Are you kind, friendly and non-judgemental? Are you passionate about health and would you like to help others achieve their goals? And can you spare 2 hours a week?

The purpose of this role is to provide support for our popular free weight management drop-in session.

What you’ll be doing:

–    Meeting and greeting people, offering a warm and friendly welcome to the session.

–    Explaining how the programme works (full training will be given)

–    Weighing clients & recording their progress

–    Handing out relevant supporting materials (leaflets, hand-outs etc.)

–    Generally helping to organise the session (sign-in sheets, set-up, checking resources)

–    Supporting people to follow a structured program to improve diet and eating habits

–    Completing the admin tasks for each attendee

–    Encouraging attendees with a positive approach

–    Attending training for the role

–    Setting-up and taking down equipment at the venue

–    Completing the cleaning responsibilities

You will also need to be

–    Confident to explain the program to attendees

–    Confident to answer any questions raised about the program

We are offering the drop-in session on behalf of Provide as part of their weight management programme. The service is community-based and designed to support people to achieve a gradual, long term weight loss by weighing in at a variety of community sites, accessing the Provide My Weight Matters online programme.

SKILLS

We are looking for someone who is:

–  Kind, approachable and sympathetic. A non-judgemental attitude is key

–  Enthusiastic and positive for people and their goals – weight-loss is difficult and everyone needs some encouragement!

–  A good listener and able to chat to people from different backgrounds

–  Able to maintain discretion and confidentiality at all times

–  Organised

–   Able to work independently or as a team

–   Interested in healthy eating and healthy lifestyles

–   Good at communicating

–   Good at listening and has a patient approach