Health Coach - Diabetes Prevention - South East London

Diabetes Prevention Practitioner

(Health Coach – South East London)

Join us on our journey to empower over a million people to change their behaviours and thrive!

At Thrive Tribe we deliver award-winning healthy lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that make people happier and healthier. It’s a really exciting time to join us as we expand our delivery of the Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme throughout South East London and we’re looking for a team of passionate health coaches (or Diabetes Prevention Practitioners) to join us!

The purpose of a health coach is to improve lives by empowering people to make effective long-term changes that halt or reverse the progression of Type 2 Diabetes. This is achieved through successfully delivering our quality programmes and providing evidence-based information, supporting individuals to improve their health, lose weight and ultimately lower their risk of developing diabetes.

A typical day as a Health Coach might include:

• Delivering evidence-based face-to-face group sessions that focus on diet, nutrition, physical activity, and behaviour change across South East London.
• Facilitating group interventions in community venues across South East London to support clients in achieving their goals and cultivating a safe and positive environment.
• Making service user calls, triage, and onboarding new patients into the programme.
• Promoting the Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme internally and externally, and improving referral pathways between other services and partner organisations.
• Engaging in ongoing training relevant to your role, including submitting your annual CPD portfolio and evidencing professional development in line with our CPD policy.
• Working towards criteria and targets established within the National Diabetes Prevention Programmes (NDPP) quality assurance framework, including all Clinical Governance procedures.
• Working with colleagues across all of our Thrive Tribe services to contribute to new projects and service developments.
• Ensuring due consideration and adherence to our internal Thrive Tribe policies, including Information Governance, Safeguarding, and Complaints procedures.
• Helping us maintain the ethos of Thrive Tribe by driving our organisational culture forward across our services and using every opportunity to embed our values.
• The role will require some evening or weekend work.

About you…

We are looking for a team player who puts their heart into their work. We have core values that run through everything we do, and we’d love it if they resonate with you too!

Be the change

You like helping people. You’ll be working with those who need help the most, empowering them to make positive changes to thrive.

Be effective

You’re patient and can adapt under pressure. Always happy to make time for other people, and you have a great attitude.

Be happy

You recognise the power of a smile. You value a fun, supportive workplace and want to come to work raring to go!

Be successful

You are motivated and driven. Happy working solo or as part of a team, you love meeting targets and will be given opportunities to contribute and develop your career.

Be big-hearted

You want to make a difference. Working with a like-minded team of optimistic people, you do meaningful work and change lives.

We’re looking for someone who can combine health improvement knowledge with first-class communication and motivational skills. If you have experience of delivering group-based interventions, and a real understanding of the impact personal characteristics and circumstances can have on health behaviours, then we want to hear from you. Bonus points if you have a qualification in a health promotion related subject, such as nutrition, exercise, or health coaching!

Although not essential, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants who are fluent in Portuguese, Urdu, Tamil, Spanish, Gujarati, Farsi, Korean, and/or British Sign Language for these roles.

We hire based on attitude over traditional skills and experience, so if you don’t have all of the necessary experience but feel you are right for the role, we would love to hear from you!

Perks…

Every person makes Thrive Tribe the incredible place it is to work and play together. We offer you:

• Regular team events and activities, including ThriveFest and our annual Challenge Weekend.
• Flexible working – we’re serious about life/work balance.
• Tailored health and wellbeing support such as access to life coaching.
• Rewards portal offering discounts on shops, restaurants, and days out.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• 23 days holiday, increasing every year up to a maximum of 29 days (plus Bank Holidays!).
• A day on us to live by our values!

Contract: Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours) per week.

Salary: £24,000 per year (rising to £27,000, with development opportunities to earn up to £30,000 as a Senior Health Coach).

Closing Date: The closing date for applications is 3rd March, we reserve the right to close the opportunity early should we receive enough quality applicants.

To apply: Please attach your CV and a covering letter outlining why you are right for the position.

Location: IMPORTANT - daily travel required across South East London to deliver the group sessions. Ideally, the successful candidate would live in one of the South East London Boroughs. There is no office base, so the role will require home working.

Please note, the successful applicant will be required to have the right to work in the UK.

Learn more about Thrive Tribe: https://www.thrivetribe.org.uk/

Got a question? If you’d like an informal chat about the opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Mike Power (Head of Service) mike.power@thrivetribe.org.uk - 07375 398142.

We believe that every person has the right to thrive at work, which is why we are committed to equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate. Should you require any specific accommodations in the recruitment process, please let us know in your application.