Job Description

Job TitleBehaviour Change Advisor

Job Holder

Reports toProgramme Manager

Direct ReportsNone

Job Purpose

To work as part of a small team to provide one to one and group support to those clients accessing weight management services within the Solihull area. Effective management of client caseload to ensure timely, appropriate interventions and effective support of clients through the process employing behavior change techniques and signposting to partners and subcontractors.

Duties and Key Responsibilities

  • Make initial contact and foster good, professional ongoing relationships with clients accessing weight management service.
  • Support individuals to make sustained changes in behavior using brief, focused psychological interventions.
  • Designing and implement health psychology baseline assessments of behaviour related to health outcomes.
  • Evaluating the pattern of behaviour and formulating working hypotheses about the target behaviour based on the assessment.
  • Clearly communicating findings and methods of supported change to clients.
  • Working alongside triage staff and clinical dietician to provide comprehensive support to clients using the service
  • Providing opportunity to access additional support through subcontracted services and partners within Solihull to include:- weight management services, physical activity providers, healthy cooking groups
  • Evaluating and communicating the outcomes of health psychology interventions.
  • Planning and prioritising of own workload to ensure appropriate levels of intervention are provided to each client
  • Dealing within incoming calls and queries to the service and providing telephone assessments where required
  • Providing support and guidance to triage, telephone based colleagues
  • Completion and maintenance of client records and updating databases to provide key outcome and evidence monitoring of service
  • Liaison with qualified health psychologist around queries and to ensure quality of delivery
  • Signposting and referral to other agencies and services to promote sustained behaviour change and health outcomes
  • Attendance at provider and sub contractor led sessions as required to support clients and assess quality of service delivery
  • Design and completion of relevant paperwork to provide support to clients in the form of assessments, updates and action plans
  • Feedback on caseload and sub-contractor performance to Line Manager as appropriate
  • Promotion and marketing of the service to a range of professionals, community groups and partners in and around Solihull

Personal Development

  • To actively participate in continued personal development through one to one and group sessions with Health Psychologist (SCCH Health Psychology Consulting)
  • Participate in meetings, one to ones, appraisals and work based training as appropriate

General

  • Report to Line Manager on workload, progress and results
  • Manage own time and resources
  • Prioritise workload in liaison with Line Manager
  • Any other duties as agreed with Line Manager, commensurate to the post

Health and Safety

  • Take reasonable care for the Health and Safety of yourself or other persons who may be affected by your act or omissions
  • Co-operate with the Company to comply with any Company safety rule and/or any duty or requirement imposed under legislation or relevant Codes of Practice
  • Maintain safe and clean conditions in your working area according the Company’s housekeeping standards
  • Work in accordance with information and training provided

Equal Opportunities

  • It is the responsibility of each employee to abide by the Company’s Equal Opportunities Policy

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ATTRIBUTES / ESSENTIAL CRITERIA / DESIRABLE CRITERIA / HOW MEASURED / COMMENTS
Qualifications/
Training /
  • MSc in Health Psychology
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  • Special Interest in Weight Management
  • To have or be willing to work towards Stage 2 Health Psychology
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  • Application Form
  • Certificates

Experience /
  • Experience of one to one and group support within a health related field
  • Able to engage with, influence and motivate others
  • Experience of community based working
  • Understanding of behavior change and how to effect and influence positive change in others
  • Experience of formulating action plans, implementing and reviewing them
  • Provision of health psychology baseline assessments
  • Providing feedback on baseline assessments and working with clients on effective, achievable action plans
  • Planning and prioritising own workload
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  • Experience of working within a weight management or behavior change role
  • Experience of working with disadvantaged and diverse groups
  • Outreach work experience
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  • Application Form
  • Interview

Skills & Abilities /
  • Able to communicate well at all levels including with professionals and partners
  • Effective record keeping and monitoring of outcomes
  • IT skills to include Microsoft Office
  • Able to provide high level support both face to face and over the phone
  • Empathic approach to clients and issues faced
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  • Knowledge of the area working in and communities therein
  • Knowledge of local services, statutory/voluntary and professional agencies.
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  • Application Form
  • Interview

Personal Attributes /
  • Non judgmental approach
  • Able to work on own initiative with minimal supervision
  • Commitment to personal development
  • Committed to Equal Opportunities
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  • Interview
  • References

Special
Conditions /
  • Able to work flexibly
  • Willingness to travel across the delivery area
  • Eligibility to work in the UK
  • Satisfactory DBS disclosure
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  • Documents from List 1 or List 2
  • Interview

Other Comments

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