Job Description

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are seeking a Feel Good Suffolk Advisor You will join us on a full-time, fixed-term/secondment opportunity for 18 months. The successful candidate will earn a competitive salary of £31,537 - £36,363 per annum (pro rata for part time).

This role is open to full time, part time, and job share applications, all of which will be assessed equally.

Join our team

We are looking for a Feel Good Suffolk Advisor to join our Communities Team.

If you share our values and you are motivated to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities, we would love to hear from you.

About Feel Good Suffolk (FGS)

Feel Good Suffolk (FGS) supports people to make positive changes to their health and wellbeing, including losing weight, giving up smoking, and becoming more active. 

It is designed to provide a choice of services close to people, at the right time to support steady and lasting improvements to people's health.   

Delivered as a partnership between Public Health, local authorities, and partners across the health, leisure, voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise sectors, FGS provides local opportunities for people looking to improve their health, based around a core provision of Weight Management, Smoking Cessation, and Physical Activity services. 

Our holistic and person-centred approach will ensure all aspects of health relevant to the client are considered and supported.   

About the role

As one of our team of Feel Good Suffolk (FGS) Advisors, you will provide holistic health and wellbeing support to clients accessing the FGS service.

You will primarily be based in the community with some remote/office working, and travel across the district to provide face-to-face services as well as providing client support over the phone. 

Key responsibilities:   

Provide triage and assessment of clients accessing the Feel Good Suffolk (FGS) service.

Delivering behaviour change interventions and techniques based around Smoking Cessation, Physical Activity and Weight Management as required. 

Motivate and empower clients to make behaviour changes, conducting assessments, and creating a personal action plan to make changes which can improve their health.   

Using Health Coaching techniques delivering face-to-face, digital, and over the phone 1:1 and group interventions. 

Developing and co-producing action plans to provide personalised support to individuals, their families, and carers. 

Deliver group and one to one smoking cessation support to clients as required, including coordinating the use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) where necessary and delivering sessions using a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach.   

Work closely and forge strong links with partners across the locality at place and neighbourhood level to refer and signpost the client to ensure suitable support is provided, including but not limited to local authorities, the integrated care board and primary/secondary care, leisure providers, and Voluntary, Community, Faith, and Social Enterprise organisations (VCFSE).   

Complete ‘touch point’ assessments and evaluations of clients to monitor their progress, recording the data in a case management system and reporting on outcomes as required.   

Contribute to the measurement of change and improvement in health behaviours using relevant outcome measures.   

Equip people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to access information and support via a digital front door where they can find resources and information to self-manage their health behaviours. 

Work closely with colleagues across the county as part of the Feel Good Suffolk team to ensure collaborative and efficient working.   

Attend community events and complete outreach across the districts. 

About you

We are looking for a passionate and motivational person to join our Feel Good Suffolk Team.

You will likely have worked in local government, health or voluntary sectors and have gained experience of supporting members of the community with their health and wellbeing.

With experience of supporting people to access local services, you will have a good understanding of community health issues and the strengths and barriers faced by residents.

You will have a caring nature, with empathy and understanding to work with and support individuals from a variety of backgrounds and differing levels of support needs.

You will need to demonstrate:

Understanding of barriers to healthy lifestyles and health inequalities that can impact health behaviours. 

Good knowledge of the local area and provision around health.

Understanding of referral, triage, and assessment processes.

Experience using a case management/customer relationship management system.

Experience in building personalised action plans and working towards key performance indicators and evaluation processes.

A broad range of knowledge on health and wellbeing issues

Able to manage working relationships and confident to network and make new contacts.

Desire to undertake training and development opportunities to ensure continual professional development and to boost the Feel Good Suffolk provision. 

A full UK driving license and access to a car is essential for this role

Closing date: 5 pm, 1 July 2026

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Feel Good Suffolk Advisor role, even if you don’t meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts