Health Promotion Worker Development Post in Woking

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A development opportunity has arisen for a part time Health Promotion Outreach Worker within the Surrey Sexual Health Outreach Team whose role is to extend the provision of sexual health services into the wider communities. This is a development post for a Sexual Health Promotion Outreach Worker. The post holder will follow an individual training programme to develop their sexual health promotion knowledge from Band 4 Sexual Health Promotion Outreach Worker to Band 5 Sexual Health Promotion Outreach Worker through practical, real time, on the job experience training.

The health promotion model has been developed in conjunction with Public Health to ensure it targets Surrey communities and populations most at risk of sexual ill health including young people under 25, Black and minority ethnic communities, Sex workers, Men who have sex with men including ChemSex, People with disabilities and transgender communities.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be responsible for delivering health promotion, outreach services, Surrey Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea screening programme and Condom Distribution Service for under 25s.
• This post is permanent, based in Woking and providing outreach services across Surrey.
• The service operates in partnership with other commissioned community sexual health support in Pharmacies, General Practice and the Third Sector and complements clinic based work.
• The post holder would provide training sessions to groups of staff and other professionals and awareness raising sessions to young people.

Candidates should have experience in Health Promotion and or Sexual Health Services. The post holder would work regular hours with flexibility to work very occasional evenings and weekends (to cover specific events). The post holder will be expected to travel across the County of Surrey as part of their work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• Manage the Surrey Chlamydia/gonorrhoea screening programme and Condom Distribution Scheme.
• Promote condom use and personal sexual health strategies.
• Offer advice and information about sexual health and signposting to clinical services.
• Provide asymptomatic STI screening kits to target groups.
• Provide support in terms of safer sexual practices.
• Help clients to assess their sexual health needs and referring them to appropriate clinics and other services.
• To increase the number of vulnerable and young people tested and to support vulnerable clients into mainstream services if applicable.
• Provide training sessions to groups of staff or other professionals who work with targeted client groups, in various settings.
• To participate in the planning, preparation and delivery of training and outreach sessions.

Skills:

• Excellent organisational & prioritising skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a range of individuals, including hard to reach client groups.

Experience:

• Experience of having worked with relevant client groups.
• Experience of working within a sexual health environment.
• Experience of working with young people including safeguarding measures.
• Preparing, planning and delivering of training and workshops to various groups.
• Working effectively with different agencies in the community, voluntary or statutory sectors.

Education:

• Knowledge of sexual health, acquired through training, extended courses and experience to Degree level equivalent.

Abilities:

• Good communication skills and ability to relate to others in a sensitive, confident and relaxed manner.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative.
• Ability to deliver on agreed objectives.
• Ability to be flexible and respond to changing demands.

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The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.