Job description

Job responsibilities

The service holds the Single Point of Access (SPA) for all children and young people (CYP) mental health referrals within Swindon, ensuring all referrals are screened, triaged, and directed to the most appropriate support in a timely and safe manner.

Be U Swindon delivers a blended, stepped-care model, including low-intensity psychoeducational interventions, counselling provision, and Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) operating within education settings. The service works collaboratively with schools, primary care, and wider partners to provide an integrated system of care.

Service Model

The Be U Swindon model ensures children and young people can access the right level of support based on need, through:

• Single Point of Access (SPA): Centralised referral management, including screening, triage, risk identification, and onward allocation
• Pre-Assessment and Triage: Initial contact to establish suitability, goals, and identify safeguarding or risk
• Low-Intensity Interventions: Psychoeducational support aligned to the 5 Ways to Wellbeing
• Haven Delivery: Time-limited, goal-focused guided self-help interventions and urgent care support
• Counselling Provision: Targeted therapeutic support delivered by qualified practitioners
• Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs): Early intervention support within schools, including direct work, consultation, and whole-school approaches
• Outcome Monitoring: Routine tracking of progress to ensure effective, measurable delivery
• Safeguarding: Robust identification, management, and escalation of risk in line with local procedures
• Partnership Working: Integrated working with education, health, and community services

Role Responsibility Clinical Oversight

The postholder will provide clinical oversight and leadership across the service, ensuring safe, effective, and high-quality delivery across all elements of the Be U Swindon model.

This includes:

• Providing clinical oversight of the Single Point of Access (SPA), ensuring robust triage, risk management, and appropriate allocation of referrals
• Overseeing the clinical quality and governance of all interventions, ensuring interventions are safe, evidence-informed, and outcome-focused
• Providing leadership, guidance, and clinical oversight to our Haven Service delivering low-intensity interventions and urgent care support
• Ensuring consistent clinical decision-making, particularly in relation to risk, safeguarding, and escalation pathways
• Supporting staff with case consultation, supervision, and reflective practice to maintain high standards of care
• Promoting coherence and consistency across the service model, ensuring alignment between SPA, Haven, and all intervention pathways
• Ensuring all aspects of the service operate within clinical governance frameworks, including safeguarding, data quality, and outcome monitoring

Overall Aim

To ensure the delivery of a safe, effective, and integrated CYP mental health service, where all referrals are appropriately triaged and managed, and children and young people receive the right support at the right time, supported by strong clinical oversight and leadership.

Key Responsibilities Grounded in Safety, Driven by Excellence:

As the Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychologist within the Be U Swindon leadership team, you will play a vital role in safeguarding client wellbeing, driving service quality, and embedding clinical best practices throughout our operations. This is a varied and rewarding role with a strong focus on clinical leadership, collaboration, and service development. Your core responsibilities will include:

Provide clinical leadership and oversight across the Be U Swindon service, ensuring safe, effective, and consistent delivery of care across the all elements of the service.

Oversee the clinical governance of the SPA, ensuring robust screening, triage, and risk assessment processes are in place, with appropriate and timely allocation of CYP referrals to the correct level of intervention

Case Load: To manage own caseload delivering a high quality targeted emotional support to a small specialised caseload. Ensure assessment is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of the clients

Clinical Reporting: Provide supervision and quality assurance for any clinical contacts, ensuring robust reporting systems and high-quality care records.

Assessment, formulation & Intervention Planning: Supervise the development of tailored assessment, formulation and intervention plans, including both client-specific and service-wide outcome measures. When necessary, carry out complex assessments or interventions directly.

Clinical Supervision: Deliver robust clinical supervision, encompassing both written work and direct practice, to the clinical team across the service.

Training & Development: Identify training needs and deliver bespoke clinical training to the team and wider system partners. Work alongside operational leadership to maintain and evolve the services training matrix.

MDT Leadership: Contribute actively to divisional MDTs, ensuring collaborative, multi-agency working.

Clinician Development: Promote CPD and skills growth among your supervisees, recommending internal or external training opportunities as appropriate.

Integrated Working: Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate assessments and interventions. Prioritise clear, ethical communication while navigating consent, capacity, and safeguarding frameworks.

Consent & Capacity: Champion high standards around consent and capacity practices, supporting both policy development and case-level application.

Outcome Measurement: Oversee the consistent collection, analysis, and reporting of routine outcome measures, ensuring our interventions are both impactful and measurable.

Collaborative Culture: Work with operational managers to integrate therapeutic thinking into daily practice, blending clinical insight with service delivery expertise. Undertake delegated responsibilities as agreed with the Head of service.

Risk Management: Contribute to the creation and ongoing refinement of clinical risk assessments, ensuring a proactive approach to client safety.

Innovation & Service Improvement: Stay abreast of emerging models and innovations in complex case management, championing their integration into both services.

Effective Communication: Maintain clear, respectful, and timely communication with clients, colleagues, and partner agencies. Proactively manage follow-up actions.

Service Evaluation: Lead or support service improvement initiatives, with a focus on systems and approaches that drive better outcomes.

Legislative Knowledge: Maintain a strong understanding of relevant legislation and its implications for practice and client rights.

Governance Engagement: Contribute to Performance Review Boards and other divisional forums where clinical insight shapes safer service delivery.

Model Development: Support the evolution of clinical models and processes, helping embed consistent, effective practice across ABL.

System working: Develop and maintain working relationships with system partners ensuring a presence at relevant forums.

Throughout all activities, you will work within ABLs robust governance systemsapplying key principles around safeguarding, data protection, incident reporting (Radar), and risk management to protect clients and staff alike.

A Supportive, Forward-Thinking Environment

This is a challenging yet highly rewarding roleideal for someone who wants to shape and elevate a young, evolving service with huge potential. Youll be supported by a highly experienced multi-disciplinary team spanning mental health, social care, governance, data, and leadership. Youll also receive regular supervision from ABLs Professional Lead for Mental Health (Consultant Psychologist), alongside peer support from our expanding network of psychologists across the organisation.

Who Were Looking For:

• HCPC-registered Clinical, Counselling or Forensic Psychologist
• Demonstrable experience in supervision
• Experience working with children, young people
• Understanding of trauma-informed approaches
• Skilled in multi-agency work with system partners
• Ability to contribute to organisational development and service improvement

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of and expertise of implementing Positive Behaviour Support strategies
• Experience (either pre-training, on training, or subsequently) of working with clients with complex needs that are relevant to the population in the service area.

Desirable

• Have an up-to-date knowledge of legislation and its implications for the professions and the client groups we work with.
• Knowledge of ongoing debates and discussions around guidelines; for ex. Regarding various diagnoses

Experience

Essential

• Able to assess, formulate and deliver appropriate interventions to afford behavioural change
• Working with and supporting people whose behaviour is described as concerning or challenging
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of working with children and young people with a Learning Disability, Autism, and/or those that may be socially excluded

Desirable

• Experience of working cross-organisation to achieve outcomes

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate (or equivalent) in Clinical/Forensic/Counselling Psychology
• Registered with the HCPC
• 2 years post qualification experience

Desirable

• BPS Chartered
• Qualification and experience in supervising others
• Family Therapist
• Mental Health Qualification
• Qualifications and experience related to trauma-informed parenting Qualification and experience in communication strategies for individuals with additional communication needs (for ex. Talking mats)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Nexus Business Centre

Darby Close

Cheney Manor Industrial Estate

Swindon

SN2 2PN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

At Wirral Stop Smoking we work collaboratively with local partners to deliver accessible, evidence-based interventions and outreach support. Together, the aim is to empower individuals to take control of their health, improve wellbeing, and reduce inequalities within local communities.

Role Purpose:

Service Leadership, Performance and Culture

Overall leadership and accountability for Wirral Stop Smoking, ensuring delivery against contractual KPIs, outcomes and quality standards.

Leading and managing multidisciplinary teams and any subcontractors, embedding a high-performance, compassionate and accountable culture.

Ensuring the service remains people-powered, with service user voice, co-production and inclusion embedded throughout delivery and development.

Communications, Engagement, Promotion and Lead Generation

Holding strategic ownership of communications and engagement, ensuring the service is clearly positioned, well-promoted and trusted across Wirral.

Ensuring effective service promotion and lead generation, driving awareness, uptake and appropriate referrals through community, system and digital channels.

Overseeing the development and delivery of communications and marketing strategies in partnership with ABLs communications and engagement teams.

Ensuring strong stakeholder and community engagement to support sustained referral pathways into and out of the service.

Service Development and Solution-Focused Improvement

Leading service development and innovation, identifying challenges, gaps and opportunities and designing practical, evidence-based solutions.

Translating commissioner priorities, population insight and performance data into clear service improvement and development plans.

Driving continuous improvement using ABLs improvement framework, enabling staff and partners to contribute to innovation and problem-solving.

Strategic Planning, Capacity and Resources

Ensuring effective workforce, capacity and resource planning to meet current and future demand.

Ensuring services are delivered efficiently and equitably across Wirral, targeted to priority populations and areas of greatest need.

Financial Management and Value for Money

Full accountability for service budgets, financial performance and cost control.

Ensuring best use of resources and demonstrable value for money for commissioners.

Governance, Quality, Risk and Health and Safety

Ensuring robust governance systems are embedded, including safeguarding, information governance and health and safety.

Oversight of risk identification, mitigation and escalation across the service.

Commissioner and System Leadership

Acting as the senior accountable lead and primary point of contact for commissioners.

Producing high-quality reports covering performance, outcomes, social value, lived experience and improvement activity.

Representing Wirral Stop Smoking and ABL at senior system, place, ICS and partnership forums.

