Men's Health Club Coordinator in Birmingham

Benefits: Employers pension contribution – 3% matching equivalent employee contribution.

Hours: 36.5 hours per week (some evening and weekend working required)

Contract: 12 months fixed term

Probationary Period: 3 months

Responsible to: COO

Direct Line Management: None

Location: Alum Rock Community Centre (ARCC) and Various sites as required

Working From Home: Not applicable for this post

Job Summary

This new exciting role will help us to set up and grow the Saheli Hub Men’s Club across the areas of Hall Green, Hodge Hill Yardley and Balsall Heath.

You will identify and meet with potential Men’s Club participants, understand their needs and create opportunities for them to participate in activities designed to promote a healthy lifestyle. This will be achieved through a mixture of signposting participants towards existing activities and, where gaps exist, setting up your own activities.

You will put participants at the heart of your work and support them in becoming more active members of their community.

About Saheli Hub

Saheli Hub is a registered charity that works and serves some of the most disadvantaged areas and groups in Birmingham.

Saheli Hub is a friend dedicated to improving community health and wellbeing by providing innovative services and solutions that educate, motivate, inspire and empower.

Since 2000 we have mainly, but not exclusively, worked with women from seldom heard communities to address long-term health disparities and social disadvantage. We enable participants to become active members of their communities and get involved in decision‑making processes locally.

In 2023, we worked with 2,500 women, girls and men of which 76% were from BAME communities and 95% from the most deprived Wards in Birmingham.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Men’s Club

1. Our mission is to foster a vibrant culture of physical activity and social engagement in the communities of Hall Green, Hodge Hill, Yardley, Washwood Heath, Alum Rock, Wardend and Balsall Heath.
2. Ensure the consistent upkeep of agreed Neighbourhood Network Schemes (NNS) programs.
3. Design, implement, and deliver engaging activities and sessions aimed at involving 120 men in the B8 area, with a broader goal of reaching up to 250 men across all locations.
4. Focus on conducting activities in parks, open spaces, indoor venues, and GP practices to promote awareness and drive participation in Saheli Hub Men’s Club initiatives. Priority will be given to working within B8 and B12.
5. Organise and lead on a variety of activities in diverse settings such as open spaces, indoor facilities, GP surgeries, and community centres
6. Provide support to ARCC and Calthorpe Hub as required, aligning with business needs and objectives.
7. To ensure that groups match the needs of the participants and support those of all ages, abilities, backgrounds and those that are less able and have long‑term health conditions.
8. To build a comprehensive database of local resources to design and support the Social Prescription Menu for Men’s activities and services.
9. Set up, co‑ordinate and deliver sessions for men.
10. Build social networks through these physical activities and sessions.
11. To ensure all data, monitoring and evaluation is kept up to date and reported back as required. Keep CRM up to date
12. Where necessary produce an impact and performance report
13. To use qualified and approved Session Leaders for activities as guided by the Saheli Hub Manager
14. To provide participants on Social prescriptions with personalised support and ensuring continuity by remaining their point of contact throughout the individual’s Social Prescription.
15. To meet male patients on a one-to-one basis, giving them time to tell their stories and focus on ‘what matters to me’. Build trust with theperson, providing non‑judgemental support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength‑based approach focusing on a person’s assets.
16. Be a friendly source of information about wellbeing and prevention approaches. Help participants identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities.
17. Seek advice from the Saheli Hub Team as and when needed in relation to sign posting
18. To ensure that all sites and Practices have materials and information about your activities/sessions that are relevant for their patients.
19. To support participants to maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards.
20. Where appropriate, to introduce patients to community groups, activities and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable.
21. To follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support.
22. To ensure you have a knowledge of all the services and activities that Saheli Hub and our key partners deliver.
23. To ensure that local community groups and voluntary organisations being referred to have basic procedures in place for ensuring that vulnerable individuals are safe and, where there are safeguarding concerns, work with all partners to deal appropriately with issues. Where such policies and procedures are not in place, support groups to work towards this standard before referrals are made to them.
24. To ensure information for the wider Partnership and the sources of voluntary and community support is always up to date to enable effective and accurate signposting and linking of individuals with services.
25. To implement and maintain the comprehensive data and evaluation systems, including Saheli Registration and Saheli health checks.
26. To provide ongoing feedback on development, monitoring and evaluation of the programme, highlighting any issues that need resolving.
27. To provide regular reports detailing the progress of the service and updates as and when required by the Saheli Hub Project and Team Manager.
28. To recruit and support volunteers and signpost to relevant and required training, matching them to activities for specific time‑limited support in achieving positive engagement in activities promoting health and well‑being to create future session leaders and to strengthen community resilience.
29. To keep records of your work and adhere to confidentiality, information sharing protocols and provide monitoring information as required.
30. To implement the principles of the Saheli Way in every aspect of your work and positively promote the principles of the policy amongstcolleagues, service users and other members of the community.
31. Ensure full compliance with HS2’s agreed service requirements across Alum Rock, Washwood Heath, and Wardend.
32. Cater to the diverse needs of our service users effectively.
33. 33. Look for relevant further funding to keep work ongoing and look to expand.

General

1. Act as an ambassador for Saheli Hub, promoting the organisation in a positive manner.
2. Assist with keeping premises clean, welcoming and safe.
3. Attend Sheli meetings and training as required and agreed with your line manager.
4. To undertake personal professional development and training as appropriate, including participating in the annual appraisal system.
5. To undertake any other duties commensurate with the role and responsibilities of the post as agreed with your line manager.
6. To be familiar with and uphold Saheli Hub policies and procedures especially those relating to Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Data Protection and Safeguarding.
7. As and when needed support across wider business needs.
8. Working flexible hours as and when required or agreed with line manager (including evenings and weekends).
9. Adhere to wearing Saheli’s uniform at all times.
10. Take 30‑minute break (only) between any physical activities delivered iecycling class – if further time is required this must be pre agreed and recorded by line manager.
11. Ensure adherence to allocated working hours between office locations and flexible arrangements.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

1. English and Maths GCSE or equivalent (E)
2. Physical Activity and Sports qualifications (E)
3. A community, health, social care, counselling or other relevant experience or professional or academic qualification (D)

Knowledge and Understanding

1. A good understanding of ethnically diverse communities (E)
2. Understanding of how a holistic approach to supporting patients leads to behaviour change (E)
3. Fundraising experience (D)
4. A proven understanding of safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults (E)

Skills & Abilities

1. Skills and experience of providing empowering support to communities/ adults in a planned and structured way to improve their health, recovery or well‑being outcomes (E)
2. Experience of supporting, training, supervising, motivating and developing volunteers (E)
3. Excellent IT skills and ability to do own administration using database, PowerPoint and other IT packages (E)
4. Proven skills in collating information and data on community resources and organising it in up‑to‑date and accessible formats for a range of different service users from various communities (E)
5. Excellent record keeping skills and the proven ability to write comprehensive reports for a variety of stakeholders (E)
6. A confident and professional approach to working with a variety of stakeholders (E)
7. Excellent written, verbal, listening and presentation skills (E)
8. The ability to work autonomously where needed and to plan, prioritise work under pressure and adapt to new models of working (E)
9. A commitment to equal opportunities and an understanding of the impact on individuals, families’ and communities’ health and deprivation (E)
10. Ability to speak more than one language (D)
11. Ability to work hours in a flexible way, including evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the participants (E)
12. The ability to work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning (E)
13. Ability to take part in physical activity and sport and to enthuse others to get physically active to improve their health and wellbeing (E)
14. Ability to implement relevant policies and procedures including safeguarding and Health & Safety (E)