Public Health Practitioner Apprentice

Public Health Practitioner Apprentice

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: GBP25,545 Per Annum
Location: Wokingham Borough Council, Shute End/Home Working
Contract: Contract
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: Yes
Closing Date: 09/06/2024 at 23:00
Reference: 712707

We have an excellent opportunity available for a Public Health Practitioner Apprentice to join the friendly Public Health Team at Wokingham Borough Council.

In the role as Public Health Practitioner Apprentice, you would play a role in monitoring and promoting health and wellbeing to ensure fairer health outcomes between different communities and groups (health inequalities).

The successful applicant would complete a 3 year Public Health Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship. This is a practice-focused course offering a grounding in Public Health across different settings, including wider determinants of health, such as education, transport, and housing. On completion, graduates will be eligible to register on the UK Public Health Register as a Public Health Practitioner and complete the programme with a BSc (Hons) Public Health.

The Council's Equality Plan recognises how equality, diversity and inclusion are essential to the way we operate. We encourage applicants from all Wokingham communities to apply and, personal lived experience examples are welcome and accepted within written applications.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the development and delivery of Public Health projects aligned to Public Health policy areas using a recognised project management framework.
• Support the undertaking of technical, statistical, quantitative, and qualitative Public Health analyses including health needs assessments, production of joint strategic needs assessment chapters, health impact assessments and health equity audits in conjunction with partners.
• Contribute to the commissioning process by writing evidence-based service specifications that address the findings of needs assessment, supporting the procurement and management of contracts for Public Health services and conducting service evaluations and reviews.
• Support the development and delivery of Public Health strategies.
• Creatively develop and deliver community engagement activities and health promotion materials.

Candidate/ Apprenticeship Requirements:

• Must have as a minimum UK Level 2 GCSE Math's & English A-C/9-4.
• Has not yet undertaken any undergraduate degree and/or has not held professional registration (e.g. UKPHR, UKVRN).
• Aged 16 years at over.
• Must spend at least 50% of working hours in England for the duration of the apprenticeship.
• Must be a UK citizen OR EEA citizen for previous 3 years on 1st day of apprenticeship OR, non-EEA citizen are eligible if they have permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for education purposes) and have been a resident in the UK for at least the previous year before the start of the apprenticeship.

Apprenticeship Information:

• The Public Health Practitioner Degree Apprenticeship is a three-year undergraduate degree course and programme that includes work based and academic learning.
• This programme is delivered 100% online, students attend through day release, the equivalent of one day per week throughout the duration. Learning is designed to fit around off the-job hours.
• Applicants should be prepared to undertake 3 years of study. The successful candidate should be available to start August 2024, formal course induction is week commencing 2nd September 2024 with modules due to commence week commencing 16th September 2024.

The post provides the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive working environment. We can also offer a host of benefits including a generous leave entitlement, a local government pension scheme, sports and leisure discounts and much more!

For an informal chat about the role please contact Suzie Watt (Senior Public Health Strategist) via email

Closing date: Sunday 9 th June 2024, 11pm

Interview date: Interviews are expected to be held late June 2024. Dates tbc.

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Wokingham Borough Council is an equal opportunities employer.

Further information on this vacancy

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