Community Health & Wellbeing Development Worker
2 x 30 hour posts / Grade 4 SCP 17-21 £19,332 - £21,970 (pro-rata)
(Fixed term until 31st December 2022)
(NB: the post could extend further into 2023 and beyond and is subject to continued external grant funding)
(Employee benefits include access to local government pension scheme, competitive annual leave entitlement, flexi time and agile working, employee health and fitness membership, and discounted food and beverage in Newport Live facilities for all our employees)
Newport Live is an award winning not for profit sport, leisure, arts, and cultural trust; a registered UK Charity with an excellent track record for delivering innovative engagement programmes and providing services to our communities that ‘inspire people to be happier and healthier’.
We are excited to be advertising new positions in our forward-thinking Community Sport & Wellbeing team, where we have recently refreshed several roles in line with our ambitious development plans. The work of the team and our programmes, projects and interventions is highly regarded locally, regionally, and nationally by a wide range of sporting and non-sporting partners. Click here to get a better insight into our Community Sport & Wellbeing team’s work!
We are looking for 2 x highly organised and enthusiastic individuals, who are passionate about working with families within a community health and wellbeing setting, and who can demonstrate an understanding of health and wellbeing agendas and/or health improvement; or be able to highlight experiences that are transferable from a community, education, or physical activity role(s), where they have gained knowledge and some experience.
The role is varied and exciting, providing a programme of support to children, young people, and their families who are living, or at risk of living, in poverty throughout Newport; helping them to improve their health and wellbeing. You will support families, encourage healthy lifestyles, and provide universal health promotion messages through specifically targeted health and wellbeing interventions. A key requirement of this role will be to support families, and to co-ordinate and deliver health and wellbeing workshops in schools and communities.
The post is fixed term until 31st December 2022 (Families First funding), with possible extension subject to further grant agreements, linked to Newport City Council’s ‘live’ commissioning process of which we are progressing through. The 2 x posts are 30 hours per week, flexible working Monday to Friday, with some evening and weekend work. You would be based at one of our facilities but with the agility to work flexibly across Newport leading and supporting a wide range of interesting projects and interventions.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a successful Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) check.
If you are interested and would like to find out more about the role and the organisation, then we’d love to hear from you, so please get in touch with Jaime Tudor (Community Health & Wellbeing Development Manager) jaime.tudor@newportlive.co.uk for an informal discussion, or contact our Customer Services Team on 01633 656757 and to speak with Jaime.
Application Process - You can download an application form and job description via the Newport Live website www.newportlive.co.uk alternatively they are available via e-mail request from jobs@newportlive.co.uk
Please return the completed application forms to jobs@newportlive.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Wednesday 17th August 2022 5pm
Interviews: w/c 22nd August 2022