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic leadership of service delivery, performance, quality and finances

Lead workforce planning, resource allocation and service improvement

Maintain governance, risk, safeguarding and stakeholder relationships

Drive engagement, referrals and system-wide partnerships

Required Skills and Competencies

Strong senior leadership and people management skills

Strategic thinking and ability to manage complex services

Excellent communication, influencing and partnership working

Data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement focus

Qualifications / Training Requirements

Degree (or equivalent experience) in health/social care

Experience in public health, community or integrated care settings

Knowledge of governance, safeguarding and financial management

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Delivery/management experience e.g., weight management, smoking cessation, health checks or behaviour change. Experience in managing and inspiring large teams and partners Demonstrable experience in working with external boards, and steering groups to improve lifestyle/behaviour change outcomes for the population Experience in contract and performance management Demonstrable experience with service improvement measures Experience in using data (service data, population health data) to inform service development to improve outcomes Experience in working with commissioners.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in the health-related field: e.g. Nutrition, Dietetics, Nursing, Public Health, Community Health, Health Improvement, Community Development

Desirable

• Masters Qualification or equivalent

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service needs, including evening and weekend work. Willingness to travel to all delivery locations in Bolton where required

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

1A Vittoria Court Vittoria Close Beckwith Street

Wirral

Birkenhead

CH41 3LE

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Communications and Engagement Officer will lead on community engagement, partnership development, and communications activity for the One You Kent service across a defined locality, while supporting county-wide priorities where required. The postholder will build and maintain strong relationships with local partners, healthcare providers, community organisations, and residents to increase awareness of the service and strengthen referral pathways.

The role will involve delivering effective digital, marketing, and media activity across a range of channels, including managing social media, creating engaging content, supporting campaigns, and promoting the service through local media opportunities. The postholder will work closely with ABLs central communications team to ensure consistent, accessible, and high-quality communications that support service objectives and KPI delivery.

In addition, the postholder will contribute to co-production and service development activities, monitor and report on engagement and communications performance, and support continuous improvement across the service. This is a varied and flexible role requiring strong organisational skills, initiative, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively, including occasional evening and weekend work where required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant experience working in communications, engagement, community development, public health or a related field.

Desirable

• Relevant qualification or training in communications, marketing, public health, community development or similar.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across Kent as required.
• Willingness to work flexibly, including occasional evening or weekend work to support events and engagement activity.
• Willingness to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within or alongside health, wellbeing, public health or community services.
• Experience of engaging with communities, partners or stakeholders to promote services or initiatives.
• Experience of working in a community or place based setting.

Desirable

• Experience of working with lifestyle services such as smoking cessation, weight management, physical activity or behaviour change programmes.
• Experience of developing and delivering communications, marketing or engagement campaigns.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Kent House

81 Station Road

Ashford

TN23 1PP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Within this role, you will build trusting relationships with children, young people, and their families, delivering structured support plans tailored to each individuals needs. You will work closely with clinicians and support colleagues to ensure a joined-up, consistent approach, contributing to assessments and interventions under the guidance of our Clinical Lead. You will promote positive behaviour, emotional resilience, and personal development in young people, while maintaining accurate and professional records using digital tools and systems. This is a varied and rewarding position, ideal for someone with confidence in working independently whilst also valuing team collaboration.

About the role

As a Behaviour Support Worker, you will be working within the Intensive Personalised Support (IPS) team. IPS are an experienced and supportive team, and as a staff member, you will collaborate in delivering personalised, one-to-one support to children and young people across a variety of settings: at home, in schools, and within the community. Our clients may be experiencing a range of needs, including suspected or diagnosed neurodiversity, mental health challenges, trauma, and behaviours considered as complex or high-risk.

In this role, you will:

Deliver personalised support based on a Child or Young Persons (CYP) support plan.

Aid in promoting individuals independence based on their level of need.

Assist individuals in accessing the community.

Help in updating support plans and providing essential observations based on first-hand experience with the client.

Report on medical and welfare needs of clients as necessary.

Monitor individuals presentation and report concerns to senior team members or management.

Provide accurate notes that capture an honest depiction of a session with a client for record-keeping purposes.

Update support plans and risk assessments based on any new observations of the CYP.

Work flexibly throughout varying hours, including evenings and weekends.

Actively safeguard the individuals we support.

Who were looking for:

We welcome people from a range of professional backgrounds, particularly those with experience in:

Youth work or family support.

Education or alternative provision.

Residential care or supported living.

Mental health or wellbeing services.

Why Join ABL Health?

ABL is a growing, community-focused health organisation recognised for its innovative and person-centred services.

We are:

People-powered - we listen to individuals and co-create solutions

Bold - not afraid to try new approaches

Thoughtful - always responsive and respectful

Effective - driven by evidence and real outcomes

Ready to Apply?

Within this position, youll be part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team and benefit from:

Ongoing training and development opportunities.

A supportive and inclusive workplace culture.

Access to professional clinical guidance and peer support.

A real opportunity to shape change in the lives of vulnerable young people.

We actively welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and are committed to equal opportunities for all.

Beyond this, the company provides various benefits such as:

Birthday off.

Blue Light card eligibility.

28 days annual leave + the bank holidays you work.

Flexible annual leave scheme with the ability to buy or sell days of annual leave.

If you're ready to bring your experience, energy, and empathy to a role where you can truly make a difference, wed love to hear from you.

Join us in helping children and young people across the North-West build safer, more stable futures.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. All applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people

Desirable

• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Experience in supporting functional/psychological assessments.
• Sound knowledge of relevant performance frameworks, quality standards legal and ethical frameworks.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing at all levels, with individuals, groups, organisations and the public.
• Ability to deal calmly and effectively with conflict.
• Ability to work with groups from different backgrounds and cultures.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively and meet deadlines amid a range of competing demands.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work flexibly to overcome challenges.
• Ability to collate and analyse data to ensure the effectiveness of service outputs.
• The ability to support the IPS team independently, with the understanding of when to escalate situations.
• An understanding of Safeguarding.
• Effective computer literacy skills, including use of Microsoft Office systems.

Desirable

• Sound knowledge of relevant performance frameworks, quality standards, legal and ethical frameworks.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.
• The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint.
• A full driving licence and ownership of a vehicle for travel across the region.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Redgate Way

Farnworth

BL4 0JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose:

The role is designed to provide support to individuals digitally and via telephone.

The role involves assessment of clients referred and provision of individual therapy sessions.

The role includes ensuring the therapeutic support provides a clear, evidence based, effective and consistent service for all clients.

The role will continuously develop methods and resources that result in improved/effective wellbeing and behaviours for adults.

This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance and Business Development are there to support. Additionally, existing experienced delivery teams will work with you to drive the service forward.

Duties and Responsibilities

This post will work under the line management of ABLs Obesity and Families Lead. The role provides therapeutic interventions to adults of different ages accessing targeted weight management programmes.

Key responsibilities will be:

To work effectively and collaboratively to ensure the successful operation of therapeutic provision within the Therapeutic programme with ABL Health.

To be a part of a multi-disciplinary assessment. To facilitate psychological and risk assessments to aid the development of client formulations and care pathways.

Support individuals to discuss and work through highly complex, sensitive and personal information related to their presentation. This will include deconstruction of current interactional patterns of behaviour and meaning around weight issues and complex relationships, creating methods for client centred analysis of change, aided by the use of assessment tools.

To prepare and participate in peer supervision and case reviews with other psychological therapists regularly across the organisation.

Maintain accurate and detailed case notes and client records utilising digital systems and databases.

To attend virtual team meetings and contribute to agendas and discussions. Prepare fully in accordance with service for Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings (MDT) and complete relevant paperwork (such as MDT proformas), updating client records as appropriate.

To provide effective individual interventions, with the aim of helping clients prepare to engage in the targeted weight management programme and/or physical activity interventions.

To provide person centred or integrative psychotherapy, employing methods based upon evidence. To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of individuals from a wide range of ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. Working with interpreters might be required.

To contribute knowledge, skills and ideas with the aim of optimising the outcomes of targeted weight management programmes and/or physical activity interventions within the limits of ones trained role capacity and competency.

To participate in multiagency meetings as appropriate, safeguarding case conferences and reviews, etc. providing professional advice on individual care programme planning and other clinical matters as necessary.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice and that of others.

To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients/service users in your care.

To read relevant current literature and stay up to date with developments and initiatives in psychological and group therapy for obesity treatment.

Clinical Supervision will be provided in house by a qualified and experienced psychotherapist and a supervisor and it is independent of line management.

Skills and Competencies Required

Be an experienced therapist in a community health environment, assisting and delivering support to individuals referred to service.

Experience of working with diverse communities within varied cultural environments.

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience.

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering individual psychotherapeutic interventions. Experience of facilitating psychological assessments and formulations. Able to work in a therapeutic way that responds to a clients needs, including a knowledge of behaviour change approach. Experience or training in delivering brief group therapy.

Desirable

• Minimum 2 years, post qualifying. Experience of delivering individual psychotherapy sessions as well as experience of facilitation of group therapy

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional counselling/psychotherapy qualifications and/or IAPT or similar e.g. Integrative Psychotherapy Masters, qualification in Person Centred, Integrative, Psychodynamic or Gestalt psychotherapy or CBT.
• Registered or accredited member of a professional body (such as NCS, BABCP, BPS, BACP, UKCP)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Room 417, 2nd Floor Chambers Business Centre Chapel Road

Oldham

OL8 4QQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and responsibilities:

Take incoming calls for Sunderland Stop Smoking Service ensuring that calls are transferred to the relevant person/ department and making sure messages are dealt with efficiently.

To work within a busy office as part of a team, sharing work fairly and efficiently and respecting other admin staffs skills and competencies. To provide general clerical and administrative support including word processing, filing routine correspondence. To follow established systems for allocation and completion of work.

Providing professional administration services to clients and identifying specific needs.

Manage and maintain confidential patient files on a database and on paper.

Manage and deal with incoming healthcare referrals promptly, adhering to company timescales.

Book appointments for clients and use appropriate calendar software.

Record client data accurately on appropriate service database.

