Health Improvement Practitioner (High Risk Groups)
Company
Location
Bodmin, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/5/2025
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Description
Job Description
The Service & Team:
Healthy Cornwall are an innovative team within the Wellbeing and Public Health Service of Cornwall Council with a passion to help people lead healthier lives. If you share our passion about wellbeing and helping others to improve their own personal wellbeing please read on.
Healthy Cornwall is a small team of dedicated professionals who provide service with a smile to our customers whilst also striving to make a big difference for our population here in Cornwall. The health inequalities team are friendly, compassionate, diverse and welcoming team who achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable people and those who face the greatest health inequalities, so why not apply to be part of our successful team.
The Role
We are looking to recruit a part-time, Health Improvement Practitioner in the East of the county to assist our increasingly busy service to help improve the health outcomes for those people who are homeless and address the unique challenges they might face This is a permanent, part time role, 14.8 hours a week.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
This is a 2-day post, 14.8 hours per week and hours can be agreed with the team manager.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
We are seeking a compassionate, energetic person with experience supporting individuals facing health challenges related to homelessness.
What You’ll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact
Shelagh Mitchell ( [email protected] ) or Steve Hillman ( [email protected] )
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
The Service & Team:
Healthy Cornwall are an innovative team within the Wellbeing and Public Health Service of Cornwall Council with a passion to help people lead healthier lives. If you share our passion about wellbeing and helping others to improve their own personal wellbeing please read on.
Healthy Cornwall is a small team of dedicated professionals who provide service with a smile to our customers whilst also striving to make a big difference for our population here in Cornwall. The health inequalities team are friendly, compassionate, diverse and welcoming team who achieve positive outcomes for vulnerable people and those who face the greatest health inequalities, so why not apply to be part of our successful team.
The Role
We are looking to recruit a part-time, Health Improvement Practitioner in the East of the county to assist our increasingly busy service to help improve the health outcomes for those people who are homeless and address the unique challenges they might face This is a permanent, part time role, 14.8 hours a week.
This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
This is a 2-day post, 14.8 hours per week and hours can be agreed with the team manager.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
We are seeking a compassionate, energetic person with experience supporting individuals facing health challenges related to homelessness.
- An ability to motivate and inspire behaviour change in individuals who may initially be resistant to change in order to facilitate health improvement.
- An ability to successfully deliver stop smoking interventions to individuals and advise on follow up support.
- A strong work ethic and the ability to work both individually and as part of a team towards shared objectives.
- Able to work flexibly across the week including a commitment to working some evenings and occasional weekends.
- An ability to manage busy caseloads effectively
- An ability to use evidence-based practice with a compassionate approach to tobacco dependency.
- An ability to effectively collect and document information appropriately within a database.
What You’ll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
Our Core Employee Rewards And Benefits Include
- a competitive salary.
- a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions
- a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.
Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role
The full role profile is attached here
For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact
Shelagh Mitchell ( [email protected] ) or Steve Hillman ( [email protected] )
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Advertise with us by contacting: [email protected]
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