Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach

Integrated Care System; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A national organization seeks Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaches to enhance community wellbeing by providing support in primary care settings. Candidates will engage with individuals to promote mental health, guide recovery, and facilitate access to community resources. This is a full-time, fixed-term role for 12 months, committed to improving health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mental health services.
• Knowledge of mental health problems and interventions.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for mental health and wellbeing.
• Utilize self-help methods to aid recovery.
• Signpost individuals to appropriate services.

Skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Understanding of team dynamics

IT Literate

Education

GCSE Level or Equivalent

NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care

NVQ level 4 in Mental Health

Job description

We have 2 full timeMental Health and wellbeing coach positions

This is fixed term for 12 months

The role of the mentalhealth and wellbeing coach is to work as part of the mental health primary carenetworks and to work across the interface between primary care and secondarymental health services with the aim of improving the mental health andwell-being of our communities.

You will be working across GP sites, this is not a home working post.

The role will support individuals to move formsurviving to thriving by helping people to feel in control of their health andwellbeing by addressing mental health, general health, wellbeing and inclusionneeds using a behaviour change approach and active recovery methodology.

The role of the mental health and wellbeing coachwill be integrated as part of the primary care mental health infrastructure

Main duties of the job

To provide individual support for people withinprimary care to explore ways of improving mental health and well-being.

Support people to utilise self-help and to aidindividual goal planning and measurement of recovery using standardised toolsavailable on the clinical system as clinically relevant.

Support people to make informed choices about theirhealth and wellbeing, which includes improve the levels of physical activity,promote a healthier diet, and improve mental wellbeing.

Support access to wider community activities andsupport as part of an individual plan.

Effectively signpost and support access toappropriate services.

Support primary care and mental health colleaguesto address the wider determinates of health and deliver individual package ofsupport and education.

Facilitate collective action, support and advice topeople within local communities in order to reduce health inequalities whilstresponding to identified health needs through one-to-one support.

Utilise social prescribing to develop individualrecovery and support planning, including working with the team directly acrossthe PCN network.

Undertake multi agency working with other communityhealth professionals.

Promote effective and efficient working practicesacross the team to achieve measurable outcomes.

About us

PrimaryCare Sheffield in partnership with Primary Care Networks.

Primary Care Sheffield (PCS) is a GP-led organisation. Our shareholders are 71 GP practices in Sheffield covering around 600,000 patients. We have a social purpose; improving the quality of care through the reinvestment of surplus into patient services. We exist to provide services which make the health and care system work better for everyone in particular providing an infrastructure through which GP practices and primary care networks can flourish

Job responsibilities

To provide individual support for people within primary careto explore ways of improving mental health and well being

Support people to utilise self-help and to aid individual goal planning andmeasurement of recovery using standardised tools available on the clinicalsystem as clinically relevant

Support people to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing, whichincludes improve the levels of physical activity, promote a healthier diet, andimprove mental wellbeing

Support access to wider community activities and support as part of anindividual plan

Effectively signpost and support access to appropriate services

Support primary care and mental health colleagues to address the widerdeterminates of health and deliver individual package of support and education

Facilitate collective action, support and advice to people within localcommunities in order to reduce health inequalities whilst responding toidentified health needs through one to one support

Utilise social prescribing to develop individual recovery and support planning,including working with the team directly across the PCN network

Participatein multi disciplinary working with other community health professionals

Promote effective and efficient working practices across the team to achievemeasurable outcomes

Develop and maintain effective relationships with Primary Care SpecialistMental Health Practitioners, Talking Therapies leads, local communities primarycare, secondary mental health service, VCSE sector, social prescribers etc

Ensure performanceinformation is collected accurately and timely to enable accurate and validreports to be produced

Toactively support the primary care mental health network in fulfilling allcontractual requirements of service delivery

Safely and effectively manage own caseload under supervision of Primary CareSpecialist Mental Health Practitioners and Primary Care Mental Health operationsManager

MONITORING and EVALUATION

1. To participate in the formal evaluation of the role asapplicable

2. To be responsible for relevant data collection on workactivities, inputting data onto the patient recorded database as required

3. To be responsible and accountable to a supervisor fromprimary care

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. To maintain high standard of care in all areas ofpractice in accordance

2. Maintain and develop a level of professional knowledge,skills and expertise that ensure the highest standards of practice and isresponsive to changing care needs

3. Act at all times according to professional standards,maintaining own knowledge and skill

LEADERSHIP

1. Maintain effective functioning of the service by workingeffectively in leadership tasks as required

2. Contribute to the development of procedure and acceptingdelegated tasks

3. Supply the necessary information of activity outcomes and other KPI data as agreed with the Service manager and Team Manager

4. Possess a level of IT skills appropriate to the needs ofthe post

5. Develop leadership skills to support the wider multi-professionalteam

6. To work within competencies, autonomy and capacity andseek guidance and support appropriately

7. Exercise professional judgement and leadership toeffectively promote safety in the presence of complexity and unpredictability

8. Demonstrate effective teamworking, leadership, resilienceand determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar complex orunpredictable and ensuring these are appropriately escalated

GENERAL This job description describes responsibilities, asthey are currently required. However, the job description may be reviewedduring management supervision and PDRs and amended with agreement. This jobdescription is not restrictive or definitive in any way and should be regardedonly as a guideline to normal duties

Person Specification

skills and attributes

• Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed
• Ability to work effectively without direct supervision
• Able organise own workload and respond to delegation
• Understanding of team dynamics and to be able to effectively work within a team based setting
• IT Literate - Use of word processing software, use of electronic patient records and use of email and video conferencing
• Ability to identify risk and manage appropriately within scope of practice

Qualifications

• Education to GCSE Level or Equivalent - minimum of 5 A-E qualifications which much include Maths and English
• Achieved NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care or equivalent
• Post qualifications or further study training to diploma level or NVQ level 4 in Mental Health and or WLMHT Assistant Practitioner Course
• Evidence of consistent pattern of learning from Education, training and experience

Experience

• Significant experience of working within mental health services in either primary or secondary care in a support worker role
• To be knowledgeable understanding about the factors that cause impact on mental health problems and associated interventions.
• Knowledge and experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Able to demonstrate a genuine interest in working with the service user group.
• Experience of facilitating or co-facilitating groupwork
• Demonstrate basic knowledge understanding of, a - Awareness of the Mental Health Act and its use in practice or b - equivalent Health or Social Care legislation appropriate to service area

Other Requirements

• Commitment to client centred non discriminatory practice
• Willingness to work flexibly to meet service demands
• Willingness to develop skills and knowledge and to complete competency package
• Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£25,940.62 to £31,338.20 a yearPer Annum