About the Role

Join our Public Health team to support the effective management and delivery of supporting health inequalities in rural areas of Leicestershire. 

Working with key partners, you will be supporting the preventative work of Public Health by delivering person centred, asset-based support to communities. 

You’ll play a key role by encouraging open conversations to make lifestyle changes providing information advice and signposting on relevant topics and responding to prevalent themes and needs. You’ll promote independence and resilience, by developing and identifying and utilising localised, community-based supports where possible to meet the needs of residents.

To liaise and work in partnership with other preventative services across the statutory and voluntary sector to ensure a Co-ordinated approach to support for individuals and targeted work streams.

Responsible for leading Healthy Workplace MOTs in commercial settings across Leicestershire and Rutland. Providing health checks to Business employees- supporting the development of healthier workforces and support workplaces to develop a workplace health strategy for their employees.

You’ll lead on health and safety processes relating to the delivery of health MOTs, including adhering to policies and dynamically risk assessing based on location.

About you:

• Level 3 qualification Or Demonstrable experience identified within the section below.
• Ability to work collaboratively with partners to influence the achievement of successful outcomes for the people of Leicestershire. To utilise techniques such a behavioural change and motivational interviewing to create opportunities and methods for change.
• Good knowledge of asset-based community development and its key approaches
• Knowledge of Health MOTs.To be able to complete Health MOTs for employees, residents in commercial and community settings. Including taking Cholesterol and Cardio samples for testing. 
• Knowledge of Health & Safety requirements for completing Health MOTS – including, COSH, Infection, Prevention and Control, PPE, transportation, moving & handling, risk assessments
• Ability to communicate clearly and accurately, both orally and in writing, and the ability to use Information Technology applications e.g., Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and database applications as relevant to the department. with a wide range of people. 

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

Possession of a valid driving licence and access to a vehicle. However, a reasonable adjustment will be considered for an applicant with a disability.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Carol Mason - Health Inequalities team leader 

Telephone: 0116 3053217 

Email: Carol.Mason@leics.gov.uk 

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home. 

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Stonewall Top 100, Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, and Forces Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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