Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: This role will be considered as a remote opportunity, (office space is available). Attendance at the Bolton office will be required on a monthly basis and travel to ABL services will be essential with varying frequency.

Closing Date: 21st August 2023

Please quote job reference: ABL 450

A Fantastic Opportunity Awaits…

We’re inviting a talented Social Media Content Creator to join our progressive health and well-being organisation. This role is your chance to make a real difference, working closely with a range of services to create and manage engaging content, promoting our new and existing services across various social media platforms.

As an integral part of our team, you’ll enjoy the flexibility of working remotely. But that’s not all – this exciting role comes with the opportunity to travel across the UK, capturing the essence of our services through on-site photography and content creation.

As the social media content creator you will be responsible for determining a vision for digital marketing that drives the business, grows the brand and builds stronger relationships with our audiences. You will deliver a wide range of integrated digital communications so that ABL may inform, inspire, involve and influence its internal, external and stakeholder audiences. With a keen performance focus, this role will not only deliver significant value to the business in terms of profile raising to support business growth, it will also be a catalyst for further digital enablement within the business.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Experience of managing and writing content for social media and marketing campaigns

• Project managing, content creation and planning/scheduling experience on:  LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitter and You Tube

• Knowledge of marketing principles and brand
• management

• Effective social media marketing skills

• Creative design skills

• The ability to travel independently (ABL services span the country, some travel to visit services will be required)

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CVs will not be accepted.

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Hours: 18.75 hours per week

Location: Bolton

Closing Date: 28th August 2023

Please quote job reference: ABL 442

Your Health Bolton overview

ABL Health delivers the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Weight Management Service, Your Health Bolton, commissioned by Bolton Council. The service will support Bolton residents to improve their health literacy and understanding of health and behaviour change whilst also supporting them to lose weight. The service will also offer information and proactively support service users access to local organisations.

Role Purpose:

You will lead Your Health Bolton, the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Weight Management Service, commissioned by Bolton Council, day-to-day operations to provide an outstanding service to people who wish to lose weight, move and improve their health literacy. The service will be easily accessible and provide high-quality, evidence-based support, information and advice to individuals, communities, and broader system partners. Engagement with the local community leaders, health professionals, and key system stakeholders will form a significant part of the role, enabling the health inequality messages to be heard and allowing priority groups to benefit from the community and system-level service.

The successful candidate will work alongside the Obesity Professional Lead, Weight Management and Wellbeing services Quality and Improvement Lead, and your line manager.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive leader with significant experience in public health, and managing delivery teams. ABL takes a strength-focused asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate, partner, and enhance local delivery. The role will require dynamic leadership which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for each Service around system partnership working, community engagement, behaviour change, and reducing health inequalities.

This is a demanding job, but you will not be alone. ABL’s highly experienced, friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care Professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance, Communication and Marketing, Business Development, and existing experienced delivery teams will be on hand to support you to drive the service forward.

Skills and Competencies Required

• Experience in delivering an excellent integrated lifestyle and behaviour change service and understanding of the public health, health and care system.
• Skilled in project management and accustomed to using tools and processes to identify project goals, set and manage the schedule, anticipate, and identify issues, remove obstacles, delineate responsibility, track task completion, and communicate progress
• Experience in evolving and developing serviceswithin a complex health system.
• A positive and proactive leader who can motivate, engage and support teams to achieve the highest standards and outcomes.
• A strategic thinker, able to foresee and take action to deal with problems and opportunities.
• An adept communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience
• Results orientated, naturally seeking quantitative goals and actively seeking to outperform them.

The desire to make a difference…

We want to change lives and improve the well-being of the people in Bolton.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in the health-related field: e.g. Nutrition, Dietetics, Nursing, Public Health

• Delivery/management experience e.g., weight management behaviour change.

• Demonstrable experience in working with external boards, and steering groups to improve lifestyle / behaviour change outcomes for the population

• Experience in contract and performance management

• Experience in using data (service data, population health data) to inform service development to improve outcomes

• Experience in working with commissioners.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

• Ability to influence others to increase motivation and performance

• Ability to work under high pressure and in a fast-paced environment

• Understanding of clinical and operational governance

• Problem-solving and solution-focused approach

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service needs including some evening and weekend work.

• Willingness to travel across the service footprint.

