Work and Health Coach

Allied Health; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Suffolk Mind, in partnership with WorkWell, seeks a dedicated coordinator to support individuals in overcoming health-related barriers to work in Ipswich. You will build trusted relationships, assess needs, and coordinate access to health, employment, skills and community services.

The role emphasizes person-centred care, equality and inclusion, with training and multidisciplinary supervision provided to support your development and efficacy in delivering practical help to participants.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with participants.
• Coordinate practical support across health, employment, skills and community services.
• Maintain records and manage caseload with care and accuracy.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join Suffolks new WorkWell service, delivered in partnership with Suffolk Mind, and make a difference by helping people overcome health-related barriers so they can remain in, return to, or start employment. You will build trusted relationships, understand what matters to each participant, and coordinate practical support across health, employment, skills and community services.

WorkWell is an early-intervention work and health service with a focus on prevention, which includes holistic support for their health-related barriers to employment. It will provide evidence based, low intensity work and health assessments that support individuals with their low-level occupational health needs to overcome barriers to work.

If you enjoy helping people identify their strengths, overcome barriers and take practical steps towards good work, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and person-centred care. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment., Confidence managing a caseload, maintaining records and seeking advice when needed

Why join us?

• A rare opportunity to help shape a new service supporting better health and employment outcomes across Suffolk
• A varied community-based role with training, supervision and multidisciplinary support
• A supportive organisation with established clinical governance.
• We are a supportive employer committed to helping our people thrive through comprehensive training, development and ongoing support
• Experience of coaching, advising, guiding or supporting people one to one
• Excellent listening, communication and organisational skills
• An empathic, inclusive and strengths-based approach
• We are a supportive employer committed to helping our people thrive through comprehensive training, development and ongoing support