Every member who joins Slimming World wants to lose weight. Few of us realise just how it could change our lives in many other ways. When Consultants Andrea Ellison and Jo St John Mosse started their weight loss journeys, they never dreamed that they would end up with a fantastic new role helping others lose weight.
“I struggled with my weight for 22 years before I found Slimming World,” says Jo St John Mosse. “When I first became a member I used to watch my Consultant leading a lively group thinking: ‘I wish I could do that’,” she says. “It took me ages to build up my confidence and realise that I could do it! There must be three or four members in every group thinking the same thing -- wishing they had the courage to be a Consultant.
When I did become a Consultant it changed my life forever. I’ve been a Consultant for nine years now and I love my job so much I just can’t stop talking about it.
a special role
Helping others to shed the misery of excess weight as a Slimming World Consultant is a special role and it requires a special person who cares about the health and happiness of others. Being able to understand the emotional and psychological turmoil of someone who is desperate to lose weight is crucial. Slimming World is keen to employ special people who can offer that unique empathy and appreciate the warm, friendly – and fun – approach of a Slimming World group.
Millions of people are unhappy or in ill health because they don’t know how to lose weight. You all know, because you’ve experienced it, that Slimming World offers the very best help.
There are over 25 million people in the UK who are overweight and it seriously affects the health of 11 million of them. We need to reach those people who do not know about us so that they can start to feel the way we do.
And of course we need Consultants across the country to build as many Slimming World groups as possible to reach those millions of people. But what else does being a Slimming World Consultant have to offer, and why are we convinced that it is the best job in the world?
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It offers you the opportunity to be self-employed and run your own business.
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It offers a career that is flexible and fits in with family, work and social life.
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It pays very well. You can earn £150 a week for just one group and up to £25,000 a year for two or three groups.
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You don’t need any special qualifications. At Slimming World we only ever recruit Consultants from our member base, because you have to know how it feels to have a weight problem – only then can you offer the unique understanding that sets us apart from other slimming organisations.
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It offers you the opportunity to help others feel the way you do as you lose weight without ever feeling hungry and with the help and support of group through Image Therapy.
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Slimming World offers fantastic training and unparalleled support and development opportunities in the most innovative ways to help others to lose weight and maintain that weight loss.
a flexible role
Her role as Consultant gave busy mum Andrea Ellison the flexibility to spend more time with her family. “Being a Consultant changed my life too,” says Andrea. “I’ve gone from working five days a week and hardly ever seeing my kids – I was lucky if I could spend two days with them – to working two days and spending five days a week with them. I’m always talking about my role,” she says.
Andrea is keen to share her excitement about the chance to be a Consultant and always tells her members about Opportunity Events, where they can learn about what the role involves, whenever they come up in her area.
Best of all is the buzz of running a group and being part of Slimming World. It's not like work at all.
"All the Consultants in our area work together as a team. If there’s a district meeting we’re all keen to get there because we know that we’ll have fun and get together like a group of friends. We even go out leafleting and postering together.”
Make no mistake though, being a Consultant can be demanding. When you’ve spoken to your local newspaper half a dozen times and they just do not want to publish your great weight loss story you need perseverance in bucket loads.
Find out how to apply to become a Slimming World Consultant.