The desire to make a difference…

We want to change lives and improve the well-being of the people in Bolton.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CVs will not be accepted.

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Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Bolton

Closing Date: 28th August 2023

Please quote job reference: ABL 443

Your Health Bolton service overview

ABL Health delivers the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Weight Management Service, Your Health Bolton, commissioned by Bolton Council. The service will support Bolton residents to improve their health literacy and understanding of health and behaviour change whilst also supporting them to lose weight. The service will also offer information and proactively support service users access to local organisations.

Role Purpose:

You will be a Healthy Lifestyle Advisor focusing on the delivery of Weight Management & Physical Activity for

Skills and Competencies Required

• Be an experienced health coach in a community health environment, assisting and delivering on interventions such as physical activity, healthy eating, weight management, alcohol reduction and smoking cessation, behaviour change, well-being and health promotion activities.
• Experience of implementing and delivering behaviour change interventions
• Positive and proactive in your delivery approach with the ability to motivate, engage and support individuals to achieve their targets and positive health outcomes.
• Adept in communication; A strong communicator who understands the needs of specific groups in the community and adapts the message to fit the needs of the target audiences with excellent listening skills and a non-judgmental and positive approach.
• Build strong relationships; Foster trust and cooperation among service users, colleagues, stakeholders and community leaders.
• Value and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Educated to degree level or demonstrable relevant equivalent experience.

• Experience in delivering groups and/or one-to-one behaviour change for adults.

• REPS qualified Level 2 Gym instructor/Group exercise award or equivalent (or willingness to obtain within 2 months of starting in the post).

• Experience working with hard-to-reach groups and tackling health inequalities.

• Good understanding of health and care pathways and population health management.

• Excellent written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, with the ability to build rapport quickly with people.

• IT literate, efficient using Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).

• Ability to manage stressful situations and cope in a fast-paced work environment.

• To be able to work as part of a team and independently as required.

• The ability to travel to meet with the team as and when required on rare occasions such as team building days/extremely important team/service events

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required.

The desire to make a difference…

We want to change lives and improve the well-being of the people in Bolton.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CVs will not be accepted.

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Hours: 18.75 hours per week

Location: Bolton

Closing Date: 28th August 2023

Please quote reference: ABL 444

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen in one of our new services based in Bolton.

ABL Health delivers the Tier 1 and 2 Weight Management Service, Your Health Bolton, commissioned by Bolton Council. This service will play a central role in improving the health and well-being of residents of Bolton and supporting them to lose weight. The service will also offer advice and guidance and proactively signpost to relevant organisations. All of this is embedded in sustainable behaviour change and positive well-being.

Role Purpose:

You will provide administration support to the Your Health Bolton Service. You will ensure the smooth running of the office and the administration of the programs to meet the targets and deadlines. Responsible for a range of administrative tasks, you will be based in our Bolton headquarters with the Oldham admin team.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Demonstrable experience in an administration role

• GCSE/O Level in Maths and English or equivalent

• NVQ 2 level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.
• Excellent telephone manner

• Ability to work under high pressure and in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Efficient problem-solving skills

• Excellent customer care

• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads

• Monitor workload and ability to multi-task

• Evidence of accuracy and paying attention to detail in tasks

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you are interested in this role we would love to hear from you!

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CV’s will not be accepted.

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Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Nottinghamshire

Closing Date: 25th August 2023

Please quote job reference: ABL 440

Nottinghamshire Integrated Wellbeing Service (IWS) overview

ABL Health and Nottinghamshire County Council have partnered to deliver an Integrated Wellbeing Service across Nottinghamshire called Your Health Your Way. This transformative service will play a central role in system change, bringing previously separate lifestyle behaviour change services together into one holistic service. It seeks to work collaboratively with communities to support the transformation of services for the local population. The service will provide integrated behaviour support for smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol reduction, physical activity and falls prevention, all embedded in sustainable behaviour change and positive wellbeing.

Role Purpose:

You will be the Physical Activity Specialist Lead for Nottinghamshire’s Integrated Wellbeing Service Your Health Your Way, and will drive physical activity KPI, co-ordinate all physical activity interventions, and lead on specialist projects such as Falls Prevention and MSK. The role may also require a small amount of delivery.

