Cornwall Council Hiring for Health Improvement Practitioner (Early Years) Job at Camborne, England , UK Full Time

Healthy Cornwall based within the Wellbeing and Public Health service provides health improvement interventions across Cornwall and Isles of Scilly that encourages all residents to make healthy lifestyle choices that will support physical and mental wellbeing. The service strives to reduce health inequalities by taking a targeted approach and working with individuals and communities with the most need, situated in areas of high deprivation or those who are socially excluded.

We are looking to recruit a Health Improvement Practitioner to work as part of our Healthy Pregnancy and Early Years team in West Cornwall. The role will require you to work in the community and virtually providing health interventions with peri and post-natal people, young families and professionals from both maternity, early years and community partners.

We are looking for dynamic individuals committed to improving the wellbeing of the residents of Cornwall, who can demonstrate:

• An ability to motivate and inspire behaviour change in individuals who may initially be resistant to change in order to facilitate health improvement.
• Relevant skills and knowledge to provide smoking cessation advice and support for patients either remotely or face-to-face as part of our healthy pregnancy interventions within localities and the scanning department at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske (RCHT).
• An ability to successfully deliver a range of health improvement interventions to peri and post-natal people, families and professionals.
• An ability to take a community development approach and build strong working relationships with people and organisations within targeted communities.
• A strong work ethic and the ability to work both individually and as part of a team towards shared objectives.
• Able to work flexibly across the week including a commitment to working regular evenings and occasional weekends.

For an informal discussion please contact Craig Manclark (07483 307216)

Cornwall Council has recently completed a review of how we pay and reward our staff and these changes take effect from 1 October 2022 (unless otherwise stated). For more information please visit Pay and Grading Review (Green Book Roles) – Cornwall Council

Please view the role profile here, your application will need to demonstrate how you meet the required criteria. Please ensure you answer all of the pre-screening questions in full, within the application form. Please be advised that for this role we are accepting uploaded supporting statements to support your online application. Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified, the current Government guidance around social distancing and our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities, e.g. race, disability, sex, gender, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.

Whilst the location/work-base for this role has been specified our evolving ways of working means that the role may require you to also work remotely (e.g. from home/other locations). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.

This position will be subject to a criminal record disclosure check.

More information about working for Cornwall Council is available here

We are open to discussion about flexible working.