Weight Management Programme Coordinator | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 20 June 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £30,279 - £33,116 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, E1 4DG |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6355997/363-TH6355997 |
Summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in working with people with learning disabilities to support them to develop healthier lifestyles?
Tower Hamlets Community Learning Disability Service (CLDS) is seeking a Weight Management Programme Coordinator (AFC Band 4) to work closely with our Dietitian to support the delivery of our Tier 2 weight management programme, including Shape Up. The Shape Up programme involves working closely with adults with learning disabilities and their support networks to increase physical activity levels and improve diet and eating habits. Shape Up includes group teaching and 1:1 interventions over a twelve-week course with more than one course running at any one time. The role also involves delivering training and support to paid and unpaid carers.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in collaboration with adults with learning disabilities, carers and staff based in provider organisations (day services, homecare, supported living) and the post is based within a large integrated health and social care team. The role includes working with service users, both individually and in groups; programme promotion; referral screening and triage; developing resources; programme planning; data gathering and reporting.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication, IT and organisational skills who is confident to deliver training in person and online.
• Working with adults with learning disabilities, their families and paid carers
• Delivering training and information about weight management and healthy lifestyles
• Processing referrals and recording data (eg. height, weight)
• Working in a range of community settings and people's homes within Tower Hamlets
• Networking with organisations who work with adults with learning disabilities
We are looking for someone with experience of working with people with disabilities who hasgood verbal and non-verbal communication skills and an interest in promoting healthy lifestyles and weight management. You will also need to have experience of presenting information to groups of people and to have good computer skills (eg. use of Excel, Powerpoint, MS Teams).
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed Job Description attached.
Key responsibilities:
1. Promoting the programme to stakeholders eg. clients, provider organisations, GPs
1. Assist in triaging referrals to establish eligibility for the programme
1. Planning and organising programme delivery – identifying participants for each cohort, venues, gathering and developing programme resources, session planning, identifying and supporting volunteer peer coaches
1. Programme delivery – working closely with participants and their support networks to develop and review individualised goals and timetables, delivery of programme content to participants, both in groups and 1:1
1. Data gathering and reporting – measurement and collation of baseline and repeat data for participants, data entry, monitoring data and preparing reports; gathering service user feedback
1. Developing working relationships with clients, provider organisations, GPs, local community resources
1. Support in the delivery of the dietetic service within CLDS.
This advert closes on Thursday 27 Jun 2024