Work Well Coach -Central Cornwall

NHS; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Work Well Coach in Central Cornwall to support individuals facing health-related work barriers. The role involves tailored coaching, partnership with healthcare professionals and community organizations, and promoting empowerment strategies. Candidates should have strong communication skills and the ability to work independently. This position offers training and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Flexible working options

Ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Empathetic, supportive, and passionate about making a positive difference.
• Ability to work independently and manage varied caseloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one, tailored coaching to help people stay in work or find new employment.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, employers, and community organizations.
• Support individuals with disabilities and health conditions.

Skills

Strong communication

Empathy

Interpersonal skills

Coaching experience

Job description

As a Work Well Coach, youll play a key role in supporting individuals with health conditions or barriers to work. You will:

• Provide one-to-one, tailored coaching to help peoplestay in work,return to work, orfind new employment.
• Help individuals build confidence, develop strategies to manage health at work, and access relevant services and resources.
• Promote a holistic, person-centred approach to wellbeing, with a strong focus on prevention and early intervention.
• Be embedded within the Social Prescriber team and work seamlessly with the team
• Work closely with healthcare professionals, employers, and other partners across Central Cornwall to help improve support systems for people experiencing health related employment issues.

This role is all aboutempowerment giving people the tools, confidence, and support to thrive at workwhile managing their health and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

Are you passionate about helping people improve their wellbeing, remain in work, or return to employment after a period of ill health?Join our dedicated team as aWorkWell Coachand make a real difference to lives acrossCentral Cornwall, and be part of a pilot being funded by the Integrated Care Board, for more information please visithttps://cios.icb.nhs.uk/workwell-cornwall-and-isles-of-scilly/

Were looking for someone who is:

• Astrong communicatorwith excellent interpersonal skills.
• Empathetic, supportive, and passionate about making a positive difference.
• Experienced in coaching, employability, occupational health, or health and social care (desirable but not essential).
• Able to work independently, manage a varied caseload, and travel across Central Cornwall.
• Confident working collaboratively with partners, employers, and healthcare providers.

Training and ongoing professional developmentwill be provided, so if you have the right attitude and transferable skills, wed love to hear from you!

About us

Why Join Us?

• Be part of an innovative, growing programme improving lives and communities in Cornwall.
• Supportive team environment withregular supervision and development opportunities.
• Flexible working options to support your own wellbeing and work-life balance.
• The chance to help shape the future of integrated health and work services locally.

Training and ongoing professional developmentwill be provided, so if you have the right attitude and transferable skills, wed love to hear from you!

St Austell Healthcare has a strong multidisciplinary team comprising GPs, ANPs, Nurses, Paramedics and Pharmacists and an ethos for innovation and collaboration with health and social care partners.

We are an award winning, happy team and take pride in our work and the care we offer our 38,000 patients.

We are constantly seeking new ways of working to enhance service provision and the patient experience, introducing new technologies and methods of working to meet the expectations of our patient group. We are ambitious and wish to provide the best service we can for the people of St Austell.

Job responsibilities

Based in Central Cornwall, 50% of the role the WorkWell Coach will support people with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay, and succeed in work. This is a non-clinical role, embedded within the PCN Social Prescribing team, providing early intervention, personalised coaching, and practical support to address barriers to employment.

50% of the role will be to forge partnership working with healthcare professionals, employers, community organisations, and wider support services. Design and deliver a fit note education programme to delivered to all PCNs across Cornwall.

Evidence shows that good work is beneficial to an individuals health and wellbeing and protects against social exclusion through the provision of income, social interaction, a core role, identity and purpose. Good-quality work is a key determinant of health, and prolonged absence from work can lead to a deterioration in health. The longer an employees sickness absence lasts, the less likely they return to work at all, and once an individual falls out of work due to ill-health, they are likely to become inactive for a long duration.

In supporting participants with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay or succeed in work, the WorkWell Coach should have a good understanding of the relationship between health and work as a foundation to further training. It should be noted that the examples of work and health training given below were designed for healthcare professionals. While many of these training opportunities do have a broader applicability and are accessible for non-healthcare professionals, pilot sites may wish to bear this point in mind when developing their training plans.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Empathetic, supportive, and passionate about making a positive difference.
• Experienced in coaching, employability, occupational health, or health and social care (desirable but not essential).
• Able to work independently, manage a varied caseload, and travel across Central Cornwall.
• Confident working collaboratively with partners, employers, and healthcare providers.
• Will need own transport, flexible travel across the area required.

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.

Depending on experienceBand 4 (depending on experience)