Prevention Worker

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your career, while supporting people to lead healthier and happier lives? We are looking for a Prevention Worker with the right skills, values and passion for supporting people to lead a physically active lifestyle.

Sheffield City Council is committed to placing Sheffield at the forefront of sport, physical activity, leisure, and wellbeing in the UK. We want our facilities, activities and services to be modern, welcoming and inclusive to meet the needs of everybody in Sheffield and encourage more people to be more active. Sheffield City Council provide the operational management of the city-wide Move Well Scheme

The Move Well scheme is designed to help people with health conditions become more active. You would be part of a team supporting Service Users to be more active via a triage appointment which assesses their motivation, preferences and risk levels before directing them to a physical activity option that best meets their needs. You’ll be provided with motivational interviewing training and gain experience supporting people with health conditions within a structured intervention.

You do not need previous experience delivering physical activity interventions, but it is essential that you enjoy speaking to people from a range of backgrounds and are comfortable having telephone conversations.

We are looking for someone who can:

  • Work as part of a team to support service users and physical activity providers.
  • Deliver telephone triage appointments using person-centred approach that helps people focus on what matters to them.
  • Lead by example by demonstrating excellent customer service, delivery skills, organisation and professionalism.
  • Be an excellent communicator who can engage with service users, activity providers, wider partners and stakeholders to support the delivery of the Move Well Scheme
  • Co-ordinate GDPR compliant systems for collecting, collating, monitoring and presenting data in a variety of formats
  • To find out more information about the Move Well scheme, visit here;

    • Location: Based at Howden House/ Home working

    Salary: GBP 30000 - 42000 per year
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