GLL is looking for a Healthy Living Instructor based at Hough End Leisure Centre with minimum Level 3 Exercise Referral to improve people's level of fitness, health - and ultimately, quality of life.
As a not-for-profit, charitable social enterprise, we're different.
Reinvesting back into our facilities, communities and people, we're committed to improving the lives of the communities that we serve.
The successful candidate taking the role of Healthy Living Instructor will have a passion to help people through physical activity and movement.
A Healthy Living Instructor provides one to one and group interventions that motivate and support customers to recognise the benefits of being active for them and their condition.
A Healthy Living Instructor will work with customers who have long term health conditions but also work with customers to provide a proactive approach to improved health and wellbeing.
The Exercise Referral Instructor will have the opportunity to embed themselves as part of centre teams and lead colleagues on the heath agenda.
If you are successful in this role you would work with the Community, Sport and Health Manager along with two other Healthy Living Instructors to share learning, develop and improve processes and create a supportive network of Healthy Living Instructor.
Key Responsibilities: To receive referrals from the Physical Activity Referral Officers within Manchester Active To deliver a series of physical activity opportunities within identified settings, including chair based exercise, gentle exercise classes, strength and balance classes, core stability classes and others sessions, gym programmes and classes as required by the needs of the local community To support a seamless transition for service users into universal and mainstream provision where appropriate To provide an empathetic and supportive environment for all service users to continue their exercise on referral journeys in the most appropriate setting for them as individuals To raise the profile and status of exercise on referral within community leisure centres To work within the Physical Activity Referral Services and leisure operator, to develop, deliver and support initiatives which will promote the health and wellbeing of people who live in Manchester, including the promotion of increased physical activity To support the centre in the of the gym equipment, delivering inductions and programmes Role Requirements A minimum Level 3 Exercise/ GP Referral qualification Experience working with customers who have a range of health conditions Ability to organise and deliver a range of different physical activity opportunities appropriate to client group, season etc.
Ability to organise own workload to ensure that all administrative functions including record keeping are completed in a timely manner.
Experience of working within a team and with stakeholders Ability to independently travel between venues As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees: A Values driven organisation Learning & development to support career development Good Pension schemes Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
A full time permanent position – Change accordingly Industry leading rates of pay opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria Health assurance Career pathways, professional development are just the start.
To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
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