Public Health Practitioner - Mental Wellbeing and Substance Use
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £38,626 to £40,476 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 July 2025 |
| Location: | County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge, BA14 8JN |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Wiltshire Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5106 |
Summary
Salary: £38,626 - £40,476
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: Week commencing Monday 28 July 2025
Public Health - Championing Community Well-being
We’re offering an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of Wiltshire’s population. Join our Building Resilience Team as a Public Health Practitioner and become a key player in embedding public health principles across all public services.
In this role, you’ll lead, and support programmes aimed at improving mental wellbeing, enhancing emotional resilience, and reducing substance use. A particular focus will be on suicide harm prevention and addressing avoidable or near deaths involving multiple risk factors, including substance use. Your work will align with local public health priorities and will be rooted in prevention, reducing health inequalities, and supporting vulnerable communities.
You’ll be responsible for identifying local needs and using evidence-based approaches to develop targeted interventions that improve health outcomes, particularly around mental wellbeing and co-existing conditions such as substance use. This role requires someone who can work independently and proactively, bringing innovative thinking to complex challenges. You’ll build strong partnerships with internal teams, external organisations, and local communities, and contribute to strategic planning and service development through evidence-based practice.
We’re looking for a passionate and self-driven professional with experience in using evidence to shape and develop interventions that meet the needs of local communities. You should be confident working in a fast-paced, evolving environment, and bring creativity, commitment, and a genuine desire to make a difference. If you thrive in collaborative settings and value partnership working, we’d love to hear from you.
Hours per week: 37 hours
Interview date: Week commencing Monday 28 July 2025
Public Health - Championing Community Well-being
We’re offering an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of Wiltshire’s population. Join our Building Resilience Team as a Public Health Practitioner and become a key player in embedding public health principles across all public services.
In this role, you’ll lead, and support programmes aimed at improving mental wellbeing, enhancing emotional resilience, and reducing substance use. A particular focus will be on suicide harm prevention and addressing avoidable or near deaths involving multiple risk factors, including substance use. Your work will align with local public health priorities and will be rooted in prevention, reducing health inequalities, and supporting vulnerable communities.
You’ll be responsible for identifying local needs and using evidence-based approaches to develop targeted interventions that improve health outcomes, particularly around mental wellbeing and co-existing conditions such as substance use. This role requires someone who can work independently and proactively, bringing innovative thinking to complex challenges. You’ll build strong partnerships with internal teams, external organisations, and local communities, and contribute to strategic planning and service development through evidence-based practice.
We’re looking for a passionate and self-driven professional with experience in using evidence to shape and develop interventions that meet the needs of local communities. You should be confident working in a fast-paced, evolving environment, and bring creativity, commitment, and a genuine desire to make a difference. If you thrive in collaborative settings and value partnership working, we’d love to hear from you.
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