Health Coach

Home Group; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community support organization in Barnstaple is looking for a Health Coach to empower customers in making healthy life choices. You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team to develop personalized health plans and support customers facing mental health challenges. This position offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits, making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

34 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Employee discounts

Career growth opportunities

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience working in community health support.
• Skill in coaching others towards health goals.
• Ability to motivate and deal with challenging behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Coach customers on healthy lifestyles and behaviors.
• Create individual health plans for customers.
• Evaluate customers' progress and adapt plans as needed.

Skills

Community support experience

Coaching experience

Knowledge of health inequalities

Motivational skills

Conflict management

Education

NVQ in Health and Social Care

Health Trainer qualification

Coaching qualification

Job description

Salary £25,838 per year, plus great benefits including Health Cash Plan!

Home, a place where you belong.

Are you passionate about promoting healthy choices? Keen to empower others to join the health revolution making positive life choices? Then you’ll thrive in our team as a Health Coach coaching our customers on healthy lifestyles! You’ll be a key part in making a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. How amazing is that!

We have a fabulous opportunity for you to join our awesome team. You have a genuine passion to support our services in delivering aspirational person-centred housing-related support. You will work as part of a team with two other Health Coaches, Support Coordinators, Senior Client Services Managers, and a Mental Health Practice Lead, delivering person-centred mental health recovery support and encouraging independence.

Our customers live in shared houses of up to 5 people across Exeter and Torbay.

Typical day as a Health Coach

• You’ll transform lives by coaching customers as part of a multi-disciplinary team alongside our support and care colleagues as well as with external partner organisations.
• Coaching our customers who are experiencing mental health issues to take control and ownership of their health.
• You’ll carry out assessments and create individual health plans to enable our customers to adopt healthy behaviours, focusing on strengths rather than problems.
• Deliver interventions to support customers in achieving their health goals identified in their plans.
• You’ll be a change-maker, motivating others to kick unwanted habits and activate personalized healthy lifestyles!

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers' lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!

You bring

• Experience working in the community supporting people, ideally with their health
• Experience coaching others
• Your knowledge of inequalities and barriers impacting health and wellbeing
• People skills in motivating and supporting others, with the ability to deal with conflict and challenging behaviour
• If you have an NVQ in Health and Social Care, Health Trainer, or Coaching qualification, that’s a plus!
• You’ll need to travel to spend time with your customers, using public transport or your own vehicle insured for business purposes. We’ll pay your mileage between site visits!

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.

Our Team

Our fabulous team is passionate about supporting customers to reach their goals and celebrating achievements. We’re not just a team; we’re a ‘work family’. There are 45 members, and we support each other as much as our customers!

Job details

• You will work Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00, in our Exeter Service.
• Although you will work alone with customers, you will have daily contact with the team and join meetings, training, and social gatherings.
• You’re comfortable using technology. We use various systems for reporting, support plans, emails, Teams calls, and more.
• You’ll be provided with the latest IT equipment, such as a Surface Pro Tablet and Smartphone, to facilitate your work.
• An Enhanced DBS check is required; we cover the cost.

A place where you belong

We value authenticity and diversity. Our internal networks and support systems help everyone be their true selves, making Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 34 days annual leave (including bank holidays and a “me day”), increasing to 39 days, with options to buy more and time off for volunteering.
• Health cash plan saving you up to £1140 per year for dental, optical, prescriptions, and more.
• Over 800 discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out. Save on phones, bikes, cars, and more.
• Opportunities for career growth within the organization.
• Support for wellbeing, as we’re ranked the 10th Best Place in the UK for Wellbeing.