AddressChildren and Young People’s Registered Nutritionist
Based in London
37 hours per week (full time) Also available as a part time 4 day week
£35,780 - £39,235 (part-time £28,624 - £31,388) per annum inclusive of Inner London Weighting
1 year contract with the possibility of an extension
Are you a self-motivated team player with a can-do attitude, who is solution focused and passionate about making a difference? If so, we want to hear from you.
This role provides a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative service that supports two authorities in tackling childhood obesity and health inequalities, through a holistic health promotion and community-based approach.
You will join a dynamic service that takes a preventative and whole systems approach to tackling childhood obesity and health inequalities at a time when supporting disadvantaged members of our society is more essential than ever.
We were delighted to be awarded delivery of a Change4Life service across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster in 2020. Change4Life takes a holistic and community-based approach, improving and promoting the physical and emotional health & wellbeing of Children and their families with a lasting impact.
As a Children and Young People’s Registered Nutritionist, you’ll be passionate about transforming the lives of children, young people and their families. Sharing and embracing the Public Heath agenda, you will work with local authorities to promote national and local public health priorities including healthy eating, physical activity, oral health and emotional wellbeing. You will play a key role in Change4Life’s mission to:
- Deliver an innovative service with a holistic approach to promoting health and wellbeing
- Align with other services that promote similar messages
- Promote a whole systems approach to reduce health inequalities
- Be responsive and flexible to the changing needs of those the service supports
What makes this Children and Young People’s Registered Nutritionist role unique is the:
- Autonomy to manage a varied and sometimes complex coaching caseload (5-19 year and up to 25 years old with special educational needs) with a multicultural community
- Opportunity to develop leadership skills and be responsible for organising and chairing regular clinical supervision session for the coaching scheme staff
- Responsibility for assessing and co-delivering training for the Change4Life team
You will have experience working in a weight management service and hold a current RNutr registration. We highly value the expertise of all our staff and as such are strongly committed to CPD. You will be supported to complete CPD requirements to maintain your RNutr registration, and to develop your skills and knowledge in this specialism and within this exciting role and service.
You will also have a genuine commitment to a whole systems approach and working in partnership with children, young people and their families in order to provide evidence based holistic support that seeks to reduce health inequalities across communities. The successful candidate will be a motivated, passionate practitioner who will strive for excellent standards, robustly ensuring a quality, evidenced based and accessible service.
We strive for continuous improvement and, as a valued member of an innovative team, you will actively contribute to service development. You’ll undertake staff training and evaluation to ensure children, young people and families are healthy in all settings, supporting them to thrive where they live, learn and play.
We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operate with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have experience working in similar services to achieve the best outcomes for Children and Young people, we look forward to hearing from you.
In return we can offer you flexible working, generous leave entitlements, a group personal pension scheme, eye care vouchers, a cycle to work scheme and other great benefits. We have an excellent wellbeing offer and we will invest in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities. You’ll join an innovative and transformational service, and work for an established, leading organisation that changes lives, values your opinion and encourages learning.
Family Action welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children. With this in mind, we particularly welcome applications from disabled and/or neurodivergent people and people from a black and global majority background.
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Next steps:
- To apply: fill out the Application Form
- To learn more about Family Action: check out our Recruitment Pack
- To learn more about Family Action’s terms & conditions: check out the Summary Terms & Conditions of Employment
- To help us fulfil our commitment to encouraging diversity and promoting equal opportunities: fill out our anonymous Equality & Diversity Monitoring Information survey
Closing Date: Monday 4th March at 8.59am
Interview date: In person on Thursday 21st or Friday 22nd March
ID: 1089
Appointments are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks, including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check where appropriate to the role.
Reference ID: 1089
Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £28,624.00-£39,235.00 per year
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 1089
