Health Improvement Advisor

This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic and growing service which is looking for individuals with a passion and ability for supporting people addicted to tobacco., For more details please look at the role Health Improvement Advisor and apply direct through the Derbyshire County Council website. Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Level 2 qualification in
• Understanding Health
• Improvement or the
• willingness to undertake
• when in post within 6
• months
• Level 3 Smoking
• Cessation Training
• Level 4 Obesity and
• Diabetes
• Management
• AC83
• October 2017
• NCSCT Level 2 Smoking
• Cessation Training or
• willingness to undertake
• within 6 months when in
• post (Smoking Cessation
• only)
• OR
• Level 3 Award in Nutrition
• for Physical Activity (or
• equivalent)(for weight
• management group
• advisors only) or
• willingness to undertake
• within 6 months when in
• post
  
  You will require excellent communication and listening skills with a knowledge and understanding of behaviour change. You will require experience of working independently and the role also requires partnership working and promotion. A good level of IT literacy will also be required to navigate IT systems and ensure high quality data. Knowledge and experience of tobacco dependency would be advantageous for this role., YMCA FIT Diploma in
• Exercise Referral or
• equivalent such as
• Wright Foundation
• Exercise Referral or
• willingness to undertake
• within 6 months when in
• post (PA advisors only)
Desirable
• Level 3 Smoking
• Cessation Training
• Level 4 Obesity and
• Diabetes
• Management
• Childhood obesity
• and prevention
Experience Essential
• Experience of delivering
• support, enabling people to
• make a behaviour change.
• Experience of working with
• individuals, including
• vulnerable groups, from
• within local communities.
• Experience of devising and
• delivering a lifestyle
• intervention (smoking
• cessation, weight
• management or physical
• activity)
• Experience of delivering
• training
Desirable
• Experience of
• delivering behaviour
• change interventions
• in group settings e.g.
• weight management,
• smoking cessation or
• wellbeing support.
• Experience of
• facilitating group work
• Experience of
• working with families
• and children
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• Level 2 qualification in
• Understanding Health
• Improvement or the
• willingness to undertake
• when in post within 6
• months
• Level 3 Smoking
• Cessation Training
• Level 4 Obesity and
• Diabetes
• Management, Level 3 Award in Nutrition
• for Physical Activity (or
• equivalent)(for weight
• management group
• advisors only) or
• willingness to undertake
• within 6 months when in
• post
• OR
• YMCA FIT Diploma in
• Exercise Referral or
• equivalent such as
• Wright Foundation
• Exercise Referral or
• willingness to undertake
• within 6 months when in
• post (PA advisors only)
Desirable
• Level 3 Smoking
• Cessation Training
• Level 4 Obesity and
• Diabetes
• Management
• Childhood obesity
• and prevention
Experience Essential
• Experience of delivering
• support, enabling people to
• make a behaviour change.
• Experience of working with
• individuals, including
• vulnerable groups, from
• within local communities.
• Experience of devising and
• delivering a lifestyle
• intervention (smoking
• cessation, weight
• management or physical
• activity)
• Experience of delivering
• training
Desirable
• Experience of
• delivering behaviour
• change interventions
• in group settings e.g.
• weight management,
• smoking cessation or
• wellbeing support.
• Experience of
• facilitating group work
• Experience of
• working with families
• and children
  
  For more details please look at the role onhttps://jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk and apply direct through the Derbyshire County Council website.