Health & Wellbeing Development Worker (Families First)
Fixed Term Until September 2022
(with opportunity to extend with secured external funding)
£17,537- £18,769 (pro rata)
plus benefits
2 x 30 hour posts
Newport Live is an award winning not for profit sport, leisure and cultural trust; and registered UK Charity with an excellent track record of delivering innovative programmes and services to our communities and residents that ‘inspire people to be happier and healthier’.
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and passionate ‘Development’ professional to join our highly regarded Community Sport and Wellbeing Department, which includes the Community Sports Development, Community Health & Wellbeing, Disability & Inclusion, and Positive Futures teams, offering traditional sports development and sport for social change programmes, projects, and interventions.
You will be a key member of the team, working in schools and communities across Newport with a wide range of partners, as well as with children, young people, and families who you will engage and inspire. The post is that of Wellbeing Coach, is part-time for 30 hours per week, and is fixed term until 31 March 2022 with opportunity for it to be extended further with confirmation of our annual external funding agreements.
You will be involved in working with referred families, delivering health and wellbeing workshops, promoting the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle, leading inclusive activities, and coordinating exciting programmes of health and wellbeing. As part of a fantastic team, you will have the opportunity to help people and to oversee projects and interventions, in a variety of different working environments including schools, communities, and our leisure facilities.
You will have the ability to engage children, young people, and families, and be passionate about health and wellbeing and the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle. Some experience of health and wellbeing engagement, delivery, or sports coaching will be helpful. You will be professional, passionate, agile, and you will have a positive can-do attitude. You will be provided with advice, support, training, development opportunities, and on the job experience in a highly regarded team recognised locally, regionally, and nationally.
The successful candidate will work flexibly at Newport Live’s leisure facilities, at home, and in our schools and communities across the City of Newport where required. The post is 30 hours a week, includes daytime, evening, and weekend work, and is fixed term until 30 September 2022.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a successful Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) check.
For an informal discussion about the post please email Jaime Tudor, Senior Health & Wellbeing Development Officer Jaime.tudor@newportlive.co.uk to discuss further.
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
Application Closing Date: Friday 28th January 2022
Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 7th February 2021