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Healthy Lifestyles Support Advisor - job post

North Somerset Council
3.6 out of 5 stars
North Somerset•Hybrid work
£28,598 - £31,022 a year - Part-time

Location

North Somerset•Hybrid work

Benefits

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  • Annual leave
  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Car scheme

Full job description

Healthy Lifestyles Support Advisor

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North Somerset

11/01/2026

Healthy Lifestyles Support Advisor

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary

Level 5:- £28,598 - £31,022 per annum, pro rata

Contractual hours

16

Basis

Part time

Package

25 days annual leave pro rata, increasing to 30 days annual leave pro rata after 5 years' service. Fixed Worker

Job category/type

Public Health

Date posted

05/12/2025

Job reference

HSCA0050

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20251201 - HSCA0050 - Healthy Lifestyles Advisor - JD.pdf

Job description

About Us
North Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.

The Role
If you are enthusiastic about helping people live healthier, happier lives, join our team as a Healthy Lifestyles Advisor!

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Healthy Lifestyles Advisor to join our Healthy Lifestyles Service. The service is responsible for engaging with, monitoring and empowering adults to adopt positive lifestyle changes.
You’ll support behaviour change focussing on key health improvement topics, to include weight management, eating well, increasing physical activity levels and stopping smoking. Support provided by the service follows evidence-based guidance outlined by OHID, the Chief Medical Officer for England and NICE.

As a signatory of the ‘Why Weight?' Pledge everyone in the wider Health Improvement team works together to create healthier environments where more people can eat well, feel well and be active. The pledge promotes a compassionate approach to weight and highlights how the conditions in which we are born, grow, live and work can affect our health. We share the understanding that living with obesity is complex and shaped by social, environmental, and economic factors—not just individual choices. We commit to challenge stigma, create supportive environments for all ages and prioritise reducing health inequalities, especially in North Somerset’s deprived and minority communities.

In this role, you will use your specialist knowledge that will be acquired through practical experience or vocational qualifications to support a caseload of adult clients via telephone, video call or face to face in community venues across North Somerset, on a 1-1 and group basis.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide information and advice to clients on a range of health improvement subjects in particular weight management, healthy eating (and drinking less alcohol), increasing physical activity levels and smoking cessation.
  • Make recommendations for lifestyle changes, setting plans and timescales for implementation including follow up actions to monitor client progress.
  • To organise and lead the delivery of 1-1 and group interventions to include weight management, healthy eating, physical activity and smoking cessation, contributing to the content of sessions and keeping resources and materials up to date.
  • Communicate with colleagues and partner agencies to establish referral routes into the service, in particular from groups with poorer health outcomes, those experiencing health inequalities, including from areas in North Somerset with the highest levels of multiple deprivation.
  • Maintain an awareness of available services and resources for clients in the local community, build relationships with other services to ably refer the client to that service or resource when appropriate.

Valid driving licence and own transport, or be able to provide alternative, suitable method of travel is an essential condition for this role.

Work Style
At North Somerset Council, we offer a hybrid working environment based on four distinct work styles. Depending on the role and personal circumstances, you will fall into one of these categories. However, please note that during the induction period, it may be necessary to spend more time in the office to support your learning and development. We are flexible and open to discussions about your preferred working style, and if you wish to be in the office more frequently, this can be negotiated.

This role falls into the category of Fixed Worker which means you can expect to work in the following way:

  • 3 days in the office
  • Spends most or all of their time in the office, due to nature of the work but can be for reasons such as unsuitable home working conditions or a desire for separation of home and work life.
  • The office remains a shared space with cultural encouragement for clear desk policies.

About You
We are looking for an individual who is enthusiastic about using person-centred empathetic and non-judgemental approach to motivate and support individuals to change their health behaviours, and who possesses the following skills and experience:

Essential Criteria:
  • NVQ level 3 qualification relating to public health, health improvement, physical activity, nutrition or behaviour change.

  • Additional modular vocational units or equivalent work experience to give technical knowledge specific to particular topic areas of the service such as stop smoking, increasing physical activity levels, weight loss, eating well, reducing alcohol intake and behaviour change.

  • Willingness to complete additional training provided by North Somerset Council.

  • Experience of managing a caseload of clients experiencing health inequalities and delivering healthy lifestyle advice on a 1-1 and/or group basis, translating health improvement knowledge into practice
  • This post is exempt under the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975 and is subject to an Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Desirable Criteria:
  • Ability to record and evaluate outcomes of 1-1 and group support and recommend solutions to ensure best outcomes for service users.
  • Ability to write up case study reports and good news stories.
  • Ability to use a case management system and variety of IT systems competently.

What We Offer
At North Somerset Council, we value our employees and provide a supportive and inclusive work environment. We offer:
  • Competitive salary and benefits
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Local Government Pension
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Inclusive Staff groups including Carers, Disabled, LGBTQ+, REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), and Young Staff Forums
  • Opportunity to purchase up to an additional 10 days annual leave each year
  • Dedicated in house Wellbeing Team
  • Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes

Further details of our excellent rewards package can be found in our Benefits booklet.

How to Apply
If you share our vision and values and are ready to make an impact to North Somerset, please select the button below. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please submit your application by 11.59pm on the application closing date. When completing our online application form, please detail how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Contact Information
For further information about the role, please contact Caroline Bentley, Healthy Lifestyles Team Leader, at: caroline.bentley@n-somerset.gov.uk
or 01934 426349.

Important Information
As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job role.

Interview Date: Wednesday 28 January 2026.

Please note: We are currently only able to accept applications from candidates who have full permission to work in the UK and are unable to provide Sponsorship for this role.

Equal Opportunities
At North Somerset Council we want all our employees to feel valued and appreciated. We aim to ensure equality of opportunity and prevent discrimination irrespective of your sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, race, age, disability, including neurodiversity, if you are married or in a civil partnership or are pregnant or currently on maternity leave. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early or extend the closing date depending on the number of applications received.

Healthy Lifestyles Support Advisor

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