Portsmouth (On-Site)
Permanent, Full time
No DBS check required
£25,000 - £29,999
FULLTIME
Band: 6, Salary: £26,073 - £29,777 p.a.
37 hours per week
Portsmouth City Council
At Portsmouth City Council we're all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city but we need the best employees to do so.
With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority's main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.
Your New Role
The Wellbeing Service supports individuals to modify behaviours, improve their health, increase life expectancy, and to reduce health inequalities for people in Portsmouth. The Wellbeing team provide services across Portsmouth in a range of venues including GP practices, hospital settings and community centres. In addition, the service provides telephone/virtual support. Some of the work undertaken will be targeting our most deprived communities, who suffer the greatest health inequalities.
As a Wellbeing Practitioner you will meet with clients in a variety of settings either in a 1-2-1 or group/clinic to identify their support needs through conducting an initial assessment. Working as part of a Team rota work patterns typically involve 2 evening shifts. You will provide ongoing support specifically around smoking cessation, weight management, harmful drinking and this may include providing extended brief advice and developing/delivering a programme of support. You will have advanced administrative or technical skills and be highly organised, to ensure correct recording and updating of all client interaction on the caseload management system. You may be required to supervise staff and mentor and develop new members of staff and be a point of contract from other individuals and services for advise and information on your expertise areas.
Portsmouth City Council commit to developing its staff therefore as part of this role you will be expected to commit to ongoing learning and development. The post holder should have or work towards equivalent NVQ qualifications in post related topic areas such as health improvement and wider determinants of health within two years.
What you'll need to succeed
You will have experience of working with people, in 1-2-1's or groups in a variety of settings, delivering/supporting behaviour change interventions. You will have the skills to lead community-based clinics as well as the ability to facilitate support with physical activity, emotional wellbeing and the broader issues that may be impacting an individual's current health or could prevent the patients' ability to manage their health in the future through personalised support planning. With good interpersonal, time management and communication skills you will be able to prioritise and organise your workload and be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the wider team. In addition you will be a car driver or have the ability to work across PO1 - PO6.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role
What you'll get in return
We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:
- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- Flexible working.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services – access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.
Staff rewards: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/
Application process:
Please read the full job profile (click here) for further details on the post to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role stated in the who is the person.
When completing the application form, please thoroughly tailor your application to the 'Who is the Person' points in the profile with the use of examples from your experience and attach this as a cover letter in the Supporting Documents section. This is important, or you are likely not to be shortlisted. Please read alongside the 'How to apply' information on the home page of the careers website.
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of 'adults at risk' and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Closing time/date: 10 November 2024 @ 23:29pm.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.