Health Promotion Specialist London, England
Job description
Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Fixed until 31/03/2024
Location: Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Office is based in Brixton SW9 7AW
Please note - this role requires the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Candidates must be able to provide paperwork demonstrating their right to work in the UK. If you are interested in applying for this post, please review the Job Description and complete an application form.
LSL Health Promotion is an all-age service working with diverse communities in the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
We promote healthy relationships through outreach in the community in a range of settings such as community centres and local events where we provide information about testing, contraception and wellbeing.
Job Overview:
To support the efficient and effective delivery of health promotion services including an adult (18+) PrEP Promotion Service, ensuring the service is reaching target beneficiary groups. Ensuring key messages are cascaded to the community through direct delivery and capacity building and increasing the knowledge and skills of professionals working within the community. Responsible for developing and maintaining effective blended outreach interventions, collaborative working partnerships with community organisations, community businesses and community champions in order to ensure the target beneficiary groups are benefiting from good sexual and reproductive health education, support and services. To work with a wide range of target beneficiary groups including (but not limited to) LGBTQ communities, MSM, Black Africans and other BAME populations, refugees and those with learning difficulties.
To learn more about the role and person specification please read the attached 'job specification'.
About Brook:
Brook is the UK's leading provider of sexual health services.
We have over 50 years' experience of working with young people, providing free and confidential sexual health information, contraception, pregnancy testing, advice, counselling, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and outreach and education work, We reach more than 270,000 young people every year.
Brook are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Benefits of working for Brook:
- Annual leave – 28 days per annum, increasing up to 33 days plus 8 bank holidays
- Sick pay (from 3 up to 12 weeks fully paid)
- Flexible working
- Gratitude scheme
- Assisted purchase scheme
- Cycle to Work up to £1k
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- “It’s the time to talk’ – psychological assessment and treatment service
- Access to Thrive mental health app
- Long service awards
- Maternity and paternity pay
- Pension scheme – with contributions matched up to a maximum of 4%
- Training and development opportunities
Please note: internal applicants with live sanctions or performance improvement plans in place will not be considered for this role. For more information on what it means to work for Brook, please read the ‘Working for Brook’ document on our Current Vacancies page.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Due to the high number of applications for this post, it will not be possible to respond to every application. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks, then you have not been shortlisted for this role.
Thank you for your interest in working for Brook.
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