Senior Neighbourhood & Health Coach

We are on a mission to be the partner of choice for developing people and their communities. Reed Wellbeing is a public service provider delivering lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that help people improve their health.

£34,000 to £38,000

Full-time, although we would be happy to consider applicants who are looking to work on a part time basis. If you would like to explore this further please discuss this with the talent partner for this role. Please note our ability to accommodate flexible working arrangements will vary from role to role, dependent on business requirements.

Then consider the role of Senior Neighbourhood Work & Health Coach at Reed in Partnership!

Please Note, these roles are expressions of interest only at this point. We are currently working on a number of exciting opportunities within this area and are looking to build a pipeline of talent to allow us to work quickly upon contract award. We will be in a position to be able to begin the formal recruitment process in the coming weeks and we will be in touch to discuss the next steps of your expression of interest as soon as possible.

This role will be covering Chelmsford, Basildon, Clacton, Colchester & Harlow.

Work Well is an integrated work and health support service helping people with disabilities and health conditions to start, stay and succeed in work. The service provides early intervention support to individuals whose health is affecting their ability to work, helping them to overcome barriers, improve wellbeing and achieve sustainable employment outcomes.

The Senior Neighbourhood Work & Health Coach is a lead practitioner responsible for supporting the delivery of a high-quality, integrated work and health service. The role combines direct participant support with leadership, coaching and quality responsibilities, ensuring individuals receive effective, person-centred support to remain in work, return to work following absence, or move into sustainable employment.

Working closely with the Work Well Manager, healthcare professionals, employers and community partners, the Senior Neighbourhood Work & Health Coach will act as a subject matter expert, supporting the development of Work & Health Coaches, contributing to multi-disciplinary case management, and driving service quality, performance and continuous improvement. The postholder will provide guidance and day-to-day operational support to colleagues while maintaining oversight of complex participant cases and promoting positive employment and wellbeing outcomes.

• Provide day-to-day guidance and support to Work & Health Coaches.
• Conduct observations and quality reviews of coaching practice.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and informal supervision sessions.
• Monitor team performance against service KPIs and outcomes.
• Conduct regular caseload reviews.
• Analyse management information to identify trends and risks.
• Ensure participants receive timely and effective support.
• Undertake holistic biopsychosocial assessments.
• Develop personalised Work and Health Action Plans.
• Support participants to remain in work, return to work or secure suitable employment.
• Provide specialist advice on complex barriers to employment.
• Work closely with clinicians, social prescribers and community partners.