To use IT systems, including excel, word and publisher to exchange information. Use word processing, spreadsheet and in-house database.

Work closely with Project Leads/ Managers and prepare computerised documents and reports.

Work with service leads to source new venues, working in accordance with company budgets and areas of demand.

Flexibility to cover colleagues annual leave, sickness etc.

Weekly monitoring of workload and service targets.

Take meeting minutes, type and distribute as required

General administration (record keeping, filing etc.)

Welcoming clients into the office reception area and notifying relevant staff of attendance.

Skills & Competencies required:

Be an experienced administrator used to working in a health and/or community setting or have experience in a customer service environment.

Experienced working with Microsoft Office and health related database systems

Positive and proactive working at pace with multiple tasks

Adept in communication; positive and welcoming communication style with all patients, health professionals and colleagues

Build strong relationships; good team player happy to work as part of a team and work independently on own tasks

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE, O Level or equivalent in Mathematics and English Language (level C and above). NVQ 2 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.

Desirable

• NVQ 3 level in a relevant subject. RSA Typing III.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of administrative and reception duties

Desirable

• Experience of working in administration/reception in Healthcare Services.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

F11 The Software Centre, 1 Tavistock Place

Sunderland

SR1 1PB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are recruiting a Clinical Psychologist to join the Be U North Yorkshire team. We provide diagnostic assessments for children/young people aged 4-18 on the autism diagnostic pathways. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide autism assessments for children and young people.

Assessments will be carried out in line with relevant clinical pathways as outlined within Be U North Yorkshires operational procedure. The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values clients and their parents/carers.

Duties and Responsibilities

To manage own caseload delivering a high quality, effective and efficient autism diagnostic service to children and young people across Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale.

To assist other team members with the diagnostic process for those suspected of being autistic.

To lead with the appropriate screening of referrals and provide information for referrers, clients and carers.

To formulate reports explaining the persons diagnosis for a range of audiences including client, families and other professionals.

Ensure assessment is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of the children/young people.

Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.

Provide information, education and support for family members, carers and other relevant professionals.

Participate and promote positive multi-disciplinary team working

Participate in case load supervision to monitor the standards of client cases and ensure record keeping is in accordance with CQC standards

Facilitate clinical supervision of Assistant Psychologists and other allied Health Professionals within the service.

Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision with Clinical Lead/Head of Autism Services, as per ABL Health policy.

Contribute to the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate assessments/referrals and models of care.

Compile and maintain effective client records in accordance with ABL Health policies, procedures and standards.

Participate in the induction, training or education of a variety of staff, students or volunteers attached to the team/service.

Participate and assist in setting standards of client care based on sound research findings and evidence based practice.

Undertake delegated responsibilities as agreed with the Head of Autism Services.

To manage projects as delegated.

Support the formulation and implementation of clinical and operational practices, and procedures as appropriate.

Participate in the recruitment, selection and induction of new staff.

To monitor and evaluate own clinical practice against professional standards, guidelines and policies.

To advise the Head of Service of any service delivery issues.

To identify the need for, and to request, new equipment, resources and assessment tools.

Assist in the development of local protocols to ensure a high standard of service delivery is achieved and maintained.

To engage in service development and discuss with the Head of Service.

Support the process of staff participation in the formulation of new ideas/suggestions to improve client care and service delivery.

Provide statistical information as required.

Education and Development

To provide autism awareness training for a range of audiences including families, staff and other professionals.

Attend relevant and mandatory training as required.

Attend professional meetings as required.

Maintain knowledge of current ABL Health policy, procedures and guidance.

Demonstrate the acquisition and application of knowledge in line with current research and evidence-based practice.

Undertake training relevant to your role and responsibilities and promote a positive learning environment.

Coordinate preceptorship and mentorship as required.

Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development.

Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to the development of others.

Research and audit

Undertake and participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.

To identify the need for and to contribute to audit within areas of expertise. To use research methodology for specific audits.

To participate in and contribute to research at local and regional levels as appropriate.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive. The post holder may have specific skills which mean that they may work outside of the competency boundaries for this role.

Review of this Job Description

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.

Other Duties

There may be a requirement to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required to support Be U North Yorkshire service.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience conducting autism assessments within a multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
• Experience using gold-standard diagnostic tools (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R)
• Experience of risk assessment and safeguarding in CYP services
• Experience of supervising trainee psychologists, assistant psychologists and/or other professionals

Desirable

• Experience leading or managing a clinical service
• Experience working within NHS CAMHS or community paediatrics settings
• Experience with complex cases (e.g. co-occurring mental health needs, trauma, LD)

Qualifications

Essential

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or equivalent) accredited by the British Psychological Society (BPS)
• Registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Post-qualification training in autism assessment tools (e.g. ADOS-2, ADI-R)
• Significant post-qualification experience working with children and young people (CYP) with neurodevelopmental condition

Desirable

• BPS Chartered Leadership or management qualification (e.g. PGCert in Leadership)
• Additional training in neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g. ADHD, learning disabilities)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

14 Northway

Scarborough

YO11 1JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Employee Relations

1. Provide complex specialist advice to managers relating to sickness absence management, advising on appropriate courses of action and ensuring a consistent approach, so as to maximise attendance at work.

2. Provide timely and expert advice to managers on employment issues including TUPE, discipline, grievance, bullying and harassment and discrimination. Liaise with the Head of People and Culture and ensure they are kept informed.

3. Develop and implement appropriate People policies and procedures. Ensure emerging issues are dealt with appropriately and effectively and that good employment practice is maintained.

4. Lead People input for the division in investigations, disciplinary, grievance, and capability hearings. Advise managers on process and ensure accurate records are kept.

5. Provide timely, responsive and specialist advice to managers and employees on terms and conditions of employment, application of employment legislation, codes of practice and policies to ensure that all legal obligations are met.

6. Produce and implement People policies and procedures to support good employment practice.

Business Partnering

1. Work proactively in partnership with operational managers to ensure the divisions get the very best from their people resources by: Identifying and implementing People plans which support and enable successful delivery of operational objectives and achievement of business targets. Anticipating the impact of changes on the division and developing effective People solutions which bring about change in a way that supports the right outcome. This may include application of the Handling Change Protocol to secure cost-effective outcomes and mitigation of business risk. Providing and interpreting KPI information, to assess performance and drive service improvement Identifying and taking forward People initiatives ensuring that high standards and objectives are met Coaching, mentoring and challenging managers in the effective application of People policies and practices which engage employees, address issues and build capability. Contributing to the development of operational plans including reviewing resourcing needs and skills mix. Fully understanding the composition of the divisional teams to ensure that HR policies and initiatives are appropriately applied.

2. Seek feedback from managers on the effectiveness of the Business Partnering approach. Keep the Head of People & Culture updated and work with other members of the People & Culture team to continuously improve the way the service is delivered, in response to internal customer requirements.

3. Cover in the absence of other People Business Partners when required.

Performance and Capacity

1. Ensure that quality performance development reviews (PDRs) and one to ones are carried out by managers for all team members and that identified actions, including personal development plans are addressed. Carry out PDRs and one to ones for direct report(s) in the People and Culture team.

2. Work with managers to review individual, team and divisional performance, identify barriers and put plans in place to address them.

3. Appropriately challenge areas of poor People practice, take action to resolve them and report them to the Head of People and Culture if a resolution cannot be found.

4. Develop and implement plans to improve performance and service delivery to achieve positive service outcomes, quality, operational and financial targets.

5. Compile and provide narrative and recommendations on People KPI reports, identifying trends, positive outcomes, risk and issues for urgent attention.

6. Review People resource allocation and skills mix according to business need, and work collaboratively with managers to identify and implement new and different ways of working.

7. Identify emerging resourcing and recruitment issues and proactively work with managers and the Internal Recruiter to develop plans and business cases to support effective recruitment and retention.

Culture and Values

1. With People team colleagues, identify and implement innovative ways of embedding the core values, including recruitment for attitude so the values are a thread throughout everything the team does.

2. Take forward employee engagement initiatives within the division, so that the voice of employees is heard and appropriately acted upon.

3. Lead on carrying out employee surveys at agreed intervals. Interpret the results and use them to drive improvement in people outcomes, linked to improved employee retention.

4. Champion the core values in all People activities and ensure operational managers do the same.

5. Ensure appropriate action is taken in response to exit interview feedback, so that anomalies and areas for improvement are recorded and addressed.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

1. Work with managers to deliver EDI actions with the aim of embedding inclusion throughout all people management and service delivery activities.

2. Ensure that a culture of safeguarding is embedded throughout the business.

3. Ensure that support and encouragement is in place for all employees including those with protected characteristics by empowering them in their personal development and progression.

4. Take the lead on employee health and well-being initiatives as appropriate.

Learning and Development

1. Put innovative plans in place to help ABL grow as a learning organisation, by ensuring that learning and development needs are assessed in accordance with changing business needs and that effective learning programmes are implemented to meet those needs.

2. Ensure that risk is effectively managed through provision of appropriate compulsory training, including safeguarding and health and safety at work.

3. Implement appraisal and personal development support processes across the organisation to help all team members reach their full potential so they can make their best possible contribution.

4. Ensure that person centred onboarding and induction processes are consistently and effectively implemented to support employee retention.

5. Develop and deliver People related training for managers.

Strategy Implementation

1. Support with the delivery and implementation of the People & Culture strategy. Effectively implement the objectives set out in those plans, working closely with other members of the People team and operational managers. Monitor progress and outcomes and ensure the Head of People & Culture is kept updated.

2. Contribute to the continual development of innovative, ambitious and comprehensive People Strategic Plans, informed by meaningful consultation with senior managers and employee feedback.

3. Work collaboratively with other managers to develop and deliver broader corporate strategy and projects, in accordance with business plan objectives.

4. Remain up to date and fully aware of developments in Employment Law and People Management best practice and ensure these are reflected in the delivery of People Strategic Plans.

