Maternity Cover Public Health Practitioner - Inclusion Health

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About the role

We are looking for one-year fixed term maternity cover for public health practitioner sitting within the Inclusion Health portfolio of public health. The role will be responsible for the seamless delivery of:

• adult mental health and suicide prevention initiatives;
• tackling the underlying causes of serious violence;
• targeted public health interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for marginalised groups; and
• workplace wellbeing initiatives.

What will you be doing?

Maternity cover post for a year from the date of recruitment will:

• ensure seamless delivery of public mental health and suicide prevention initiatives, reducing health inequalities, and fostering partnerships;
• work across multi-disciplinary and multi-agency groups that bridges clinical services and community-wide prevention to reduce mental health inequalities;
• provide operational leadership for the local Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and Community Safety Partnership, and work towards a multi-agency, trauma-informed approach to tackle the underlying causes of serious violence, while ensuring the local system meets the statutory requirements of the Serious Violence Duty;
• drive workplace wellbeing initiatives, such as mental health support, physical activity, and preventative health campaigns;
• drive targeted public health interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities for marginalised groups (e.g., people experiencing homelessness, sex workers, Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities, and vulnerable migrants); and
• Work with wider public health team to support delivering overlapping public health priorities.

About you

The applicant should be eligible to work in the United Kingdom for the duration of the appointment as the role is not eligible for sponsorship.

We are looking for a candidate with practical public health experience of minimum two years. Due to this being a maternity cover, you should be able to pickup the workload immediately, therefore we expect the candidate to have adequate experience of delivering Public mental health and serious violence duty.

In person interviews are expected to take place in the week commencing 6th of July 2026.

If you have any queries regarding this role, please email Tim McGregor at tim.mcgregor@westnorthants.gov.uk.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

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Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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