Prevention Worker

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your career, while supporting people to lead healthier and happier lives? We are looking for a Prevention Worker with the right skills, values and passion for supporting people to lead a physically active lifestyle.

Sheffield City Council is committed to placing Sheffield at the forefront of sport, physical activity, leisure, and wellbeing in the UK. We want our facilities, activities and services to be modern, welcoming and inclusive to meet the needs of everybody in Sheffield and encourage more people to be more active. Sheffield City Council provide the operational management of the city-wide Move Well Scheme

The Move Well scheme is designed to help people with health conditions become more active. You would be part of a team supporting Service Users to be more active via a triage appointment which assesses their motivation, preferences and risk levels before directing them to a physical activity option that best meets their needs. You’ll be provided with motivational interviewing training and gain experience supporting people with health conditions within a structured intervention.

You do not need previous experience delivering physical activity interventions, but it is essential that you enjoy speaking to people from a range of backgrounds and are comfortable having telephone conversations.

We are looking for someone who can:

Work as part of a team to support service users and physical activity providers.
Deliver telephone triage appointments using person-centred approach that helps people focus on what matters to them.
Lead by example by demonstrating excellent customer service, delivery skills, organisation and professionalism.
Be an excellent communicator who can engage with service users, activity providers, wider partners and stakeholders to support the delivery of the Move Well Scheme
Co-ordinate GDPR compliant systems for collecting, collating, monitoring and presenting data in a variety of formats
To find out more information about the Move Well scheme, visit here; https://www.movemoresheffield.com/movewell

For further information about this position, including application details, please visit Sheffield City Council's job vacancies web page.

For informal enquiries please contact Josh Blunkett on josh.blunkett@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.