5. Deputise for the Head of People and Culture when required.

People Projects

1. Take the lead on People projects, as directed by the Head of People and Culture.

2. Take the lead on one or more of the following specialisms employee relations; Equality & Inclusion; reward recognition and retention; employee engagement; systems; employee metrics, TUPE (please note this is not an exhaustive list).

General Requirements:

Contribute positively and work in accordance with ABLs culture, values, aims and objectives

Work diligently to meet the requirements of this job description

Always seek to continuously improve so that the highest quality standards are achieved

Participate positively in internal/external events, meetings and training as required

Positively participate in one to ones and appraisals

Ensure that relevant policies, procedures and working practices are adhered to at all times

Adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and promptly act on any concerns

Support equality, diversity and inclusion and respect human rights, by appropriately challenging discrimination and promoting equality

Comply with Data Protection, GDPR and confidentiality requirements

Proactively manage health and safety risks, care for own personal safety and that of others

Act as a positive ambassador for ABL Positively contribute to ABLs team working environment, taking ownership of issues and supporting colleagues where appropriate

Be flexible and willing to undertake any other duties that may be reasonably be required

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - Professional CIPD level 7 qualification or committed to achieving within agreed timescale (including assessment of relevant experience).

Desirable

• - Degree level qualification
• - Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

• - Evidence of commitment to own and others continuing personal development
• - Managing complex TUPE
• - Delivering advice and guidance on complex employee relations / people issues
• - Substantial operational People/HR experience post qualification
• - Developing and implementing innovative people plans
• - Setting and achieving deadlines, managing simultaneous tasks and objectives
• - Successfully implementing change

Desirable

• - Partnership working experience including trades unions and professional bodies
• - Experience in a health care setting

Personal Attributes

Essential

• - Willing and able to travel to sites across the UK including overnight stays
• -Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• -Ability to be innovative, identifying new opportunities

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

King Charles House

Dudley

DY1 4PS

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has become available within the Be U Swindon Mental Health Support Team for a Trainee Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP). The employment-based training role within the forming part of NHSE, HEE and DOH initiative is to expand the mental health workforce offering support to children and young people at a stage of early intervention. The successful post-holder will work within Be U Swindon as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high-quality; outcome-informed, focused, evidencebased interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties. The training and service experience will equip the post holder with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to operate effectively from a values driven context within the wider service. The post holder will attend all university based taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within the agreed curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills.

Potential candidates are strongly recommended to read the attached MHST information document, which contains detailed information about the role, the MHST and frequently asked questions.

On successful completion of the trainee EMHP course, which is a full- time role funded at NHS Band 4 or equivalent you will be able to achieve a band 5 or equivalent position within the team.

Duties and Key Responsibilities:

Therapeutic Skills:

Assess and deliver, under supervision outcome focused, evidence-based interventions to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Working in partnership, support children, young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their families in the self-management of presenting difficulties.

Work in partnership with children, young people and families in the development of plans for the intervention and agreed outcomes.

Support and empower children, young people and families to make informed choices about the intervention.

Operate at all times from an inclusive values base, which recognises and respects diversity.

Undertakes accurate assessment of risk to self and others.

Adhere to the service referral protocols. Under supervision signpost unsuitable referrals to the relevant service as necessary.

Through close case management and supervision, escalate cases where the level of need becomes beyond scope, or more severe ensuring adherence to other relevant elements of service delivery.

Provide a range of information and support for evidence based psychological treatments. This may include guided self-help. This work may be face-to-face, by telephone or via other media

Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the overall number of children and young people contacts offered, and sessions carried out per week to improve timely access and minimise waiting times.

Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or CYP in treatment, where appropriate.

Keep coherent records of all activity in line with service protocols and use these records and outcome data to inform decision making. Complete all requirements relating to data collection.

Assess and integrate issues relating to transitions, education and training/employment into the overall therapeutic process.

Work within a collaborative approach involving a range of relevant others when indicated.

Work in collaboration with children, young people and education partners to enhance and widen access.

Provide support to educational settings relating to Whole School and College approach.

Deliver evidence-based group work including universal psychoeducation and targeted groups for key stakeholders and support the skills knowledge of educational staff.

Training and Supervision:

Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments. Maintain the attendance and engagement expectations of the training provider.

Apply learning from the training programme to practice.

Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards.

Prepare and present case load information to supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, in order to ensure safe practice and the governance obligations of the trainee, supervisor and service are delivered.

Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in practice.

Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and practice.

Professional:

Ensure the maintenance of standards of practice according to the employer and any regulating bodies and keep up-to-date on new recommendations/guidelines set by the relevant departments.

Ensure that confidentiality is protected at all times.

Ensure clear objectives are identified, discussed and reviewed with supervisor and senior colleagues on a regular basis as part of continuing professional development.

Participate in individual performance review and respond to agreed objectives.

Keep all records up to date in relation to Continuous Professional Development and ensure personal development plans maintains up to date specialist knowledge of latest theoretical and service delivery models/developments.

Attend relevant conferences/workshops in line with identified professional objectives.

General:

Contribute to the development of best practice within the service.

Ensure a comprehensive understanding of the relevant safeguarding legislation, guidance and best practice.

Maintain up-to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to children and young peoples mental health 4 4.4. All employees have a responsibility and a legal obligation to ensure that information processed is kept accurate, confidential, secure and in line with the Data Protection Act (1998) and Security and Confidentiality Policies.

It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties.

This Job Description does not provide an exhaustive list of duties and may be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder in light of service development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate level or the equivalent Level 5 qualification with relevant experience. Please see What qualification levels mean: England, Wales and Northern Ireland - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Desirable

• Psychology or other health /social care/youth related undergraduate degree
• Other relevant postgraduate degree

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and/or young people

Desirable

• Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties
• Experience of working in mental health or related services
• Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Be U Swindon, 6 Darby Close, Nexus Business Centre, Cheney Manor

Swindon

SN2 2PN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the delivery of evidence-based, accessible stop-smoking services that reduce smoking prevalence and health inequalities across the contracted localities, including areas of high deprivation.

The postholder will provide individualised behavioural support and appropriate stop-smoking treatments to help clients quit smoking and maintain long-term abstinence. The role requires flexibility, initiative and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Training will be provided to ensure the postholder is equipped to deliver effective, safe and high-quality support.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Conduct client assessments, agree quit dates and develop individualised support plans.

Deliver evidence-based behavioural support using motivational interviewing and behaviour change techniques.

Provide appropriate nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and vaping products in line with ABL Health policies and clinical guidance.

Support clients to manage cravings, withdrawal symptoms, lapses and relapse risks.

Manage appointments effectively and follow up missed appointments and outstanding quit outcomes.

Maintain accurate client records and complete outcome assessments and audits within required timescales.

Work towards individual and service performance targets.

Follow clinical guidance, safeguarding procedures, confidentiality and information governance requirements.

Participate in supervision, mandatory training and service development.

Work collaboratively with colleagues and referral partners to improve client engagement and outcomes.

Skills and Competencies Required

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Ability to motivate and support clients in a non-judgemental manner.

Good organisational, IT and record-keeping skills.

Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Commitment to equality, diversity and reducing health inequalities.

Willingness to complete required NCSCT training and maintain professional competence.

Valid right to work visa

Full driving licence and access to a vehicle

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Skills/knowledge to utilise computer software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Have a positive outlook with an ability to inspire confidence, provide vision and motivate people.
• Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to influence using skills and knowledge.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload.
• Understanding concepts of behaviour change and how to implement these.
• Understanding and evidence of adhering to information governance policies

Desirable

• Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
• Experience of developing and delivering training to target audiences.
• Understanding of national guidance and ability to disseminate
• research and best practice.
• Knowledge of the wider tobacco control agenda
• Understanding of addiction

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the borough.
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within smoking cessation other addiction or behaviour change.
• Experience of working in community settings

Qualifications

Essential

• Higher level education or health/social care/public health)/ professional qualification

Desirable

• NCSCT Practitioner
• Relevant degree

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Suite 1, The Willows

Ransom Wood Business Park

Mansfield

Nottinghamshire

NG21 0HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be U Norfolk comprises a team of specialised clinicians who provide diagnostic assessments for those on the NHS autism assessment pathway. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide autism assessments for adults.

Assessments will be carried out in line with relevant clinical pathways as outlined within Be U Norfolks operational procedure. The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values clients and their carers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To deliver a high quality, effective and efficient autism diagnostic service to adults across Norfolk.

To assist other team members with the diagnostic process for those suspected of being autistic.

Assist with the appropriate screening of referrals and provide information for referrers, clients, and carers.

To support with formulating reports, explaining the persons diagnosis for a range of audiences including client, families, and other professionals.

To liaise regularly with line manager providing them with an update of caseload.

Ensure assessment is provided in a range of settings suitable to meet the needs of the clients.

Work in a professional and collaborative manner with the multi-disciplinary team.

Provide information, education and support for the client, family members, carers and other relevant professionals.

Participate and promote positive multi-disciplinary team working.

Participate in regular clinical and managerial supervision with Clinical Lead/Service Lead, as per ABL Health policy.

Contribute to the development and implementation of integrated care pathways, including appropriate assessments/referrals and models of care.

Compile and maintain effective client records and record outcome measures in conjunction with clients and in accordance with ABL Health policies, procedures, and standards.

Participate and assist in setting standards of client care based on sound research findings and evidence-based practice.

Undertake delegated responsibilities as agreed with the Service Lead and Clinical Supervisor.

To manage projects as delegated.

To monitor and evaluate own clinical practice against professional standards, guidelines and policies.

To advise the Service Lead of any service delivery issues.

To identify the need for, and to request, new equipment, resources and assessment tools.

Support the process of staff participation in the formulation of new ideas/suggestions to improve client care and service delivery.

Provide statistical information as required.

Education and Development

Attend relevant and mandatory training as required.

Attend professional meetings as required.

Maintain knowledge of current ABL Health policy, procedures, and guidance.