You will be a motivated, passionate, organised, and proactive advisor, with significant experience working in community health programmes. You will be passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and delivering motivational change which is client centred. You will have a background in supporting people to build their confidence and ability to make sustainable healthy behaviour changes which works for their personal circumstances. Our team have working backgrounds in nutrition, weight management, exercise, alcohol reduction, falls prevention and smoking cessation. We offer you a full in-house training package to help you support our clients on their journey to a sustainable healthy lifestyle change and you will be required to deliver on all elements of the integrated service

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience delivering physical activity to specialist populations.

• Degree in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven experience.

• Demonstrable experience of administrative and reception duties Level 3 Personal Trainer Level 3 GP Referral.

• Office and Personal Organisational Skills Clear understanding and experience of Confidentiality and Information Governance.

• Experience of developing innovative and effective physical activity interventions A sound knowledge of national guidance around physical activity Experience of training others to deliver physical activity interventions.

• The ability to travel independently across the organisational footprint.

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need including evening and weekend work as required.

• Must be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CVs will not be accepted.

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In line with this, we would like to inform you that the UK Government has postponed the implementation of certain restrictions related to HFSS foods. This decision is due to the current rise in the cost of living, and the government aims to offer consumers more flexibility in their choices during this economically challenging time.

The planned restrictions on multi-buy HFSS deals will now be delayed by another two years, making the new commencement date October 2025 for England. This extension is intended to allow the Government time to evaluate the impact of such restrictions on the overall cost of living, particularly given the ongoing global economic turbulence.

Moreover, the restrictions that would prevent HFSS adverts from being broadcast on TV prior to 9pm and limit paid-for online adverts have also been postponed. Instead of coming into effect in January 2023, these restrictions are now expected to be enforced from January 2024. This decision was influenced by the delay in the Health and Care Bill receiving Royal Assent and the increasing awareness that the industry requires more time to adapt to these changes.

At ABL Health, we remain committed to supporting you to navigate these changing landscapes, assisting you to make the best possible decisions for yours, and your families health.

Together, we can work towards a healthier, happier life.

For more information on ABL services please log onto the website www.ablhealth.co.uk

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Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Bolton base, BL4 0JL, with expectation of travel to other regions

Closing Date: 25th August 2023

Please quote job reference: ABL 449

Intensive Personalised Support Service Overview:

ABL Health are delivering an Intensive Personalised Support (IPS) Service for Children and Young People across Greater Manchester and the North West. The IPS service work intensively with families and young people to improve quality of life for individuals accessing the service. IPS has a highly skilled team of clinical professionals delivering evidence based interventions focusing on keeping children with their families and out of hospitals and residential care.

Intensive Personalised Support Service Overview:

ABL Health are delivering an Intensive Personalised Support (IPS) Service for Children and Young People across Greater Manchester and the North West. The IPS service work intensively with families and young people to improve quality of life for individuals accessing the service. IPS has a highly skilled team of clinical professionals delivering evidence based interventions focusing on keeping children with their families and out of hospitals and residential care.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Degree (or equivalent experience) in health-related field: e.g. Psychology, Mental Health Nursing, Psychodynamic psychiatry

• Demonstrable experience as a leader in mental health

• 2 + Years Senior Management experience
• Experience of leading and inspiring large teams over 20 staff

• Demonstrable experience of managing service improvement

• Experience of leading / working within multi-
• disciplinary teams

• Demonstrable experience working with one or more of the following: GP Practices/Primary Care, Secondary Care, Secondary Care, Schools and Colleges, VCSE Sector, Social Care, Community health, CAMHS and 0-19 Children Services.

• Excellent literacy skills/BI skills/data understanding.

• Excellent communicator both written and verbal and able to communicate across varied mediums.

• Effective time management skills.

• Ability to effectively prioritise workload, multi-tasking where necessary.

• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need 

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

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Salary: £21,756- £26,000

Hours: 37.5

Location: Stockport

Closing Date: 26th July 2023

Please quote reference: ABL 434

Role Purpose:

This role is extremely rewarding in making a difference to people’s lives. The role of the Support Worker, Stop Smoking is to support the delivery of evidenced based, equitable stop smoking services to help to reduce the inequalities throughout the contracted localities. This will include the delivery of services within areas of most deprivation. It is essential that the postholder can work flexibly, independently and as part of a team.

