Wellbeing Coach

We are looking for a full-time Wellbeing Coach to join our Living Well Derbyshire/Derby Wellbeing Service
.

As a Wellbeing Coach, you will support individuals to improve their wellbeing by helping them identify goals, build resilience, develop self-care strategies, and overcome social challenges. Working as part of the Living Well Derbyshire/Derby Wellbeing Service, you will engage with people in their local communities, providing coaching and recovery-focused support to individuals and their families accessing mental health services. Embedded within the Living Well team and working alongside partner organisations, you will play a key role in empowering people to achieve positive outcomes and improve their overall wellbeing.

You will receive appropriate support to enable you to feel empowered to fulfil this role.

• Has experience working with individuals with mental health needs – including serious mental illness.
• Genuinely cares about making a difference through coaching principles, and is motivated to improve mental health outcomes for people.
• Has a sound knowledge of the identification of risks and safeguarding procedures.
• Knowledge of mental health difficulties and the impact on functioning.
• An approach that is non-directive, strength-based, recovery focused and person centred.
• An ability to balance the various demands of this role. For example, providing support, promoting people’s rights, facilitating conversations, working within a multi-agency team in a variety of settings.

Full training and support will be given to the successful candidate to enable them to carry out their role.

• Work as part of the multi-agency team to receive and share information within the team in order to safeguard individuals and support them to work towards their goals and aspirations. Attend huddles & multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDM’s)
• Provide coaching support to individuals on a 1:1 or group basis.
• Support individuals to capture their goals and co-design a journey of support.
• Encourage individuals to feed back on their experiences.
• Provide emotional and practical support to individuals – building confidence and skills and developing their ability to self-manage their mental wellbeing.

• Full advice training is offered to all members of staff regardless of role to Advice Quality Standard (AQS)
• Opportunities for further training and continuous professional development
• Internal progression opportunities
• Remote/flexible working opportunities, subject to management approval
• Paid DBS application, where applicable
• 5% pension contributions
• 3 month’s full contractual pay for maternity, upon meeting qualifying criteria

• Salary: £24,822 per year
• Hours:
  
  37.5 hours per week
• Location:
  
  Hybrid Working – a few days per week from one of our offices, a few days from home depending on service needs
• Contract:
  
  30 November 2027

Charity Registration Number:
1107830
Company limited by guarantee. Registered Number 5311627

Authorised and regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority
FRN Number:
617734