Demonstrate the acquisition and application of knowledge in line with current research and evidence-based practice.

Undertake training relevant to your role and responsibilities and promote a positive learning environment.

Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice, and be committed to continued development.

Develop own skills and knowledge.

Research and audit

Undertake and participate in appropriate audit, quality assurance programmes and research as directed.

To identify the need for and to contribute to audit within areas of expertise. To use research methodology for specific audits.

To participate in and contribute to research at local and regional levels as appropriate.

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive. The post holder may have specific skills which mean that they may work outside of the competency boundaries for this role.

Review of this Job Description

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.

Other Duties

There may be a requirement to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required to support Be U Norfolk service.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A BPS accredited recognised degree in Psychology conferring Graduate Basis for Registration (GBR)

Desirable

• ADOS and ADIr certification

Experience

Essential

• Experience with adults who have complex communication, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Language Delay
• Strong literacy and report writing skills, with excellent accuracy and attention to detail.
• Effective computer literacy skills, including use of Microsoft Office
• Effective communication skills with both clients and staff

Desirable

• Experience working with adults in a CAMHS or other healthcare setting, including childrens healthcare setting
• Experience in administering and reporting ADOS and ADIr assessments
• Knowledge of the ICD-11 diagnostic criteria
• Experience of working cross organisation to achieve outcomes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Breckland Business Park, St Nicholas Street

Thetford

IP24 1BT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Healthy Beginnings is a specialist public health programme supporting people and families from pregnancy until a child's second birthday. The programme recognises that pregnancy and the first two years of life provide a unique opportunity to improve lifelong health outcomes for both parents and children. Through evidence-based health coaching and behaviour change support, Healthy Beginnings empowers people and families to make informed, sustainable lifestyle choices. Healthy Beginnings delivers three core areas of support: Smoking cessation support for pregnant people, their partners and families, and households with children under two years of age. Healthy weight maintenance support during pregnancy through personalised nutrition advice, healthy eating education and physical activity sessions. A holistic package of postnatal support to help people and families make healthy lifestyle choices, including infant feeding, introducing solid foods, oral health, healthy eating, physical activity and reducing social isolation through connection. Running throughout every aspect of the programme is a commitment to reducing health inequalities and giving every child the healthiest beginning possible. Working alongside maternity services, Family Hubs, health visitors, primary care and community organisations, the programme ensures support is accessible, inclusive and tailored to the needs of local people and families.

Role purpose:

As a Healthy Beginnings Specialist Coach you will deliver specialist health coaching across the three core Healthy Beginnings pathways: smoking cessation, healthy weight in pregnancy and healthy postnatal living. A significant proportion of the role will involve proactively contacting and supporting clients by telephone and video call, providing accessible, flexible and personalised coaching to people and families throughout pregnancy and early parenthood. You will also deliver face-to-face appointments and group sessions where appropriate to meet client and service needs.

Using evidence-based behaviour change techniques, you will empower people and families to make sustainable lifestyle changes that improve maternal, infant and family health outcomes while helping to reduce health inequalities.

Key Responsibilities:

Service Delivery

Deliver the Healthy Beginnings programme through a predominantly remote model of support, including telephone and video appointments, alongside face-to-face group sessions and other digital platforms.

Proactively contact clients by telephone and video call to provide personalised health coaching, establish relationships, assess needs, agree goals and support ongoing behaviour change.

Manage a caseload of people and families and maintain regular contact with clients throughout their Healthy Beginnings journey, using telephone and video appointments to provide accessible support and minimise barriers to engagement.

Provide flexible support through a combination of telephone, video and face-to-face contact, adapting the method of delivery to the individual needs, preferences and circumstances of each person and family.

Provide specialist coaching across the Healthy Beginnings pathways, including smoking cessation support for pregnant people, their partners and families, and households with children under two.

Deliver healthy weight maintenance support during pregnancy through nutrition education, healthy eating advice and physical activity sessions.

Provide postnatal healthy lifestyle support, including infant feeding, introducing solid foods, oral health, healthy eating, physical activity and reducing social isolation.

Use motivational interviewing, health coaching, positive psychology and SMART goal setting to support sustainable behaviour change.

Develop personalised support plans and review progress using agreed outcome measures.

Maintain regular and proactive contact with clients, following up missed appointments and making appropriate attempts to re-engage people and families who may benefit from continued support.

Client Care

Build trusting, compassionate relationships with people and families, including developing effective therapeutic relationships through telephone and video-based coaching.

Provide person-centred, strengths-based support that recognises the individual circumstances, needs and barriers faced by each person and family.

Recognise safeguarding concerns and act in accordance with local procedures.

Partnership Working

Work collaboratively with maternity services, Family Hubs, health visitors, primary care and community partners.

Promote Healthy Beginnings and maximise appropriate referrals.

Represent ABL Health at stakeholder meetings and community events.

Quality & Service Improvement

Maintain accurate records and confidential information.

Contribute to audit, evaluation, contract reporting and continuous improvement.

Support co-production with people and families and stakeholders to shape future service development.

Professional Responsibilities

Maintain professional standards and mandatory training.

Manage workload effectively and work flexibly across Gloucestershire.

Act as a positive ambassador for ABL Health.

Operational Requirements

Able to travel independently across the county as required (drivers licence and access to own vehicle essential)

Confident and competent in delivering health coaching and behaviour change support by telephone and video call.

Comfortable working independently with a predominantly remote caseload, managing appointments, follow-up contacts and client engagement proactively.

Flexibility for evening and occasional weekend work

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Level 3 or above (or equivalent), or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills gained through training and experience.

Desirable

• Degree or professional qualification in a relevant health, public health, early years or social care subject.

Experience

Essential

• Experience supporting behaviour change with individuals or groups in health, wellbeing, education, community, social care or early years settings.

Desirable

• Experience delivering smoking cessation, healthy weight, pregnancy or postnatal support.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Suite 3D Third Floor Eastgate House 121-131 Eastgate Street

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL1 1PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be a Healthy Lifestyle Advisor for Nottinghamshires Integrated Wellbeing Service Your Health Notts, delivering nutrition and physical activity sessions.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive advisor, with significant experience working in community health programmes. You will be passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and delivering motivational change which is client centred. You will have a background in supporting people to build their confidence and ability to make sustainable healthy behaviour changes which works for their personal circumstances.

Our team have working backgrounds in nutrition, weight management, exercise, alcohol reduction, falls prevention and smoking cessation. We offer you a full in-house training package to help you support our clients on their journey to a sustainable healthy lifestyle change and you will be required to deliver on all elements of the integrated service.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Deliver informative and engaging one-to-one weight management programmes including healthy eating, behaviour change and exercise delivery to groups of adults (both in the community and virtually via telephone and zoom groups)

Deliver evidence-based education around healthy eating, physical activity and behavioural change as advised by ABL Healths Specialist team and in line with ABL Healths programme curriculums.

Deliver support with a client centred non-judgemental approach using skills of positive psychology and motivational interviewing.

Conduct client anthropometric assessments and additional psychological and/or wellbeing assessments.

Deliver health promotion activities as and when required at a variety of localities.

To maintain a case load of clients directing them to a variety of lifestyle interventions and monitoring their progress throughout their journey with ABL.

Support the triage process for the Integrated Wellbeing Service, providing expert knowledge as and when required.

Contribute to training and support of new staff and volunteers.

Engage, monitor, and motivate service users utilising the face-to-face, website, text, telephone and digital methods.

Undertake and complete all mandatory and additional skills training, as required.

Working with individuals and groups using SMART goal setting.

Keep detailed files, recording data accurately, ensuring all forms and other documentation is completed correctly and up to date in line with ABL policies and procedures.

Help develop curriculum resources

Build community links and partnership working to encourage the service to develop specific to community needs including new referrals into the service, partner work with other community assets as directed by the project lead.

To demonstrate personal and professional development in line with ethos of lifelong learning.

Weekend working: This role requires working every Saturday.

Skills and Competencies Required

Experience of implementing and delivering behaviour change interventions within a community health environment.

To be able to organise own workload in order of priority and deadline dates, daily administration tasks and other work-related activities.

Positive and proactive in your delivery approach with the ability to motivate, engage and support individuals to achieve their targets and positive health outcomes.

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience with excellent listening skills and positive approach.

Build strong relationships; Foster trust and cooperation among clients, colleagues, stakeholders and community leaders, to develop and sustain personal contact in order to benefit health and wellbeing of the people of Nottinghamshire.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Standard Information

Information Governance

Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access, or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. Consequently, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

Smoke Free

ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.

Equality, Diversity & Human Rights

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality, and respect human rights.

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience.
• CIMSPA (previously REPS) qualified Level 2 Gym instructor/Group exercise award or equivalent.

Desirable

• Sports Coaching qualification.
• Degree in nutrition and/or eligible to be registered as an associate or full member of the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists/ or degree in exercise, psychology, public health, other health related field.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly with people.
• Excellent administration, record keeping and data collection skills.
• IT literate, efficient using Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to manage stressful situations and cope in a fast-paced work environment.
• To cope with unpredictable work patterns and work well under pressure.
• To be able to work as part of a team and independently as required.
• Willingness to learn and innovate.

Desirable

• Knowledge of children's safeguarding and child protection issues and processes.
• Experience of delivering parenting programmes.
• Experience of contributing to the supervision of staff/ volunteers/ students.
• Experience of developing public health educational materials.

Experience

Essential

• Experience working with hard-to-reach groups and tackling health inequalities.
• Previous paid or voluntary experience working with people.

