Engagement and Partnerships Lead

ABL Health have launched a new Healthy Lifestyle service in Gloucestershire, commissioned by Gloucestershire County Council. The service will also deliver the 1001 days programme supporting families and young children and the Healthy Workplace award scheme.

The Engagement Lead will be working across the county for the Healthy Lifestyles service. You will be expected to engage at community and neighbourhood level to develop partnerships and increase referrals into the service, building long- lasting relationships with local partners. This will involve working with a wide range of stakeholder groups.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised and proactive communicator, with experience working in a community setting. ABL take a strengths focused asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate and partner, not replicate existing delivery. The role will require dynamic working which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish supporting people to achieve healthy lives.

Main duties of the job

You will be the Partnerships & Engagement Lead, covering Healthy Lifestyles Gloucestershire.

You will be expected to engage with various operational and strategic stakeholders at place and system level to ensure true system integration across all service elements. You will support the Head of Service to develop and maintain effective referral pathways into the service and build long-lasting relationships with system partners from a range of sectors, including but not limited to primary and secondary care, CVS, place-based partnerships, local authorities and the ICB. Your primary focus is to build system-wide support to improve the health and wellbeing of Gloucestershire residents. Another key aspect of this role is to increase referrals through system engagement and training for professionals.

You will be responsible for developing and implementing the service engagement strategy on an ongoing basis and producing a quarterly impact report to submit to public health commissioners.

ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities and stakeholders.

We are a values driven organisation, dedicated to reducing health inequalities and improving peoples lives. We would love to hear from you if you would like the opportunity to work with in a close team of committed professionals and you share our values of designing and delivering health services that are