Volunteer Health Coach / Nutritionist / Dietician to deliver nutrition and lifestyle based interventions in Bognor Regis secondary school!

What will you be doing?

In arguably one of the most important voluntary roles within the Collaboration for Kids (CFK) project, you will be responsible for delivering our educational program and key messages to a group of Secondary School children (13-15 year olds) in a school in Bognor Regis.   You will work within a small team to deliver our first CFK pilot intervention through a series of weekly face to face workshops starting in the Autumn Term. You will also play a key role in building relationships with the school and the children and may be required to assist in the collection of baseline and post intervention data, providing feedback and learnings to assist in continuous improvement and innovation.   To be successful in this role you will: - Have experience delivering educational sessions / resources / programmes to Secondary School aged children - The ability to build rapport, engage and inspire teenagers - Have a genuine and visible passion for nutrition and changing the eating behaviours of teens - Be organised and structured in your approach and delivery style, ensuring CFK materials and key messages are consistently delivered - Have strong interpersonal and communication skills (both visual and verbal) and fluency in English  

What are we looking for?

The absolutely essential experience for this ‘intervention delivery role’ is that you have experience delivering educational programmes / sessions to teenagers AND a real passion for nutrition and changing the eating behaviours of our teens   Qualifications wise, ideally you will have (or be studying towards) a degree or something similar in Education, Nutrition, Health Coaching, Child Public Health and /or Public Health (or any other relevant qualification)   As the role involves delivering face to face workshops in a Bognor School, you must either live locally or be willing and able to travel to Bognor Regis on a weekly basis from the beginning of the Autumn Term (September 2024)  

What difference will you make?

CFK is a project calling our communities to preventative action. It aims to use up-to-date and robust scientific evidence to deliver key messages in a variety of innovative ways, that inspire, challenge and support those who need help. Our volunteers have the active support of leaders in nutrition, clinical practice, education and research, who understand what works ‘on the ground’ in their specific areas. They are passionate about helping to reverse the increasing rates of obesity in children and worsening physical and mental health in young people that can ultimately lead to serious health problems and reduced life-expectancy.