Wellbeing for Life Practitioner
| Posting date: | 30 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,710 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 April 2026 |
| Location: | Shotley Bridge, Consett |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Pioneering Care Partnership |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The Wellbeing for Life aims to increase the health, resilience, and wellbeing of local people using a place-based approach. It champions the Five Ways to Wellbeing, promoting the principles of County Durham’s Approach to Wellbeing to empower individuals, facilitate behaviour change through one-to-one interventions and group work, and consider the impact of wider determinants on health and wellbeing.
The programme delivers interventions around the key thematic areas of healthy weight management, smoking cessation, alcohol reduction and mental resilience and wellbeing, whilst also supporting people to address the health needs holistically with the promotion of screening and vaccination programmes, signposting to financial and housing support and increasing volunteering and employment opportunities.
Wellbeing for Life is part of the wider, Adult Wellbeing Service which is commissioned by Durham County Council and is a partnership project delivered by Pioneering Care Partnership and County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust.
The main role of the Wellbeing Practitioner is to work with individuals and groups aged 16 years and over from the community who need support to make behaviour and lifestyle changes.
• The post holder will support some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
• To manage a caseload of individuals (aged 16 years and over) and maintain regular supportive contact with each person to assist them to achieve their goals.
• To encourage and facilitate the development and delivery of personal health action plans.
• To source a holistic package of information to support individuals in the development of skills and knowledge and in particular assisting individuals to progress and achieve their health goals.
• To apply asset based community development, engagement and consultation techniques as appropriate to engage with the target groups/individuals.
• To assist with the ongoing service evaluation in line with the project plan.
• To promote and deliver health and wellbeing programmes and training to individuals and groups to support the delivery aims of the programme.
• To work collaboratively across the WBFL locality teams on signposting potential volunteers and supporting them at community events/activities.
If you are passionate about health and wellbeing and want to help local people to make positive changes and improve lives, we’d love to hear from you.
To book an informal discussion with Julie Stobbart, North Durham Hub Co-ordinator please email julie.stobbart@nhs.net
Closing date is Friday 1st May 2026 at midnight.
The programme delivers interventions around the key thematic areas of healthy weight management, smoking cessation, alcohol reduction and mental resilience and wellbeing, whilst also supporting people to address the health needs holistically with the promotion of screening and vaccination programmes, signposting to financial and housing support and increasing volunteering and employment opportunities.
Wellbeing for Life is part of the wider, Adult Wellbeing Service which is commissioned by Durham County Council and is a partnership project delivered by Pioneering Care Partnership and County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust.
The main role of the Wellbeing Practitioner is to work with individuals and groups aged 16 years and over from the community who need support to make behaviour and lifestyle changes.
• The post holder will support some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
• To manage a caseload of individuals (aged 16 years and over) and maintain regular supportive contact with each person to assist them to achieve their goals.
• To encourage and facilitate the development and delivery of personal health action plans.
• To source a holistic package of information to support individuals in the development of skills and knowledge and in particular assisting individuals to progress and achieve their health goals.
• To apply asset based community development, engagement and consultation techniques as appropriate to engage with the target groups/individuals.
• To assist with the ongoing service evaluation in line with the project plan.
• To promote and deliver health and wellbeing programmes and training to individuals and groups to support the delivery aims of the programme.
• To work collaboratively across the WBFL locality teams on signposting potential volunteers and supporting them at community events/activities.
If you are passionate about health and wellbeing and want to help local people to make positive changes and improve lives, we’d love to hear from you.
To book an informal discussion with Julie Stobbart, North Durham Hub Co-ordinator please email julie.stobbart@nhs.net
Closing date is Friday 1st May 2026 at midnight.
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