***Full Smoking Cessation Training will be given to ensure staff / applicants are equipped to deliver effective services. The training will include becoming a certified NCSCT Practitioner on successful completion.***

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Motivate and empower clients to make changes to address their addiction.
• Explain to clients the principles of the nicotine and Stop Smoking Service to enable them to make informed – choices.
• Deliver evidence-based stop smoking interventions, these include one to one, drop in, group sessions, telephone, or on-line support, these must be in accordance with the NCSCT Standard Treatment Programme.
• Work with other professionals to embed smoking cessation as part of routine client care.
• Maximise the impact of smoking cessation on health gains and reduce health inequalities.
• To understand the analysis of health and equalities data including service data identifying local need to inform local service need.
• Provide a high quality, efficient and cost-effective services throughout a diverse range of community settings
• Lead peer support group sessions for successful quitters following intervention to prevent relapse
• Provide evidence-based education in all aspects of smoking cessation and behavioural change as well on-going motivational support
• Work with individuals to set realistic sustainable goals.
• Ensure all client and service records are up to date, accurate and satisfy the ABL Health documentation policies.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Higher level education or Relevant degree (health/social care/public health)/ professional qualification, or equivalent experience in a healthcare support role
• Skills/knowledge to utilise computer software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Have a positive outlook with an ability to inspire confidence, provide vision and motivate people.
• Understanding concepts of behaviour change and how to implement these.
• Experience of managing own caseload without day to-day supervision
• The ability to travel independently across the borough.
• Work flexibly and adapt to suit service need.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CV’s will not be accepted.

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Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Nottinghamshire County

Type of Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 11th August 2023

Please quote job reference: ABL 433a

As the Governance and Assurance Lead you will be a key part of the management team responsible for ensuring good practice is adhered to when it comes to governance and health & safety. You will provide guidance and recommendations to staff where necessary, as well as organising any relevant training where appropriate. You will work closely with senior management, providing regular updates and highlighting any potential risks or concerns that will need to be addressed.

Nottinghamshire Integrated Wellbeing Service (IWS) overview

ABL Health and Nottinghamshire County Council are partnering to deliver an Integrated Wellbeing Service across Nottinghamshire called Your Health Your Way. This transformative service will play a central role in system change, bringing previously separate lifestyle behaviour change functions together into one service. It seeks to work collaboratively with communities to support the transformation of services for the local population. The service will provide integrated behaviour support for smoking cessation, weight management, alcohol reduction, physical activity and falls prevention, all embedded in sustainable behaviour change and positive wellbeing.

Some of the essential criteria for the role:

• Degree and/or equivalent experience in health-related field.
• Minimum of 2 years working in a health-related role.
• Demonstrable leadership skills and positive attitude and approach to communicating with staff.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing at all levels, with individuals, groups, organisations and the public.
• Effective organisational/time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• The ability to travel independently across Nottinghamshire and as required to ABL Health HQ in Greater Manchester.

Employee Benefits:

• Birthday Day off
• Flexible Annual Leave scheme
• Employee Referral scheme
• 37.5 hours working week
• Flu jabs
• Blue Light Card
• Cycle to work scheme
• Leadership and staff away days
• Training and Development

If you have any questions about the role or would like to discuss the post further, please contact the HR department on 01204 584069 or email recruitment@ablhealth.co.uk.

CVs will not be accepted.

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Being night blind brings its own set of difficulties. Dimly lit rooms become treacherous territories where stumbling over objects becomes a regular occurrence. The resulting embarrassment and frustration are difficult to put into words. Meanwhile, I watch my friends triumphantly pass their driving tests, a privilege I know I will never experience. This reality sometimes challenges my independence, reminding me of the barriers I face. Public transport, private hire or mums taxi are my only options which present their own challenges. Navigating bus and train stations bring a whole new set of issues, my vision becomes blurred with the various types of lighting and people rushing by which makes focusing on bus/train schedules and numbers totally impossible.

Through passion and empathy, I hope to shed light on the daily struggles faced by those with hidden disabilities. It’s vital that we cultivate understanding and compassion. Let’s create a more inclusive world where individuals with hidden disabilities can thrive, unencumbered by misconceptions or limitations imposed by society. Together, we can foster empathy and support, ensuring that every person, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, feels seen and understood.

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