CYP Health & Lifestyle Coordinator

Job Purpose: Working as the CYP Health & Lifestyle Coordinator within the Your Health Notts service as part of a wider Start Well CYP Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT), in collaboration with the NHS and wider partners, you will be working with children, young people in secondary school and community settings, to motivate and advise those who are currently overweight and need support to improve self-management of asthma through lifestyle changes the Bassetlaw INT is a new innovative development that will deliver targeted interventions to CYP focused on mental health, respiratory related conditions and weight management. As part of this team, you will align workstreams targeting childhood obesity and asthma self-management through supporting the development of bespoke interventions and utilization of existing CYP asthma self-management tools. You will also work with Bassetlaws Primary Care Networks to facilitate the identification of eligible CYP through case finding and pathway
development. You will also be responsible for the direct delivery of some projects and must be passionate about working with individuals to begin the life changing processes necessary for permanent and continued weight loss and weight maintenance. You will be joining a large team of behaviour change specialists in ABL Health including specialist lifestyle coaches, nutritionists, dietitians, GPs, psychotherapists and exercise specialists to deliver evidence based, holistic and realistic weight management to people in the community. Outside of ABL, you will be part of the CYP INTs, collectively delivering proactive early intervention activities aimed at reducing health inequalities focused obesity respiratory related conditions and mental health. You will understand challenges and barriers that Children, Young People and Families face with relation to their health (both physical and mental) and wellbeing. You will engage with and build a good rapport with Children, Young People and Families
from varying communities across Bassetlaw. You will be expected to engage with all secondary schools across Bassetlaw, working with staff within the schools and other system partners (e.g. Healthy Families Team, Bassetlaw Place Based Partnership) to devise and coordinate an in-reach programme that will raise awareness of lifestyle behaviors and encourage referrals into existing weight management services. The ideal candidate will be passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and delivering motivational change which is client centered. You will have a background in health improvement and/or nutrition, exercise, public health, community health or adult and/or family weight management and be an excellent team player and have a willingness to learn and develop. Experience of working within the community is desirable but not essential as training will be given to develop appropriate skills. The ideal candidate must be a confident practitioner who is able to work autonomously and can
make appropriate decisions and judgements in a school setting. At ABL Health we dont believe in diets but promote long term sustainable change which focuses on evidence-based principles of healthy living. Duties and Responsibilities To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care. To ensure the provision of effective, efficient, appropriate, high quality patient care. Engage with secondary schools, INTs, PCNs and other key stakeholders in Bassetlaw to develop a school-based programme to raise awareness of lifestyle behaviours and increase referrals to weight management services. Lead on the delivery of multi-disciplinary assessments working closely with ABLs GP and Psychotherapist to determine an appropriate, person-centred care plan. Deliver evidence-based education sessions to raise awareness around nutrition, physical activity and behavioural change as advised by ABL Health team and in line with ABL Health programme curriculums. Support children and young people
within the school on a 1:1 basis, facilitating a series of My Story conversations. Work alongside PCNs to ensure those CYP identified through targeted case finding are referred and signposted effectively to current and new provision locally. Contribute to the contract performance report by submitting regular case studies to the Head of Service. Keep detailed files, recording data accurately, ensuring all forms and other documentation is completed correctly. Undertake and complete all mandatory and additional skills training as required. Have a thorough understanding of ABL Health policies and procedures. To attend and actively participate in team and wider company meetings, such as MDT and external meetings such as the Bassetlaw HIF, INT meetings and other relevant forums. Be able to organise own workload in order of priority and deadline dates, daily administration tasks and other work-related activities. To demonstrate personal and professional development in
line with ethos of lifelong learning To work within the framework of clinical governance in order to maintain and improve patient care, quality and efficiency. To be able to travel flexibly across the project area.