Health Squad Advanced Practitioner
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,532 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | Willington |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Pioneering Care Partnership |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | Hydrotherapy Pool Attendant |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of addressing health inequalities across County Durham. The purpose of the role is work as part of the Health Squad Programme Team in helping shape and deliver the County Durham Health Squad programme. Health Squad is a new health improvement service which has been commissioned to support reductions in Health Inequalities linked to the CORE20Plus5 Plus programme supporting people with multiple and complex health and healthcare needs. The target groups have been identified as people who are homeless, prison leavers /on probation, vulnerable migrants, Gypsy Roma and Traveller communities, people with learning disabilities, people from ethnic minority communities and carers.
We are looking to appoint someone who is:
• Experienced in developing and managing an active caseload and delivering interventions coupled with a knowledge of health and lifestyle issues relating to adults (gained through practical experience and/or a health-related qualification)
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to engage and deliver support for vulnerable populations who are not utilising health care services, with the ability to listen, influence, negotiate and motivate individuals in relation to health-related behaviours.
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health and their impact on communities with a working knowledge of health and lifestyle issues relating to adults (gained through practical experience and/or a health-related qualification)
• Experience of successfully engaging and working with both individuals and groups in the community or voluntary sector.
• Ability to act upon own initiative, respond to changing situations with excellent organizational and time management skills but also a good team player and flexible to meet the demands of the service.
If you are passionate about addressing health inequalities and want to support people across County Durham we’d love to hear from you.
To book an informal discussion with Allister Rennard-Laverack, Health Squad Locality Coordinator please email allister.rennard-laverack@pcp.uk.net
Closing date for applications is: Sunday 28th September 2025 at midnight.
Please note we do not accept CV's as part of the recruitment process. Visit www.pcp.uk.net and download an application pack. Return completed application forms to hr@pcp.uk.net
We are looking to appoint someone who is:
• Experienced in developing and managing an active caseload and delivering interventions coupled with a knowledge of health and lifestyle issues relating to adults (gained through practical experience and/or a health-related qualification)
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to engage and deliver support for vulnerable populations who are not utilising health care services, with the ability to listen, influence, negotiate and motivate individuals in relation to health-related behaviours.
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health and their impact on communities with a working knowledge of health and lifestyle issues relating to adults (gained through practical experience and/or a health-related qualification)
• Experience of successfully engaging and working with both individuals and groups in the community or voluntary sector.
• Ability to act upon own initiative, respond to changing situations with excellent organizational and time management skills but also a good team player and flexible to meet the demands of the service.
If you are passionate about addressing health inequalities and want to support people across County Durham we’d love to hear from you.
To book an informal discussion with Allister Rennard-Laverack, Health Squad Locality Coordinator please email allister.rennard-laverack@pcp.uk.net
Closing date for applications is: Sunday 28th September 2025 at midnight.
Please note we do not accept CV's as part of the recruitment process. Visit www.pcp.uk.net and download an application pack. Return completed application forms to hr@pcp.uk.net
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