Job summary
The Child Weight Management Project Lead role is to provide leadership and operational support to the Child Weight Management Specialist Service and Single Point of Access. The postholder will be accountable for driving programme delivery and achieving agreed outcomes and will contribute to service growth. Where required, the role will also include a delivery element to provide cover for team absence.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in leading the planning, development, implementation and coordination of the service, working closely with the SPOA Coordinator to support the day-to-day running of the Single Point of Access and Specialist Child Weight Management programme. Responsibilities include acting as a central point of contact for delivery staff, coordinating staffing and session cover, overseeing staff performance through 1:1s and PDPs, and driving service improvement through KPI monitoring, data analysis, and performance reporting. The role will involve liaising with stakeholders and system partners, managing patient flow and outcomes, ensuring data quality through regular audits, and contributing to clinical governance and service development. In addition, the post holder will support financial processes, venue coordination, staff training, and project reporting. Alongside managerial duties, the role includes hands-on delivery of safe, personalised, and age-appropriate interventions to children, young people, and families, including exercise sessions, behaviour change support, and physical activity advice. The post holder will also be responsible for session planning, client engagement and follow-up, monitoring progress against targets, supporting curriculum development, attending community events to promote the service, and providing delivery cover where required to ensure a high-quality, consistent service.
About us
ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organisation. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence based, innovative, effective, and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities, and stakeholders.
Details
- Date posted: 12 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £28,000 to £30,000 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: E0343-26-0021abl871c
- Job locations: 7 Birch House, Ransom Wood Business Park, Mansfield, NG21 0HJ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
ABL Health has been commissioned to deliver a high-quality Single Point of Access and Tier 2 Plus Specialist Child Weight Management Service. The Project Lead will support the service development and day-to-day operational management. This is a leadership post, with real scope to influence operational performance and service quality.
With support from the Head of Service, the postholder will take a proactive role in line managing staff. The multidisciplinary team includes a GP, Head of Service, therapists, a nutritionist, counselling specialists, and administrators. You will provide management support, contribute to MDT meetings, supervise and support service delivery, lead clinics, and support group education and intervention sessions. The role also includes developing resources and supporting staff training.
Your key responsibilities will be:
Managerial
Provide a leadership role in service planning, development, implementation, and coordination of the Service.
To work with SPOA Co-Ordinator in the day-to-day running of the Single Point of Access and Specialist Child Weight Management programme
To be a point of contact for delivery staff queries
Assembling and coordinating staff to facilitate delivery: overseeing staff calendars; liaise with the admin team, coordinate staff to provide session cover when necessary.
Lead on developing certain areas of the programme (s) according to the service plan
Accountability towards tracking and achieving service KPIs
Undertaking service observations and providing valuable performance-driven feedback
Support the line management of staff by performing staff 1:1s and PDPs
Oversee and monitor stakeholder activity and targets across all areas - liaise with stakeholder staff regularly, track performance according to service KPIs, work with the management team to set targets to improve performance
Undertake data preparation and analysis as requested by management and attend key monthly meeting for internal and external performance board
Work with system partners and stakeholders to design, deliver and evaluate the service engagement
Track and manage patient flow and outcomes through the system, as requested by the Operations Team Lead to put actions in place for those who are not progressing as they should
To coordinate the booking, risk assessing and use of various delivery venues
Support with financial duties including the processing of staff expenses and invoices relating to the project
Lead on the updating of data where data completeness is an issue
Audit of data quality to ensure that patient data is up to date and identify issues with data completeness and validity: oversee and coordinate monthly Audit of data quality to ensure that patient data is up to date and identify issues with data completeness and validity: oversee and coordinate monthly
Contribute to clinical governance procedures
Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project, to present reports defining progress, problems and solutions
Contribute to training and support of new staff and volunteers
Delivery
Deliver safe personalised, age appropriate, one-to-one group exercise interventions, behaviour change and physical activity advice to children, young people, and families.
Prepare and set up venues in a safe manner
Have a thorough understanding of the curriculum/teaching resources and be confident in the delivery of such.
Session planning including preparing the correct handouts, materials and equipment for the session
Discussing weight loss / gain with clients
Monitor weekly weight loss / gain and attendance against set targets.
Client contact calls to ensure attendance, chase non-attendance
Service / client evaluation
Oversee curriculum development
To support a team of staff to deliver a quality driven service spanning a range of interventions within the specialist services and partner working within the IWS.
To engage and recruit potential clients at promotional and community events.
Cover delivery where necessary.
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This advert is for Project Lead (Child Weight Management) with ABL Health Ltd in Mansfield, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £28,000 to £30,000 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jun 2026.
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