Desirable

• Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one weight management interventions to children, young people, and adults.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of planning and delivering appropriate health interventions specific to individual requirements.
• Experience of delivering healthy lifestyle interventions to children and young people.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint.
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and occasional weekend work as required.
• Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Unit 7, Birch House

Ransom Wood Business Park

Mansfield

Nottinghamshire

NG21 0HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role is extremely rewarding you will be making a difference to peoples lives and contributing towards creating a smoke free generation. The role of the Workplace Wellbeing Advisor is to support the delivery of evidenced based, equitable stop smoking services to help to reduce the inequalities throughout Gloucestershire. This will focus on supporting people to quit within a workplace setting, with particular emphasis on clients who work in routine and manual roles. It is essential that the postholder can work flexibly, independently and as part of a team.

Training will be given to ensure staff / applicants are equipped to deliver effective services.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Work with employers/occupational health to influence smoke free workplaces and deliver placebased smoking cessation services to support employees.

Motivate and empower clients to make changes to address their addiction.

Explain to clients the principles of the nicotine and Stop Smoking Service to enable them to make informed - choices.

Deliver evidence-based stop smoking interventions, these include one to one, drop in, group sessions, telephone, or on-line support, these must be in accordance with the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme.

Work with other professionals to embed smoking cessation as part of routine client care.

Maximise the impact of smoking cessation on health gains and reduce health inequalities.

To understand the analysis of health and equalities data including service data identifying local need to inform local service need.

Provide a high quality, efficient and cost-effective services throughout a diverse range of community settings.

Lead peer support group sessions for successful quitters following intervention to prevent relapse.

Provide evidence-based education in all aspects of smoking cessation and behavioural change as well on-going motivational support.

Work with individuals to set realistic sustainable goals.

Ensure all client and service records are up to date, accurate and satisfy the ABL Health documentation policies.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive individual with significant experience in smoking cessation or addiction.

This role will be demanding as services develop and should become integrated in all settings. It will be essential that you use your own judgement to prioritise competing demands and workload effectively to specific timescales.

This post will work under the line management of the Workplace Wellbeing Programme Lead. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as the service becomes embedded in all local workplaces across the borough.

Be an experienced Specialist Stop Smoking Practitioner within the community. (Or willing to undergo training provided to become one)

Experience of working with evolving and developing services

Positive and proactive outlook with the ability to motivate, engage and support others to achieve the highest standards and outcomes.

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience including clients, staff, and volunteers at all levels.

Build strong relationships, foster trust and co-operation among colleagues, stakeholders throughout community settings.

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Higher level education or health/social care/public health/ professional qualification, or experience working within smoking cessation other addiction or behaviour change.

Desirable

• NCSCT Practitioner Relevant degree.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of engagement work with key partners within the community.
• Understanding concepts of behaviour change and how to implement these.
• Understanding and evidence of adhering to information governance policies.

Desirable

• Experience of developing and delivering training to target audiences
• Experience of supporting occupational or workplace
• health initiatives.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

Eastgate Street

Gloucester

GL1 1PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of Healthy Lifestyle Advisor within ABLs One You Kent Service delivers evidence-based weight management and wider lifestyle behaviour change support to adults, helping individuals improve weight, physical activity, mental wellbeing, and overall health outcomes. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the post holder provides holistic, person-centred interventions across community and digital settings, including weight management programmes, 1:1 health coaching, and healthy eating and cookery sessions, while also supporting clients who may not yet be ready to engage in structured programmes.

The role uses a client-centred, evidence-based approach incorporating motivational interviewing, positive psychology, and SMART goal setting, with ongoing monitoring of progress and tailored support in line with NICE guidance. It contributes to multidisciplinary assessments and care planning, participates in MDT meetings, and supports service development, quality improvement, and co-production of programme materials.

In addition, the post holder is responsible for maintaining accurate records, meeting data requirements, and ensuring compliance with organisational policies and governance standards. The role also involves active community engagement, partnership working, promotion of services, and contribution to staff training and development, alongside flexible working across the project area including evenings, weekends, and travel as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience
• CIMSPA (previously REPS) qualified Level 2 Gym instructor/Group exercise award or equivalent (or willing to work towards)

Desirable

• Sports Coaching qualification
• Degree in nutrition and/or eligible to be registered as an associate or full member of the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists/ or degree OR in exercise, psychology, public health, other health related field

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required
• Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one behaviour change adults
• Experience of delivering health promotion / public health interventions in community settings
• Experience working with hard-to-reach groups and tackling health inequalities
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Previous paid or voluntary experience working with people

Desirable

• Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one specialist weight management interventions to children, young people and adults
• Experience of planning and delivering appropriate health interventions specific to individual requirements
• Experience of delivering health/weight interventions to children and young people

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Kent House

81 Station Road

Kent

TN23 1PP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Community Ageing Well Programme is a new initiative developed in partnership with the Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board. The programme aims to support older adults to remain independent, confident and socially connected by embedding healthy ageing education and strength & balance taster sessions within existing community groups across South Nottinghamshire.

The Older and Wiser guide forms the foundation of the educational offer, complemented by guest sessions from trusted partners including Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue, Police Community Support Officers, NHS professionals, VCSE organisations, Adult Social Care and Social Prescribers.

Role Purpose

As the Community Ageing Well Practitioner, you will deliver engaging ageing-well sessions within established community groups, focusing on prevention, confidence-building and early support. You will build strong relationships, provide strength and balance taster sessions, coordinate partner involvement, and gather insight to support the programmes evaluation and wider system learning.

This role is essential in promoting independence, reducing loneliness, and helping older people feel more in control of their wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Delivery and Community Engagement

Deliver accessible, engaging healthy ageing education sessions using the Older and Wiser framework.

Provide strength and balance taster sessions designed to support independence and falls prevention.

Tailor content to the needs and interests of each community group.

Coordinate guest sessions with partners (fire safety, fraud awareness, NHS professionals, etc.).

Build trusting relationships with community groups through proactive, friendly engagement.

Represent Your Health Notts as a positive and supportive presence in the community.

Insight, Data and Reporting

Capture pre- and post-session wellbeing measures and fall history checks.

Record session attendance, topic requests, participant feedback and engagement levels.

Collect qualitative insight including case studies.

Contribute data and reports to the South Nottinghamshire Place partnership.

Participant Support

Create an inclusive and welcoming environment for older adults.

Use motivational, person-centred communication to support behaviour change and confidence.

Provide signposting to local support services including VCSE groups, social connection opportunities, lifestyle services and falls pathways.

Partnership Working

Work collaboratively with Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue, Police Community Support Officers, NHS partners, Social Prescribers, VCSE organisations and Adult Social Care.

Strengthen community connections by promoting local support pathways and partnerships.

Represent YHN at external events and partner sessions.

Administrative Duties

Maintain accurate and timely records in line with organisational policies.

Complete dynamic risk assessments and ensure safe delivery of all sessions.

Support programme review and evaluation at project close.

Continuous Improvement

Stay up to date with healthy ageing, frailty and falls prevention evidence.

Contribute ideas to enhance educational content and programme design.

Participate in relevant internal and external training.

Skills and Competencies Required

Essential

Experience delivering group education, community sessions or behaviour change programmes.

Experience working with older adults or vulnerable communities.

Excellent verbal, written and non-verbal communication skills.

Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a varied workload.

Ability to build rapport and engage sensitively with diverse groups.

Confident in data collection, capturing feedback and maintaining accurate records.

IT literate (Word, Excel, Outlook and digital reporting tools).

Ability to work independently and as part of a wider multi-agency team.

Ability to travel across South Nottinghamshire.

Enhanced DBS (or willingness to undertake).

Flexibility to work occasional evenings/weekends.

Desirable

Qualification in Exercise, Public Health, Community Health, Psychology, Nutrition or similar.

Experience delivering falls prevention or strength & balance activity (e.g. Otago/FaME).

Experience supporting behaviour change in older adults.

Experience working in the VCSE sector or multi-agency collaborations.

Experience creating public health educational materials.

Understanding of health inequalities and prevention.

Standard Information

Information Governance

Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during the course of their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. As a consequence, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies / procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

Smoke Free

ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.

Equality, Diversity & Human Rights

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Desirable

• Degree in Public Health, Exercise, Psychology, Nutrition or similar

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience in community health, older adult support, behaviour change or activity delivery
• Experience delivering group sessions in community settings
• Experience engaging older adults or vulnerable communities

Desirable

• Experience delivering strength & balance or falls prevention activity
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Your Health Notts Suite 7, Birch House Ransom Wood Business Park

Mansfield

NG21 0HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be the CYP Therapist for the Healthy Families service within Your Health Oldham.

Your Health Oldham aims to empower individuals and communities towards a healthier future by promoting health awareness. The CYP Therapist integrates psychological theory with therapeutic techniques to help people overcome and deal with problematic life events and mental health issues. They engage people and their communities to help identify barriers whilst empowering them to overcome these.

Role Purpose:

The role is designed to provide support to children and young people in a variety of settings, face to face, community based, digitally and via telephone.

The role involves assessment of clients referred and provision of child and young people therapy sessions.

The role includes ensuring the therapeutic support provides a clear, evidence based, effective and consistent service for all clients.

The role will continuously develop methods and resources that result in improved/effective wellbeing and behaviours for all ages.

This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced and friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance and Business Development are there to support. Additionally, existing experienced delivery teams will work with you to drive the service forward.

Duties and Responsibilities

This post will work under the line management Your Health Oldhams deputy Head of Service. The role provides therapeutic interventions to children, young people accessing targeted and specialist family weight management programmes.

Key responsibilities will be:

To work effectively and collaboratively to ensure the successful operation of therapeutic provision within the Healthy Family programme with Your Health Oldham. This involves working at different locations to provide interventions to children and young people.

To be a part of a multi-disciplinary assessment (MDA) team. To facilitate psychological and risk assessments to aid the development of client/family formulations and care pathways.

Support children and young people to discuss and work through highly complex, sensitive and personal information related to their presentation. This will include deconstruction of current interactional patterns of behaviour and meaning around weight issues and complex relationships, creating methods for client centred analysis of change, aided by the use of assessment tools.

To prepare and participate in peer supervisions and case reviews with other therapists regularly across the organisation.

