Family Weight Management Lead

About the role

We are looking for a passionate and motivated Family Weight Management Lead to support children, young people and families to make positive and sustainable lifestyle changes. This role will lead a dynamic, evidence based service delivering healthy lifestyle interventions across schools, community settings and virtual platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination and delivery of the Family Weight Management service to achieve annual KPIs, targets and outcomes.
• Manage, support and motivate a team of Healthy Lifestyle Advisors to deliver high quality interventions across schools, community venues, telephone and virtual platforms.
• Develop and deliver engaging, age appropriate healthy lifestyle interventions for children, young people and families through group sessions, workshops and one to one support.
• Build and maintain partnerships with schools, childcare centres, healthcare professionals, community organisations and other stakeholders to promote the service and strengthen referral pathways.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams (MDT) to support families with more complex needs.
• Monitor service performance, referral pathways and engagement data, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation.
• Ensure high standards of service delivery through quality assurance, audits, staff observations and clinical governance procedures.
• Support recruitment, induction, training and ongoing development of staff and volunteers.
• Produce accurate reports and maintain service data in line with organisational and commissioner requirements.
• Deliver presentations, workshops and promotional events to raise awareness of the service.

Person specification Experience

• Relevant experience working with families and/or young people.
• Experience working with external stakeholders.
• Experience delivering or managing community development or asset based programmes.
• Experience working with hard to reach groups and tackling health inequalities.
• Experience working within a multi disciplinary team.
• Experience delivering groups and/or one to one healthy lifestyle interventions to children, young people and adults.

Skills and knowledge

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor delivery styles to different audiences.
• Awareness of the barriers faced by adults, young people and families in engaging with a healthy lifestyle.
• Ability to prioritise work tasks and develop effective work streams.
• Ability to read and interpret data.
• Understanding of public health guidance and the health care commissioning environment.
• Capability of producing performance reports.
• Understanding of behaviour change theory.
• Knowledge of children's safeguarding and child protection issues and processes.

Qualifications

• Degree level education or demonstrable relevant equivalent experience in public health or a related field.
• AFN accreditation or equivalent.

Job specific requirements

• Requires full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.

Disclosure and Barring Service check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Employer name

ABL Health Ltd