Health & Employability Coach — Wellbeing at Work

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham Council is seeking a Health and Work Coach to join Lewisham Works and support residents through the WorkWell programme. You will provide personalised health, wellbeing and employability coaching to residents facing health-related employment barriers.

You will manage your own caseload and deliver support through face-to-face, telephone and online appointments, with opportunities to work evenings or weekends for events or meetings. DBS enhanced is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in employment support, employability, coaching, careers advice or IAG is essential.
• Experience developing holistic support plans for individuals.
• Knowledge of how health and wellbeing affect employment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to tailor advice to individual needs and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one health, wellbeing and employment support to WorkWell participants.
• Assess residents’ employability, health and wellbeing needs.
• Develop and review personalised action and support plans.
• Provide advice on CVs, job searching, applications and interview techniques.
• Offer career guidance and employment advice.
• Support participants to identify suitable workplace adjustments.
• Maintain records and monitor participant outcomes and service delivery.
• Collaborate with primary care, health services, employers and job centres.

Skills

Health and wellbeing coaching

Employment coaching

IAG (Information, Advice and Guidance)

Holistic support planning

Partnership working

Caseload management

CRM systems knowledge

MS Office (Teams/SharePoint/Excel/Word

Education

IAG or coaching qualification

Desirable: employability/health wellbeing qualification

Tools

CRM systems

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Lewisham Council is seeking a Health and Work Coach to join Lewisham Works and support residents through the WorkWell programme. You will provide personalised health, wellbeing and employability coaching to residents facing health-related employment barriers.

You will manage your own caseload and deliver support through face-to-face, telephone and online appointments, with opportunities to work evenings or weekends for events or meetings. DBS enhanced is required.