Maintain accurate and detailed case notes and client records utilising digital systems and databases.

To attend team meetings and contribute to agendas and discussions. Prepare fully in accordance with service for Multi-Disciplinary Team Meetings (MDT) and complete relevant paperwork (such as MDT proformas), updating client records as appropriate.

To provide effective individual CYP therapy interventions, with the aim of helping clients prepare to engage in the specialist weight management programme and/or physical activity interventions.

To provide systemic CYP therapy, employing methods based upon evidence. To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of children and young people from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.

To contribute knowledge, skills and ideas with the aim of optimising the outcomes of the specialist weight management programme and/or physical activity interventions within the limits of ones trained role capacity and competency.

To participate in multiagency meetings as appropriate, child protection case conferences and reviews, etc. providing professional advice on individual care programme planning and other clinical matters as necessary.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded in own practice and that of others.

To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients/service users in your care.

To undertake self-directed/lone working in a variety of locations.

To read relevant current literature and stay up to date with developments and initiatives in psychological and family therapy for obesity treatment.

To undertake supervision internally within ABL Health with a qualified approved supervisor.

Skills and Competencies Required

Be an experienced therapist in a community health environment, assisting and delivering support to children and young people.

Experience of working with diverse communities within varied cultural environments

Adept in communication; A strong communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience.

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering child and young persons therapeutic interventions Experience of facilitating psychological assessments and formulating Demonstrate significant post-qualification experience. Confident in supporting / offering interventions to children and young people presenting mild to moderate risk behaviours. Knowledge of safety factors in management of self-harming behaviours. Able to work in a therapeutic way that responds to a clients needs, including a knowledge of cognitive behavioural therapy or behavioural approaches

Desirable

• More than 2 years, post qualifying, experience of delivering CYP interventions.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across Oldham and as required to ABL Health HQ in Greater Manchester. Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need, including some evening and occasional weekend work.

Qualifications

Essential

• A relevant professional qualification at degree level e.g. in social work, nursing, psychology, or other relevant field, professional counselling qualification/or IAPT or similar, e.g play therapy or integrative psychotherapy
• Registered/accredited member of a professional body (such as AFT, BABCP, BPS, BACP, UKCP).

Desirable

• CBT qualification or counselling equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Room 419, 2nd Floor Chambers Business Centre Chapel Road

Oldham

OL8 4QQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you:

An experienced Therapist used to a fast-paced environments

Experienced in working with children and young people across early intervention / mental health settings and experienced in engaging the whole family where appropriate

Experienced in providing guided self-help and short-term therapy interventions

Positive and proactive to achieve the highest standards and outcomes in engagement with children, young people, their parent/carers, and professionals

Adept in communication and confident communicating with CYP (Children and Young People), their parents/carers and health professionals

Open, respectful, committed to equality and inclusiveness and motivated by new ideas and perspectives

A team player

Main Duties and responsibilities:

This post will work under the line management of the Head of Service and Service Lead at Be U Notts. You will work in education settings and community venues to support Children / Young People to easily access therapeutic interventions and thrive. The role will be varied, challenging, and rewarding as you will work as part of a diverse clinical team pro-actively developing the service through co-production, delivery, and ongoing innovation.

Main Tasks:

To deliver therapeutic interventions to children and young people, working independently which may at times mean lone working.

To undertake professional initial assessments, safety planning and gathering more information of young people.

To provide ongoing and one-off counselling to young people.

To develop alternatives to one-to-one therapeutic work i.e., group work.

To facilitate peer support interventions with and for children and young people.

To provide information, advice, guidance, and support as part of the single point of access function.

To maintain confidential case notes and records in a timely manner ensuring that they are stored securely using the specified case management systems.

To develop links to other agencies and services and have a good understanding of local services for signposting and onward referrals

To positively manage risk, develop safety plans, and recognise and pro-actively respond to child protection and safeguarding issues.

Communication

Be able to communicate and engage with children and young people appropriate to individual needs.

Ensure young people feel listened to, feel in control and are respected.

WORKING PRACTICE EXPECTATIONS

Ethical Practice

Employed therapists are required to abide by the Ethical Framework for Good Practise in Counselling and Psychotherapy (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) or equivalent.

Professional Membership and Registration

It is required that employed practitioners maintain active membership with a national organisation that represents the field of psychological therapy and people who work as counsellors and therapists, such AFT, BACP, BPS, BABCP or HCPC or UKCP. Employed practitioners will ideally pursue accreditation or registration with one of these bodies; and will complete annual continuing professional development and associated procedures required to maintain accreditation and/or registration. All costs associated with professional memberships, subscriptions, conferences, continuing education etc., are borne by the practitioner.

Liability Insurance

Employed practitioners are covered against malpractice liability by ABL insurance.

Supervision

Employed clinical practitioners are required to attend supervision at the minimum frequency of 1.5 hours per FTE per month, with an appropriately qualified internal ABL Health professional. This time is included in the contract.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with recognised National Body (e.g. BACP/UKCP, HCPC)

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need
• Enhanced DBS check
• The ability to travel independently across Nottingham City, Rushcliffe and Gedling

Experience

Essential

• -Experience in delivering therapeutic interventions among CY
• -Knowledge of development in CYP, family development and of transitions
• -Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team environment -Experience in managing a caseload
• -Ability to assess and manage risks
• -Ability to recognise and respond to concerns about child protection and safeguarding
• -Ability to make use of supervision
• -Up to date knowledge of CYP emotional wellbeing / early mental health clinical evidence-based practice and support for parents/carers

Desirable

• -Experience in delivering training and workshops to CYP and parents / carers
• -Experience in delivering training to professionals
• -Experience in running peer support groups
• -At least 1 year of post-qualification experience in integrative therapy, creative therapy or low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy.
• -Experience in quality improvement measures
• -Experience in pathway development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Suite 50A, Ransom Hall

Mansfield

Nottinghamshire

NG21 0HJ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABL is seeking a highly motivated and self-sufficient Project Manager to lead and deliver a portfolio of business change, operational efficiency, and process improvement initiatives across the organisation. The role will be responsible for managing multiple concurrent projects from inception through to implementation and benefits realisation, ensuring delivery against agreed scope, timescales, budgets and quality standards.

The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of project management methodologies, particularly PRINCE2, alongside excellent stakeholder engagement, planning and organisational skills. They must be comfortable working independently with minimal supervision whilst operating effectively across multiple workstreams and business functions.

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Manage a portfolio of change, transformation, efficiency and process improvement projects simultaneously.
• Lead projects through the full project lifecycle, from change request / business case development and initiation through to implementation and closure.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies and resource requirements.
• Monitor project progress, proactively identifying and managing risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Ensure project objectives, deliverables and success criteria are clearly defined and achieved.
• Drive projects to successful completion whilst maintaining focus on delivering measurable business benefits.

Change & Process Improvement

• Support departments in identifying opportunities for operational improvement, increased efficiency and cost reduction.
• Facilitate process mapping, current-state and future-state design workshops.
• Challenge existing ways of working and identify practical opportunities to streamline processes and improve performance.
• Support implementation of new ways of working and embed sustainable change across the organisation.
• Work alongside the Health Equity Performance Lead where operational / process change is needed

Governance & Reporting

• Apply PRINCE2 principles, themes and processes to establish effective project governance.
• Produce high-quality project documentation including change request, progress reports, Smartsheet plans, risk logs and closure reports.
• Provide clear and concise project reporting to senior management and Change Board.
• Maintain RAID logs and ensure timely escalation of key project risks and issues.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across all levels of the organisation.
• Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders and sponsors.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings and decision-making forums.
• Influence and engage stakeholders to gain commitment and drive successful project outcomes.

Benefits Realisation

• Define and monitor project benefits and success measures.
• Ensure improvements are embedded into business operations and benefits are realised post implementation.
• Support continuous improvement activities and lessons learned reviews.

Key Success Measures

The successful candidate will:

Deliver projects on time, within scope and to agreed quality standards.

Successfully manage a portfolio of multiple concurrent projects.

Achieve measurable operational efficiencies and business improvements.

Maintain accurate, timely and effective project governance and reporting.

Demonstrate strong stakeholder satisfaction and engagement.

Ensure project benefits are realised and sustained following implementation.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• PRINCE2 Practitioner qualification (or equivalent advanced project management certification).

Desirable

• Degree or equivalent qualification in business, management, operations or a related discipline

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience managing multiple projects concurrently within a fast-paced and growing business environment.
• Demonstrable experience delivering business change, efficiency improvement and process optimisation projects.
• Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders and project teams.
• Experience producing and maintaining project governance documentation and reporting.
• Experience working independently and managing competing priorities with minimal supervision.

Desirable

• Experience working within health, social care, public sector or another regulated environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

71 Redgate Way

Farnworth

Bolton

BL4 0JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a leadership role where the post holder will have a real influence on the clinical and operational excellence of the service. The post holder will take a pro-active lead in building relationships, partnerships and alliances in the community, secondary care, and primary care settings, and supporting specialist advisors to deliver outcomes that benefit clients referred to the service. They will be responsible for the line management of staff working across Gloucestershire.

The post holder must have extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in public health or behaviour-change settings.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The post holder has responsibility of delivering the following key result areas:

Exercise strong practice leadership in a style and manner consistent with the companys values, sharing best practices, positively influencing colleagues at all levels, and encouraging reflective practice and a culture of continuous improvement.

Drive quality improvement across the division and support the Gloucestershire service contributing towards overall objectives.

Conduct observations and care record audits across all services and feed improvements needed in each service development plan.

Provide a leadership role in service planning, development, implementation, and coordination of all elements of the service.

To develop and coordinate a team of Advisors to ensure they provide evidence based interventions to Gloucestershire residents.

Line manage a team and be responsible for supervision and day to day management and performance.

Actively involved in the promotion and advertisement of the service.

To support the team with their professional development ensuring audits and observations are scheduled regularly.

