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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 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 (dependant 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 and 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

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 agree 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

 

Required Skills/Experience

The Health and Wellbeing Coach will:

· Have experience of supporting people in a mental health setting, be this through clinical practice or support work

· Be a good listener who is able to motivate patients to change using recognised techniques

· Have the ability to manage own time and workload to provide an efficient, effective service to patients and the PCN

· Make decisions on 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

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

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

To Apply

Download job description here: Gateway Health and Wellbeing Coach JD

To Apply, please email your CV and a covering letter detailing why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience match the Person Specification to recruitment@gatewayfs.org

if you have any queries or wish to discuss the role, please contact Jemma Abbott vie email j.abbott@gatewayfs.org