Health Inequalities Community Connector

Become a Health Inequalities Community Connector and be part of exciting changes in Barnsley

We’re excited to be recruiting a Health Inequalities Community Connector here in Barnsley, the place of possibilities. We are looking for candidates with a passion for improving the lives of our residents, with vision, creativity and the ability to work effectively with communities and partners.

Healthy life expectancy in Barnsley is around 55 years of age, significantly lower than the England average. This role will play a vital part in improving healthy life expectancy and quality of life for our residents, through direct involvement with residents who face the poorest health outcomes.

The role will be hosted in our Resilient Communities team. You will be working directly with local people, community groups, Area Council teams and other services, to help understand the issues people face, and connect residents with opportunities to improve their health. The role will help the development of new activities, promote existing opportunities and linking up services in targeted geographical areas of Barnsley . The role will actively encourage participation with communities, using creative methods to understand their health needs and assets, and supporting them to develop, deliver and sustain projects that improve health, wellbeing, resilience and cohesion.

We are keen to employ someone with some creative skills, who can engage with residents utilising a variety of methods and use their initiative to develop interventions which support communities that require it the most.

Your role in our journey

As a community connector, you will work directly within communities in Barnsley to reach as many people as possible, to support positive behaviour change and better health. You will need to be able to demonstrate:

• Significant experience leading community involvement and participation projects with a health and wellbeing focus.

• Understanding of health inequalities and strategies to address these within communities

• The ability to utilise creative approaches to community involvement to improve health and wellbeing outcomes

What you’ll need

To join us, you’ll need to be passionate about local community development, with a flair for public involvement and partnership working, it is your talent for working with people that really sets you apart.

Shape a better future with us

Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.

A lot to look forward to

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellence, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to achieve these. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So, we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you and why you’ll find your career here inspiring and rewarding.

Apply

We would encourage anyone who is interested in the role to get in touch to discuss it in more detail. Please contact: benjaminbrannan@barnsley.gov.uk

This post is fixed term initially over 12 months.