Health & Wellbeing Coach - Wellington

Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership; Wellington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused health organization in the UK seeks a full-time Health and Wellbeing Coach to enhance individual and community wellbeing. The role involves providing personalized support, conducting workshops, and facilitating physical activities. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication and empathy skills, with an understanding of diverse community barriers to health. This position includes flexible working hours with training and ongoing development opportunities.

Benefits

Core training package

Ongoing development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience or familiarity with person-centred coaching conversations is desirable.
• Understanding the barriers faced by diverse populations is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 support to individuals referred by team members.
• Conduct group education/coaching workshops.
• Facilitate physical activity sessions at the community level.
• Improve patient and community wellbeing through support and access to social prescriptions.

Skills

Good communication

Negotiation skills

People management

Compassion

Empathy

Job description

SASP are looking to recruit a full-time Health and Wellbeing Coach, with a physical activity focus, to work within the Taunton Dean West Primary Care Network (Wellington and Wiveliscombe). They will provide 1:1 support to people referred to them by team members, group education/coaching workshops and physical activity sessions at community level.

The role of Health and Wellbeing Coach centres on improving patient and community wellbeing - physical, mental, social and emotional - through supporting access to social prescription and increasing activity levels. Working in partnership with the PCN and local community they ensure appropriate support is available to individuals, families and carers to improve the quality of their mental and physical health and wellbeing.

The successful candidates will have good communication, negotiation and people management skills and act with compassion, empathy and integrity. Experience or familiarity with person-centred coaching conversations is desirable.

The post holder will work with a diverse range of people and communities and support them to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence to actively look after their own health and wellbeing through positive behaviour change. A compassionate and practical understanding of the barriers facing those from varied social, economic and cultural backgrounds, or living with long term health conditions, including mental health issues, will be important.

The Health and Wellbeing Coaches roles are non-clinical.

This is a full-time role with some flexible working, there will be a requirement for some evening and Saturday availability. A core training package, as well as ongoing development opportunities are integral to the role.

Please see below for the job description and salary of the Health and Wellbeing Coaches.