Health Improvement Practitioner inPlymouth inPlymouth PUBLISHED THU 3 OCT 2024

Up to 18.75 hours per week.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Falls Prevention Team within the Livewell Southwest Wellbeing services.

You will contribute to reducing falls and fall-related injuries across Plymouth, supporting older adults to live their best lives; utilising behaviour change skills to support engagement and longer-term adherence to physical activity, specific falls prevention programmes and other health improvement programmes supported by the team.

You will have experience of delivering exercise and a willingness to learn and gain new falls prevention exercise delivery skills which will include the completion of the Postural Stability Instructor course. This will enable us to expand our FaME (Falls and Management Exercise) programme delivery across Plymouth to progressively improve participants strength, balance and physical function.

The post holder will also be responsible for conducting multifactorial assessments for appropriate individuals, referring to and working in close collaboration with physiotherapists and therapy support workers within the team, the wider multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations

This role is a 2 year fixed term contract.

Interview date: 22nd November 2024

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

The Falls Prevention Team are responsible for the delivery of multifactorial falls risk assessments for older adults, who are at risk or who have fallen, the delivery of group-based strength and balance classes - Falls Management Exercise (FaME) and one to one interventions. They play a preventative role by spreading the message of the importance of strength and balance exercises and other evidence-based falls prevention activities.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

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Job responsibilities

1.MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

After competency-based training, conduct multifactorial falls risk assessments with appropriate individuals who have been identified at risk of falling, or who have fallen.

Provide basic falls prevention interventions and onward referrals.

To deliver the FaME (Falls Management Exercise) programme upon completion of the Postural Stability Instructor course.

To take responsibility for all aspects of FaME group delivery and management, as directed by the protocols/Standard Operating Procedures.

To work under the indirect supervision of a Registered Practitioner.

Carry out one-to-one interventions for behavior change after appropriate training.

Liaise with partners to help reach target populations and communities.

Actively seek out Hard to Reach populations and help them to engage in healthy lifestyle initiatives.

Actively seek out Livewell Southwest teams who would benefit from Wellbeing training and who can help deliver brief interventions and referral to the Wellbeing Team.

Contribute to the delivery of falls prevention training programmes for other professionals /interested parties internally and externally.

Contribute at network meetings and team events.

Monitor and evaluate outcomes via processes, procedures, and systems.

Give feedback on performance and local intelligence to senior management team.

Ensure that all stakeholders receive up-to-date information on a wide range of health improvement topics.

Support health fairs, and other community engagement events to deliver health promotion and brief interventions.

Contribute to the communications and marketing strategy by collecting case studies and photos.

Develop fact sheets and resources.

Contribute to research and development as directed.

Act as a Health Champion, Making Every Contact Count.

Be up to date with a range of health improvement topics through competency-based learning.