Health Improvement Worker

Live Life Better Derbyshire (LLBD) is The Council’s lifestyle service and supports people to identify their holistic health and wellbeing needs, providing weight management, smoking cessation and physical activity services across Derbyshire.

Live Life Better Derbyshire are looking to recruit a highly motivated Health Improvement Workers:

This post will focus primarily on the Community Health Improvement element with the opportunity available to train in Health Checks delivery also.  This is a full-time post primarily based in Amber Valley (with county wide delivery where required).

Travel across the county & access to a car is a requirement of both positions. 

The successful candidate will support clients to complete our Health and Wellbeing assessment & Body MOT’s at a range of settings across the community.  You will contribute to the health improvement of the population by supporting and signposting people to local organisations and services.  Strong partnership working skills will be required to ensure LLBD is embedded in the local community & will involve attending community events and carrying out engagement work. 

An excellent level of IT literacy including proficient use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and 365, along with the ability to adapt to bespoke databases is a key requirement of this role. It is also essential that the successful candidates have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with a wide range of people.  Awareness of barriers that may prevent a client accessing essential support or making a lifestyle change is key.

All successful candidates must demonstrate the ability and commitment to undertaking a comprehensive range of duties as well as demonstrating flexibility in order to meet the demands of the service.  As the role involves dealing with sensitive information and vulnerable individuals it is essential that the successful candidates have a knowledge of confidentiality and GDPR.

Employees have access to a range of benefits and discounts including: 

• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 25 days annual leave per year (rising to 30 days after 5 years continuous service) plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata). 
• Training and development opportunities
• Paid travel expenses if required to travel to other sites
• Smarter travel scheme including access to the cycle to work scheme
• Supportive management and team
• Access to our in-house occupational services which also includes free eye tests, physiotherapy and counselling
• Derbyshire rewards – offering hundreds of discounts and cashback 

More details on the benefits of working for the council can be found on our reward and recognition page here

When applying for the post please ensure you evidence how you meet the essential criteria within the suitability for job section of the application form

If you require further information about the roles, please contact Ann Lewis  ann.lewis2@derbyshire.gov.uk

Provisional Interview Date: 2nd December 2025