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Healthy Lifestyle Advisor - Pregnancy & Early Parenthood - ABL 614

Gloucestershire

Closing Date: 30th August 2024

Please quote job reference: ABL 614

Do you have a degree in Nutrition, or Public Health or Psychology and related fields. This role could be your entry into an area where you can make a true difference to maternal and early childhood health.

ABL Health will soon be launching a new Healthy Lifestyle service in Gloucestershire, commissioned by Gloucestershire County Council . This transformative service seeks to work collaboratively with communities to transform the lives of the local population. The service will support residents to help them lose weight, stop smoking, reduce alcohol consumption, get more active and improve their wellbeing – all embedded in sustainable behaviour change.  The service will also deliver the 1001 days programme supporting families and young children and the Healthy Workplace award scheme. You will work with a particular focus on our 1001 day programme, supporting people during pregnancy and early parenthood with weight management, smoking cessation, reducing alcohol consumption (accredited training can be provided) as well as working with this community to co-produce the development of the programme to meet their needs. The ideal candidate will be passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and delivering client-centred motivational change. You will be passionate about improving maternal and infant health and wellbeing, have a background in nutrition, exercise, health improvement, adult and/or family weight management.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience
• Experience of working with parents and families in the early years from pregnancy to the child’s second birthday
• Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one behaviour change
• Experience working with hard to reach groups and tackling health inequalities
• Previous paid or voluntary experience working with people
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly with people
• IT literate, preferably with experience using Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Pro-active approach and ability to work on own initiative
• To cope with unpredictable work patterns and work well under pressure
• The ability to travel independently across Gloucestershire
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

Please click on Apply Now to apply for this role.

Closing date for applications: 30th September 2024

Salary: £23000- £25,000

Hours Per Week: 37.5 hours per week, including evening & weekend work

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