Prevention Officer

We have an excellent opportunity available for a Prevention Officer to join our proactive Public Health Team at Wokingham Borough Council, on a full-time, permanent basis. As a Prevention Officer, you will play an integral role in delivering the Wokingham Long Term Health Prevention programmes to those individuals who have been referred on prescription by a Health Professional onto the scheme, both in the practical delivery of physical activity sessions and the required consultations of the referral. This includes, but not limited to, supporting all other health preventative programmes in the team (e.g. Escape Pain, Falls Prevention, Cardiac Rehab and Active Ageing), deliver physical activity sessions and consultations where necessary and required to do so. The aim of the service is to develop facilities, policies and strategies relating the Health & Wellbeing and Leisure Strategies, ensuring that they contribute to the Council's overall Vision and Goals. Delivery of health and wellbeing physical activities within the Borough.,

• Support the Prevention Manager to develop and expand the Wokingham Long Term Health Physical Activity Referral Scheme, Steady Steps Falls Prevention and Active Ageing programmes within the Borough, in line with set protocols, and national service frameworks, ensuring an appropriate, equitable and accessible service across the local authority.
• Co-ordinating, monitoring and ensuring all exercise classes/ sessions are appropriate, safe and effective. Ensure all health and safety issues are identified within the settings and Risk Assessments carried out
• Co-ordinate and deliver consultations with participants on the Wokingham Long Term Health Physical Activity Referral Scheme, adhering to our data and management protocols, including confidentiality.
• Provide feedback and collect relevant data from the individual's assessments in order to provide the Senior Public Health Programme Officer with evidence-based data for future funding opportunities
• To deliver programmes both in the practical delivery of physical activity sessions and through verbal consultations with the individual., Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.


• Relevant degree or equivalent qualifications/Sport and Leisure/Health
• National Governing Body level 2 gym instructor
• Level 3 in Exercise Referral Desirable
• Other relevant qualifications level 4 e.g. PSI, Neuro desirable
• Previous experience in exercise prescription/running physical activity sessions
• Driving Licence and own transport
• The role may include some evening delivery.
  
  Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises of a vibrant and historical market town, attractive villages, and miles of beautiful countryside.
We're home to a range of high performing schools, a host of international businesses and an incredible community. The borough has a strong local economy with accelerated growth, a range of excellent public facilities and low levels of crime, offering an exceptional quality of life., Our Children's services When Children's Services get involved in the life of a child, our priority is to make sure our social workers have the support, time, and resources they need to provide an excellent quality of service - the kind of service we ourselves would wish to receive. We're committed to social workers having case loads that give them time to focus on relationship-based practice and we're growing our workforce to reflect this. We want to maintain an environment where practice can flourish and we offer:
• Good quality supervision
• A wide range of training and development opportunities
• A visible and responsive leadership team
We've adopted Signs of Safety as our practice framework. This is a strength based and safety-focused approach which prioritises direct work and relationships with the child and their network. Our commitment to this includes training staff at all levels in Children's Services. We also use this strengths based approach in the support and line management of our staff. https://wokinghamjobs.jgp.co.uk/ Careers in adult social care Adult Social Care makes a positive impact on so many lives. Working in social care is a fulfilling job that transforms lives for the better. With your help, people will have the ongoing support they need to live their lives to the full and help continue to deliver our outstanding services Roles are varied and every day is different. Working in adult social care will give you a huge sense of pride and satisfaction at the end of every working day. You won't find a more rewarding job.

Not only is this an excellent opportunity, but it's a fantastic time to join our team. You will receive an extensive range of employee benefits including, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays, an excellent local government pension scheme, an employee assistance programme, sports & leisure discounts, an onsite gym, cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme and much more!,
• Excellent pension benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Annual leave - starting at 26 days (plus bank holidays dependent on grade and working hours)
• Training and support
• Free eye tests
• Free gym access
• Free advice and counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Relocation package worth up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility
• Employment referral scheme of £1000 for successful candidates (subject to eligibility)
• We pay professional registration fees for Social Workers and Occupational Therapists
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