Wellbeing for Work Coach - Location Flexible

Are you an experienced health & wellbeing professional?

Do you want to work in a customer facing role that will improve peoples' lives and the communities they live in?
Consider the role ofWellbeing for Work Coachat Reed Wellbeing!

Reed Wellbeing help people lead healthier lives. Our high impact lifestyle services help people improve their health. We provide easy-to-access, effective interventions that address a range of lifestyle issues. With our support, people make sustainable change that will help them improve their wellbeing, become healthier and reduce their chances of developing illnesses.

Over 112,000 people have benefited from our services since 2015.

What the job is about

A Wellbeing Work Coach is responsible for supporting participants to better manage health conditions and promote wellbeing activities that support participants to move closer to employment.
Your main responsibilities would include:

• Creating Health and Wellbeing plans for participants
• Developing partnerships and referral pathways with local health organisations
• Acting as an advocate for participants
• Working closely with Employment Advisers to identify appropriate health and wellbeing interventions for participants
• Delivering short training and brief advice sessions.

What's in it for you?

Alongside a generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed Wellbeing benefits, which include:

• 25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays 
• Reed Pension Scheme
• Award Winning Management & Leadership training
• Professional & Personal Development Funds
• Bi-annual pay reviews
• Plus much more that can be found Here

With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience of working in a customer facing and/or health and wellbeing environment.
• Health advice/improvement qualification (minimum level - City & Guilds NVQ Level 3 Health Trainer Qualification or equivalent).
• A minimum of 2 A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 Diploma in combination with GCSE English Language Grade B or above (or equivalent Level 2 qualification). If you do not possess this level of qualification you will be required to achieve a Level 2 in a Literacy Assessment conducted at interview stage.

Desirable Attainments:

• Experience of exposure to client groups. These client groups may include people claiming health related benefits, single parents, those with criminal records, ex-services, and specific ethnic minority or faith groups.
• Direct previous experience of a similar role. Roles considered to be similar include the role of Health Trainer.
• Experience of working with or for the NHS, with an understanding of the local health and wellbeing landscape.

Disability Confident Commitment

We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria.

Job reference: RinP07758