Health Promotion Specialist - Youth Focused (Youth Essex)

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Provide CIC Health Promotion Specialist - Youth Focused (Youth Essex)

The closing date is 21 September 2026

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Job summary

Essex Sexual Health Service (ESHS) is the sexual health provider in Essex, led by Provide Community and commissioned by Essex County Council.

The post holder will work as part of the outreach and education team, with a focus on the delivery of relationship, sex and health education. This includes the delivery of education directly to young people through tailored support and small group work as well as training to upskill educational staff and other professionals supporting young people.

ESHS encourage applications from those with backgrounds in teaching, youth work, or working with people from seldom heard from communities.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support in the design and delivery of effective health promotion (HP) and behavior change communication (BCC) interventions appropriate to the needs of young people and other groups at increased risk of poor sexual health outcomes.

The post holder will work closely with educational establishments to directly deliver relationship and sexual health education (RSHE), parent sessions, and educator training in both primary and secondary settings.

Delivery will also involve community engagement approaches that tackle health inequalities including HIV related stigma and discrimination. Delivering targeted interventions that increase knowledge and awareness of sexual health issues including sexual health testing, consent, confidentiality, LGBTQ+ inclusivity, whilst also increasing access to eC-Card and access to care treatment and the uptake of broader sexual health services across Essex.

Although this post will be predominately focusing on delivery in West Essex, the post holder will be expected to support the wider service with delivery across Essex therefore the post holder must have their own car and a full driver's license to be able to fulfil the requirements of this role.

About us

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision:Transforming Lives

Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men's Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Details

Date posted

07 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£32,807 a year per annum FTE (19,684)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Job share

Reference number

828-PROVIDE4215-A

Job locations

Provide Community

Number One, The Stow

Harlow

CM20 3AH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for a full list of a main list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time for applying for a role within Provide.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for a full list of a main list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time for applying for a role within Provide.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Clean driving licence & access to a car with the ability to travel, with required resources, across the county, working flexibly including working out of hours (evenings and weekends) when required

Qualifications

Desirable

• To hold a relevant teaching qualification, or accredited RSHE qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering education / training packages to professionals and/or community groups. To have a good understanding of the challenges that young people may face growing up, and how to talk to young people in an age-appropriate way.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to communicate at a range of different levels, build & manage relationships with a range of stakeholders Ability to manage and prioritise own workload and communicate to support/gain support from a wider team. Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and database entry skills Good standards of accuracy, numeracy and literacy; ability to input data onto clinical and client databases

Knowledge

Essential

• An understanding and a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Experience

Desirable

• Experience working directly with young people on a 1:1 basis

Knowledge

Desirable

• Knowledgeable about HIV prevention, sexual health, contraception and other health needs of communities at risk of poor sexual health and HIV in the UK

Knowledge

Desirable

• A good level of knowledge about key national and local sexual health and HIV issues.

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of delivering and evaluating health promotion interventions to communities that experience health inequalities including young people

Knowledge

Desirable

• To have a good understanding of the local area

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

• Clean driving licence & access to a car with the ability to travel, with required resources, across the county, working flexibly including working out of hours (evenings and weekends) when required

Qualifications

Desirable

• To hold a relevant teaching qualification, or accredited RSHE qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering education / training packages to professionals and/or community groups. To have a good understanding of the challenges that young people may face growing up, and how to talk to young people in an age-appropriate way.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to communicate at a range of different levels, build & manage relationships with a range of stakeholders Ability to manage and prioritise own workload and communicate to support/gain support from a wider team. Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and database entry skills Good standards of accuracy, numeracy and literacy; ability to input data onto clinical and client databases

Knowledge

Essential

• An understanding and a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Experience

Desirable

• Experience working directly with young people on a 1:1 basis

Knowledge

Desirable

• Knowledgeable about HIV prevention, sexual health, contraception and other health needs of communities at risk of poor sexual health and HIV in the UK

Knowledge

Desirable

• A good level of knowledge about key national and local sexual health and HIV issues.

Experience

Desirable

• Experience of delivering and evaluating health promotion interventions to communities that experience health inequalities including young people

Knowledge

Desirable

• To have a good understanding of the local area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Provide CIC

Address

Provide Community

Number One, The Stow

Harlow

CM20 3AH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.provide.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Provide CIC

Address

Provide Community

Number One, The Stow

Harlow

CM20 3AH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.provide.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

ESHS - Outreach and Education Lead

Sophie Milner

[email protected]

07874398769

Details

Date posted

07 September 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£32,807 a year per annum FTE (19,684)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Job share

Reference number

828-PROVIDE4215-A

Job locations

Provide Community

Number One, The Stow

Harlow

CM20 3AH

United Kingdom

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