Healthy Living Advisor

Job Summary

The Healthy Living Advisor role will focus on assessing, planning and delivering healthy living interventions to (inpatient) service users living with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) to enable people to improve their mental and physical health. This will include physical activity, healthy eating advice, first line weight management advice (under the supervision of a dietitian), smoking cessation and brief interventions on drug and alcohol usage following appropriate training. This will be delivered through advice and information for service users and staff, training and development for service users and staff, health promotion and physical interventions. The Healthy Living Advisor will encourage service users to access local opportunities and services, signposting people to activities which support health and wellbeing. *Post also involves travel to the Mount, LS2 9LN and Newsam Centre, LS14 6UH on a weekly basis.*

Main Duties of the Job

• Plan and deliver healthy lifestyle interventions to mental health inpatients on both a 1:1 and group basis.
• Contribute to the management and prioritisation of the caseload across different sites.
• Support the development of evidence based, appropriate and tailor-made healthy-living based sessions.
• Contribute to the implementation of the physical health improvement procedure as part of a robust care plan.
• Assist in the development of referral criteria for all relevant care pathways.
• Assist in the developments of the healthy living service as appropriate to the post.
• Complete initial health assessments for service users referred into the Healthy Living Service.
• Provide advice and guidance on physical activity, healthy eating, first line weight management, smoking cessation, brief interventions for alcohol and activity advice.
• Help individuals to develop an 'action plan' to change behaviour and motivate the individuals to sustain those behaviours, leading to more healthy choices and actions.
• Participate in activity sessions, healthy living groups and provide advice and training on healthy living to other groups of staff.

About the Company

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. They also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, they are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development. Benefits include employee wellbeing support, 27-33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 3 OR equivalent in an area relevant to the service (e.g. nutrition, occupational therapy, health promotion, health psychology) or equivalent relevant experience in a health and social care setting.
• Fitness instructor qualification level 2/3 (for exercise prescription).
• CIMSPA Registration (or willingness to gain registration in 1 month).

Skills (Essential)

• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills.
• Eye contact, ability to build rapport etc in interview.

Values (Desirable)

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

Additional Information

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. For questions about the job, contact Zoe Atack at [contact hidden] or [contact hidden].