Job summaryDo you have experience in supporting behaviour change? Do you have strong communication skills, both verbally and written? Do you want the opportunity to enable others? If so, read on!Would you like to work within a dedicated, supportive, and dynamic team which is passionate about improving health and wellbeing? If yes, then this post could be for you. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Livewell Well Being Team as a health improvement practitioner.Main duties of the jobThis post is focused primarily on smoking cessation, working as part of a team delivering an exciting new and innovative national digital tobacco treatment platform.The post will also involve working with a diverse range of clients in various settings using different interventions and modalities to identify possible risks to health such as unhealthy weight, poor diet, and lack of physical activity, and promoting a healthy lifestyle using behaviour change techniques. This may involve the delivery of NHS health checks: training and events.Much of the work will focus on addressing health inequalities within the city and targeting hard to reach groups to meet the needs of populations in the most deprived areas.All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to able and willing to work across a 7 day service.Job Share(s) Considered"please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility"About usLivewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:Protected CPD time for registered staffVarious development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staffLeadership & mentoring programmesAccess & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse TrainingA Robust PreceptorshipA bespoke induction programmeExisting members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesCarry out specialist one-to-one interventions for behaviour change after appropriate training.Carry out specialist group interventions for behaviour change.Liaise with partners to help reach target populations and communities.Actively seek out Hard to Reach populations and help them to engage in health lifestyle initiatives.Actively seek out Livewell Southwest teams who would benefit from Wellbeing training and who can help deliver brief interventions and referral to the Wellbeing Team.Develop and deliver training programmes for other professionals /interested parties internally and externally. This will include Treating Tobacco Dependency workshops and training sessions.Generate income through training programmes and explore other areas for income generation.Contribute at network meetings and team events.Monitor and evaluate outcomes via processes, procedures, and systems.Give feedback on performance and local intelligence to senior management team.Ensure that all stakeholders receive up-to-date information on a wide range of health improvement topics.Develop, promote and co-ordinate health activities and other community engagement events to deliver health promotion and brief interventions.Contribute to the communications and marketing strategy by collecting case studies and photos.Develop fact sheets and resources.Contribute to research and development as directed.Act as a Health Champion, Making Every Contact Count.Be up to date with a range of health improvement topics through competency-based learning.See full job description and person specification attached.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialNVQ 3/ C&G or similar level qualification in a health or related field and or evidence of experience to diploma level or equivalent.DesirableTrained Smoking Cessation Advisor (NCSCT)Evidence of continuing professional/personal development in health improvements/ behaviour change/public healthExperienceEssentialMinimum of 1-year experience of community health promotion workExperience and ability to work on a one-to-one basis and with local groups on specific health initiativesDemonstrable experience of working with a wide range of people and groupsExperience of working with and sustaining partnerships with statutory, public, private and community voluntary sectorDesirableQuantitative and/or qualitative researchExperience of leading/developing and implementing Health Promotion initiativesExperience of delivering Smoking cessation interventionsKnowledgeEssentialKnowledge and understanding of the psychology of behaviour changeKnowledge of the benefits of health improvement interventionsUnderstanding of determinants of health and health inequalitiesUnderstanding and commitment to Community Development approachesKnowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodologyDesirableAwareness of sources of up-to-date relevant data/information i.e., national and local guidance relating to health promotion interventionsKnowledge of Treating Tobacco dependency/smoking cessationSkillsEssentialAble to deliver training sessions in group sessions using effective leadership and facilitation skillsAbility to sustain good working relationships with local people, colleagues, external organisations and partnerships.Ability to self-motivate and motivate people to effect behaviour changeAbility to prioritise plan and manage workloadProject planning and management, including monitoring analysis and evaluation of projectsMulti-media communication and presentation skillsDevelopment of health education resourcesIT literateDesirableData analysis and interpretationBudgetary managementDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).Employer detailsEmployer nameLivewell SouthwestAddress200 Mount Gould RoadMount GouldPlymouthDevonPL4 7PYEmployer's websitehttps://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)