviewing.
* Deliver the 1001 days service.
* Monitor clients' progress through regular consultation and with the use of Microsoft Excel, identifying specific treatments for those not on track to achieve their goals.
* Work with clients and stakeholders to co-produce in-session materials.
* Contribute to the contract performance report by submitting regular case studies to the project lead.
* Contribute to and support ABL Health's social media pages.
* Contribute to training and support new staff and volunteers.
* Work with individuals and groups using SMART goal-setting.
* Keep detailed files, recording data accurately, ensuring all forms and other documentation are completed correctly.
* Have a thorough understanding of ABL Health policies and procedures.
* Engage and recruit potential clients at promotional and community events.
* Contribute to ongoing service development needs.
* Build community links and partnerships within LMNS working to encourage new referrals into the service and maintain close working relationships with other community services. Present service and referral pathway information at stakeholder meetings as directed by the Head of Service.
* Attend and actively participate in team and wider company meetings, such as MDT.
* Organise own workload in order of priority and deadline dates, daily administration tasks and other work-related activities.
* Demonstrate personal and professional development in line with the ethos of lifelong learning.
* Work within the framework of clinical governance to maintain and improve patient care, quality, and efficiency.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of working with parents and families in the early years from pregnancy to the child's second birthday.
* Experience facilitating group workshops for individuals and families.
* Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one behaviour change.
* Experience of delivering health promotion/public health interventions in community settings.
* Experience working with hard-to-reach groups and tackling health inequalities.
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
* Previous paid or voluntary experience working with people.
* Experience of building professional relationships.
* Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one specialist weight management, smoking cessation or similar interventions to children, young people, and adults.
* Experience of planning and delivering appropriate health interventions specific to individual requirements.
Skills and Knowledge
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly with people.
* Excellent administration, record keeping, and data collection skills.
* IT literate, preferably with experience using Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).
* Excellent time management and organisational skills.
* High attention to detail.
* Pro-active approach and ability to work on own initiative.
* Ability to manage stressful situations and cope in a fast-paced work environment.
* Ability to work well under pressure.
* Ability to work as part of a team and independently as required.
* Knowledge of safeguarding.
* Experience of delivering parenting programmes.
* Experience of contributing to the supervision of staff/volunteers/students.
* Experience of developing public health educational materials.
* An understanding of different social media platforms.
* An understanding of how social media can support positive behaviour change.
* Knowledge and understanding of Saving Babies' Lives V3, element 1.
Qualifications
* Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience.
* Degree in nutrition and/or eligible to be registered as an associate or full member of the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists or a degree in exercise, psychology, public health, health improvement, or other health-related field.
Job Specific Requirements
* The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint.
* Work flexibly and adapt to suit service needs including evening and weekend work as required.
* Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.
* Requires full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.
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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