Health Improvement Worker

Contract Type: Permanent

 

Salary: Grade E. SCP 11 £25,979 to SCP 16 £28,282 

 

Hours: 36 Hours per Week, will include evening and weekend working (on a rota basis)

 

Base Location: Acre House, 51A Manchester Road, Denton, M34 2AF

 

Closing Date: Monday 27th May 2024

 

Assessment Date: Interviews Thursday 6 June 2024 and/or Friday 7 June 2024

 

 

As a Health Improvement Worker, no two days are the same…some days you will be seeing people on a one-to-one basis, coaching them to make healthy changes, delivering health checks using point of care testing equipment (which can include finger prick blood testing) or stop smoking sessions. Other days you will be engaging with people on a stand at a busy event, facilitating workshops on a range of health-related topics or supporting the public health team in delivering health improvement projects.

 

Here are some of the skills, knowledge and abilities that we are looking for in our newest Health Improvement Workers:

 

• Experience in community working (either paid or voluntary), with the ability to travel to venues across the borough to fulfil service delivery (including transportation of equipment).

• The confidence to facilitate workshops (in person and virtually), and the ability to work on a one to one basis.

• You need to be reliable, approachable, have excellent presentation / communication skills and a flexible approach to working (occasional evening or weekend working may be required to meet the needs of the service). 

• You must enjoy being part of a team; yet possess the personal management skills to work alone.

• The ability to use computers to maintain records and enter data on our web-based client management systems.

• You will need to be highly organised, motivated and resilient.

 

We are committed to our ambition that the people of our Borough will stay as healthy as possible for as long as possible. To achieve that, we work in collaboration with people to assist them to improve their health, as well as forming partnerships with professionals and we work together for the community we serve. We respect and embrace the diverse Borough that we work in, and strive to reduce health inequalities by making healthy choices accessible to all. We also trust the individual contributions of each of our team members, and are receptive to innovation. We firmly believe that people have untapped resources within them, that can be unleashed by providing high quality, non-judgemental support.

 

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

 

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do.  We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.  Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do. 

 

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

 

To find out more about this role, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification.  If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Lisa Hesford, Health Improvement Officer on 0161 342 5735 or email lisa.hesford@tameside.gov.uk or Lobna Begum-Haris, Health improvement Officer on 0161 342 5737 or email lobna.begum-haris@tameside.gov.uk. 

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer.  Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

 

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

 

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