Health and Wellbeing Coach – Mental Health

Health and Wellbeing Coach – Mental Health

We have a rewarding opportunity for a Health and Wellbeing Coach to work in North Solihull, providing one-to-one and group support to patients with low-level mental health support needs.

If you feel you have skills or experience in providing this type of support and are keen to work for a forward-thinking community organisation and have the ability to shape the service, we’d love to hear from you!

Position: Health and Wellbeing Coach

Location: North Solihull Area (practice based)

Hours: Full and part-time hours available

Salary: £26 - £28k per annum pro rata (dependent on qualifications and experience)

Contract: Fixed term for 1 year (with possible extension beyond this)

Benefits: The provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, enhanced annual leave, access to an Employee Assistance programme and 24-hour GP as well as a discount website.

Closing Date: Sunday 23rd March (Midnight)

Interview Dates: Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd April

The Health and Wellbeing Coach will be integrated into the wider multi-disciplinary team of a PCN and Primary Care practice working alongside Social Prescribing Link Workers and practice staff.

The Role

As Health and Wellbeing Coach for Mental Health, you will provide one-to-one and group support (where appropriate) to people who are referred to you by GPs and the wider PCN team, providing low-intensity interventions to support patients to manage their own recovery and self-management. Sessions will focus on motivational interviewing, goal setting and action planning with support spanning a short time frame. Patients who are unsuitable for the service should be referred to higher level mental health support through approved pathways.

The Health and Wellbeing Coach will manage a caseload of patients and maintain accurate record keeping to support outcome monitoring and understand trends and emerging needs.

The role will build trusting relationships with people, devising shared plans and agreeing on the type of intervention with patients which may include online sessions, group and one-to-one support in practice or community venues, or telephone support.

The post holder will create strong relationships with primary care staff and wider organisations including Social Prescribers, VCSE Organisations and specialist support agencies as well as Mental Health services in the area.

About You

Required skills and experience:

1. Have experience of supporting people in a mental health setting, be this through clinical practice or support work
2. Be a good listener who is able to motivate patients to change using recognised techniques
3. Have the ability to manage own time and workload to provide an efficient, effective service to patients and the PCN
4. Make decisions on the suitability of the service for patients and flag to colleagues where a referral is inappropriate or a patient requires a higher intensity intervention or service

An interview is guaranteed to suitably qualified and experienced people with disabilities. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

About the Organisation

A leading provider of services to the health and social care sector, our aim is to reduce inequalities in learning, employment and health. As an employer, the organisation is proud to offer a range of benefits to our staff including the provision of workplace wellbeing support and activities, flexible working and a range of family-friendly policies and subsidised parking.

You may also have experience in areas such as Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, Mental Health Support Worker, Support Time and Recovery Worker, Counsellor or Therapist, Health and Wellbeing Coach or similar.