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Community Engagement Insights Lead
| Posting date: | 05 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £27,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 November 2024 |
| Location: | Hinckley, LE10 3EY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | U0129-24-0007 |
Summary
MAIN PURPOSE Our Community Engagement and Insight Leads work to build community capacity to implement our service goals through resident and cross community engagement that is participatory, inclusive, deliberative, and collaborative. SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES The post holder will Work to participate in all community networks of relevance developing trusted partnerships Deliver Making Every Contact Count and Very Brief Advice training to organisations, raising awareness of the service and ensuring the service can reach the residents who might benefit from it. Engage with existing organisations across the public, private and charitable sectors to embed the service Deliver Level two training with GPs, Pharmacies and Vape Shops to support and develop the community stop smoking and vaping offer Attend community events regularly, lead on social media for the Service Line manage a team of Stop Smoking Advisors Contribute to the planning, delivery and development of the stop smoking service including specific project work. Lead on engagement for linking smokers to the most effective interventions to quit, promoting the local offer to support Smoking and Vaping cessation Boosting existing behavioural support schemes designed to encourage smokers to quit for example the swap to stop Strengthening partnerships in local healthcare systems Carrying out prevention work with school settings and families Be line managed by the Service Manager. PERSON SPECIFICATION SKILLS and ABILITIES Be able to plan and manage own time and activities around the needs of individuals in the community to generate referrals Ability to keep accurate records of activity to provide data and monitoring information Effective numeracy and literacy skills Emotionally sensitive and empathetic to members of the public who wish to improve their health, to be supportive and encouraging to people in difficult (sometimes frustrating) situations Value and be respectful of other people regardless of background or circumstances Have strong interpersonal and communication skills Be flexible with good time management and planning skills Be interested in motivating and supporting both individuals and groups in community-based settings, and in the home Be an excellent communicator, able to express to other organisations the benefits of working Able to remain positive and constructive under pressure Sound interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively with all levels of colleagues, including effective partnerships with other agencies and service providers. Good presentation of self: enthusiastic, innovative and flexible. Self-motivated, committed and conscientious Excellent verbal and written communication skills in order to effectively communicate with a wide range of individuals including participants, colleagues and external partners. Ability to organise and run training sessions Proven planning, organisational, timekeeping and evaluation skills. Ability to organise, monitor and check work to ensure no element of a task is left unfinished. Knowledge of maintaining records and monitoring system. Ability to use generic software packages. Be confident in the use of Microsoft Office packages including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook.