JOB PURPOSEThe Postholder will report to the Senior Health Improvement Practitioner as part of the healthimprovement, Healthy Knowsley Service. They will provide leadership in Healthy Knowsley Serviceproviding assurance, performance monitoring and staff management. They will facilitate healthierlifestyle using behaviour change techniques with individuals/families and groups in the community toempower them to identify, make and sustain positive lifestyle changes to improve health and wellbeing.PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES1. Understand how the social determinants of health and health inequalities can impact health andwellbeing.2. Understand models of prevention in relation to mental health and wellbeing.3. Understand and apply evidence-based methods of support and appreciate the value of evidence based methods in ensuring positive impact.4. Support people to develop knowledge, skills and confidence in managing their own health andwellbeing, contributing to informed health and lifestyle decision making.5. Ensure health coaching is accessible, person-centred, culturally competent and adapted to effectivelymeet the needs of individuals and provide effective service outcomes.6. Empower individuals to become motivated for health and wellbeing self-management and theimprovement of their own health and wellbeing outcomes.7. Collaboratively set meaningful and person-centred health and wellbeing goals and provide educationand support through recognised behaviour change and self-management approaches to worktowards these.8. Allocate workload to Wellbeing Coaches/sport and lifestyle coaches using support system. Completecaseload review and monitoring flow of work for Wellbeing Coaches/sports and lifestyle coaches.9. Carry out all line management duties for Wellbeing Coaches/Sports and Lifestyle Coaches includingsupervision, sickness reporting, annual leave, expenses up to £500, effective application of HR policy,supportive and reasonable adjustments and personal and professional development.10. Utilise service technology/databases, i.e. Rio recording system to record and report on activity data.11. Manage and prioritise own caseload and deliver behaviour change interventions within HealthyKnowsley Service pathways. Provide 1:1 and group health coaching support for people with one ormore long-term conditions or complex wellbeing presentations relating to social, economic andphysical health factors.12. Complete all administration processes relating to the health coaching offer in an accurate and timelymanner, including record keeping, outcome measures, use of the RiO system, spreadsheets andreferral processes.13. Maintain accurate, clear, concise and contemporaneous records as per Trust policy and communicateinformation to members of the team as necessary.14. Take appropriate immediate action following incidents and subsequent reporting and completion ofTrust documentation. This will include areas such as complaints, safeguarding, adverse incidents etc.15. Deliver Making Every Contact Count (MECC) training as instructed by Senior Health ImprovementPractitioner to staff, volunteers and community members.21/08/202416. Provide advice and guidance to teams relating to referrals and other service processes whererequired.17. Contribute to service reports for your workstream, interpreting service data and outlining plans tomaintain or improve performance in line with KPIs and Service objectives.18. Monitor KPIs and Identify any performance concerns and escalate to Senior Health ImprovementPractitioner.19. Monitor data through regular data quality reviews. Highlight improvements required to WellbeingCoaches/sports and lifestyle coaches colleagues and supervisors for action, ensuring information isshared with Senior Health Improvement Practitioner.20. Quality assure delivery of interventions using methods such as observations, feedback, case notereview etc. Provide feedback to colleagues and their supervisors to support continuous servicedevelopment.21. Facilitate weekly safety huddles for Wellbeing Coaches/ sports and lifestyle coaches, mitigating risksand ensuring safe practice and delivery.22. Identify gaps in service provision with the Senior Health Improvement Practitioner and developsolutions to address these working collaboratively.23. Actively research and disseminate up to date changes to policy and guidance impacting on servicedelivery.24. Support the development of a comprehensive standard operating procedure, service/activity riskassessment and process development.25. Complete Stakeholder engagement to increase access to service through a partnership approach.26. Contribute to the formulation and development of engagement plans with senior healthimprovement practitioner. Mobilise plans updating relevant documents to ensure communicationthrough leadership team thereby ensuring equitable access to target groups.27. Proactively identify and engage in personal development and training opportunities to ensure safeand effective service provision.28. Follow all safeguarding and governance procedures local to The Life Rooms and Mersey Care NHSFoundation Trust, taking personal responsibility to ensure this is adhered to in day-to-day practice.29. Adhere to confidentiality at all times when working with individuals.