To take accountability and responsibility for KPIs and ensure weekly/monthly updates are provided to the Head of Service.

Effectively work with the data team, Heads of Service and Project leads to ensure the data for all services demonstrate clear outcomes.

Work with the Professional leads to embed the integrated service strategy across all services.

Work collaboratively with key stakeholders in the community, primary care, and secondary care to ensure a seamless referral pathway and feedback system is adhered to and improved where necessary.

Input to multi -disciplinary meetings as required.

Input into Governance procedures to ensure the service is both safe and effective

Produce reports to showcase effectiveness and improve performance.

Work in partnership with primary care, secondary care, and community stakeholders to disseminate information and deliver campaigns.

Increase referrals by promoting and communicating with other professionals.

Contribute to the social values of the service.

Work within agreed boundaries and relevant policies and standard operating procedures.

Plan and organise workloads effectively

Ensure robust client records are up to date at all times.

Use reflection and evaluation to improve service delivery.

Delivery of training to appropriate professionals and other stakeholders.

Delivery of Healthy Lifestyle Services

This role will develop over time and therefore it is expected that post holder will have additional responsibilities

The desire to make a difference

We are looking to change the lives and improve the wellbeing of the people in Gloucestershire

Skills and Competencies Required

An experienced senior leader with experience in delivering excellent healthy lifestyle services. across community settings

Skilled in project management accustomed to using tools and processes to identify project goals, set and manage the schedule, anticipate, and identify issues, remove obstacles, delineate responsibility, track task completion, and communicate progress

Experience in evolving and developing services within a complex health system.

A positive and proactive leader with the ability to motivate, engage and support teams to achieve the highest standards and outcomes .

A strategic thinker, able to foresee and take action to deal with problems and opportunities.

An adept communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience including clients, staff, volunteers and partner agencies

Results orientated and naturally seek quantitative goals and actively seek to outperform them.

An experienced health practitioner with a knowledge of smoking cessation, weight management or similar

Be able to build strong relationships, foster trust and co-operation among colleagues and stakeholders

Be quality driven; naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in the health-related field: Nutrition, Dietetics, Nursing, Public Health

Desirable

• Masters Qualification or equivalent
• Quality improvement certification or equivalent Level 2/3 REPS qualification
• Project management or leadership qualification
• NCSCT qualification

Experience

Essential

• Delivery/management experience e.g., weight management, stop smoking, behavior change.
• Experience in managing and inspiring large teams
• Project and operational management experience
• Demonstrable experience in working with a range of stake holders to improve health outcomes for the population
• Experience in contract and performance management
• Demonstrable experience with service improvement measures Experience in using data to inform service development to improve outcomes
• Experience in working with commissioners.

Desirable

• Previous experience of working with overweight/obese adults
• Previous experience of working on physical activity and exercise on referral programmes
• Previous experience of working in Smoking Cessation services
• Previous experience of early years interventions or workplace health initiatives

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the county
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Eastgate House, Suite 3D, Third Floor, Eastgate Street

Gloucester

Gloucestershire

GL1 1PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Role Purpose:

You will provide administrative support to Gloucestershire Service. You will work with the Admin Lead and the rest of the team to ensure the smooth running of the office and the administration of the programs to meet targets and deadlines. Responsible for a range of administration, you will be based in our Gloucester office.

Your key responsibilities will be:

You will provide a range of administration duties for the service, including patient and health professional letters, patient database updates, appointment bookings, telephone queries, and liaising with health professionals and colleagues.

Ability and experience of working to own initiative in an administration role.

Take incoming calls, ensuring that calls are transferred to the relevant person/ department and that messages are handled efficiently.

To work within a busy office as part of a team and to provide general clerical and administrative support, including word processing and filing routine correspondence. To follow established systems for allocation and completion of work.

Providing professional administration services to clients and identifying specific needs. Manage and maintain confidential patient files on a database and paper.

Manage and promptly handle incoming healthcare referrals, adhering to company timescales.

Book appointments for clients and use appropriate calendar software.

Record client data accurately on the appropriate service database.

To exchange information using IT systems, including Excel and Word. Use word processing, spreadsheet, and in-house database.

Be able to encourage and assess the client`s readiness for specific behaviour change

Work with service leads to source new venues.

Weekly monitoring of workload and service targets.

Dispensing Nicotine Replacement Therapy through postal services

General administration (record keeping, filing, etc.)

Skills and Competencies Required

Be an experienced administrator used to working in a health and/or community setting

Experienced working with Microsoft Office and health related database systems

Positive and proactive working at pace with multiple tasks

Adept in communication; positive and welcoming communication style with all patients, health professionals and colleagues

Build strong relationships; good team player happy to work as part of a team and work independently on own tasks

Quality driven; you naturally seek high standards and actively seek to improve them.

Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives

Standard Information

Information Governance

Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation.

The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organization from unauthorized disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.

Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role in the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses, and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Safeguarding is Everyones Business

ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children / young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. Therefore, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies/procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.

Smoke-Free

ABL is Smoke - Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.

Training

The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.

Equality, Diversity & Human Rights

It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality, and respect human rights.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in a reception/administration role
• GCSE Level in Maths and English or equivalent
• NVQ 2 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.

Desirable

• RSA Typing ll or above
• NVQ 3 level in a relevant subject

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in an administration role
• Experience of working in a team environment

Desirable

• Experience in minute taking for meetings
• Experience in a health care setting e.g. Community health provider, GP Practice, Hospital

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills including listening, verbal and written
• Excellent telephone manner
• Ability to work under high pressure and in a fast paced environment
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Efficient problem solving skills
• Ability to interact with colleagues and other stakeholders politely and courteously
• Excellent IT skills and proficient in all areas of Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Excellent customer care
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads
• Monitor workload and ability to multi-task
• Evidence of accuracy and paying attention to detail in tasks
• Punctuality, reliability and honesty
• Ability to use own initiative and confident to do so in the workplace

Desirable

• Understanding and evidence of adhering to information governance and data protection policies
• Experience with software packages

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire

Eastgate Street

Gloucester

GL1 1PX

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

As the Governance and Assurance Officer you will be a key part of the management team responsible for ensuring good practice is adhered to when it comes to governance, safeguarding and health & safety. You will provide guidance and recommendations to staff where necessary, as well as organising any relevant training where appropriate. You will work closely with senior management, providing regular updates and highlighting any potential risks or concerns that will need to be addressed.

Duties and Responsibilities

Governance and Quality assurance

o Support the contracts under your remit to ensure all of the governance arrangements operate in line with organisational expectations and CQC requirements (safe, effective, responsive, caring & well led).

o Oversee the audit evidence submissions and support the Operational Leads where required in the interest of service improvement and regulatory compliance.

o Prepare and submit timely reports on governance, audit findings, and service quality improvement initiatives to senior management as required

o Contribute to the overall quality assurance of ABL Governance systems and take remedial action to improve these where required

o Support senior management to implement organisational policies, ensuring compliance with legislation, standards and best practice.

Take part in companywide steering groups around governance, safeguarding and health and safety.

Review incidents on a regular basis, ensuring compliance to relevant policies and where required, conduct investigations into significant incidents and complaints. Support services to implement the identified actions for compliance.

Health and Safety (Governance, assurance and compliance)

o Promote and support Health and Safety good practice in the workplace by providing information and relevant training to build staff capability and knowledge.

o Where required, undertake mandatory risk assessments and consider how risks can be reduced.

o Undertake site safety inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented and ensuring all documentation is up to date.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years working in a healthcare related role.
• A mature understanding of Governance systems in a health or social care setting.
• Understanding and experience of regulatory compliance in a CQC regulated setting.

Desirable

• Experience working in a health promotion setting.
• Experience in a leadership role.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• Full Uk driving licence
• The ability to travel independently across an agreed geographical area (dependent on home location) and as required to ABL Health HQ in Greater Manchester.
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.

Qualifications

Desirable

• IOSH or NEBOSH Qualified.
• Safeguarding Level 4 (Designated Safeguarding Officer)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

71 Redgate Way

Farnworth

Bolton

BL4 0JL

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role of Healthy Lifestyle Advisor within ABLs One You Kent Service delivers evidence-based weight management and wider lifestyle behaviour change support to adults, helping individuals improve weight, physical activity, mental wellbeing, and overall health outcomes. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the post holder provides holistic, person-centred interventions across community and digital settings, including weight management programmes, 1:1 health coaching, and healthy eating and cookery sessions, while also supporting clients who may not yet be ready to engage in structured programmes.

The role uses a client-centred, evidence-based approach incorporating motivational interviewing, positive psychology, and SMART goal setting, with ongoing monitoring of progress and tailored support in line with NICE guidance. It contributes to multidisciplinary assessments and care planning, participates in MDT meetings, and supports service development, quality improvement, and co-production of programme materials.

In addition, the post holder is responsible for maintaining accurate records, meeting data requirements, and ensuring compliance with organisational policies and governance standards. The role also involves active community engagement, partnership working, promotion of services, and contribution to staff training and development, alongside flexible working across the project area including evenings, weekends, and travel as required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience
• CIMSPA (previously REPS) qualified Level 2 Gym instructor/Group exercise award or equivalent (or willing to work towards)

Desirable

• Sports Coaching qualification
• Degree in nutrition and/or eligible to be registered as an associate or full member of the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists/ or degree OR in exercise, psychology, public health, other health related field

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required
• Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one behaviour change adults
• Experience of delivering health promotion / public health interventions in community settings
• Experience working with hard-to-reach groups and tackling health inequalities
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Previous paid or voluntary experience working with people

Desirable

• Experience of delivering groups and/or one-to-one specialist weight management interventions to children, young people and adults
• Experience of planning and delivering appropriate health interventions specific to individual requirements
• Experience of delivering health/weight interventions to children and young people

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd

Address

Kent House

81 Station Road

Kent

TN23 1PP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)