Job summary
Job Title:Health & Wellbeing Coach
Contract Type:Permanent - Full time
Remuneration:£ Up to £27,000
Hours of work:Fulltime (37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday)
Responsible to:Health & Wellbeing Coach Manager
Accountable to:Health & Wellbeing Service Manager
Location:To be based: GP Haringey Federation, 48 Station Rd, London N22 7TY
Travel required: within the Haringey Borough
Interview Date:26/04/2024
Main duties of the job
Health &
Wellbeing Coaches are critical to the successful delivery of Haringey GP
Federations evidence-based health and wellbeing behavioural lifestyle
interventions. Comprising of both group-based and one-to-one health and
wellbeing interventions, the Health & Wellbeing Coach will be responsible
for delivering integrated health services as outlined below to agreed
quality standards in order to support participants in achieving their SMART
goals relating to their specific health programme.
Health &
Wellbeing Coaches are assigned to one or more service streams, dependent on the
size and complexity of the contract they work on. Coaches will have a primary,
secondary and tertiary service stream (as appropriate) with their time
allocated to these services according to participant referral flows and
associated resourcing needs. Health & Wellbeing Coaches will be provided
with appropriate support and development across all service delivery areas.
About us
We are the Haringey GP Federation, a
young and growing organisation working with 34 member practices in the diverse
and vibrant borough of Haringey in north London.
Our vision is to support the people of
Haringey to be healthier and happier. We do this by strengthening, innovating,
and advocating for strong and sustainable General Practice in Haringey.
Our friendly, collaborative team has
deservedly earned a strong reputation for providing best practice Primary Care
services at scale. We are proud that our teams achievements have won external
recognition, including at the recent HSJ awards for demonstrating
professionally diverse clinical leadership in primary care.
We
welcome and encourage innovative ways of working which respond to the changing
needs of the population in Haringey. We
are building a sustainable workforce that is fully equipped and motivated for our
work and constantly seek to expand opportunities which allow development for
our staff and practices alike.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Health & Wellbeing Coaches will be responsible for effective delivery of Haringey GP Federations services. Delivering in accordance with the curriculum, resources and quality standards, they will support and coach participants to achieve sustained behavioural improvements in their lifestyle and health.
Deliver the Wellbeing programmes and other elements of service in a manner that engages and interests all participants.
Ensure at all times that information and/or key messages are expressed in a way that is clear, accessible to all and factually correct.
Tailor delivery to meet the participants needs and learning styles.
Create a constructive and confidential learning environment to maintain confidentiality.
Effectively manage group dynamics ensuring everyone is given the opportunity to actively participate in the programme, ensuring participant confidentiality at all times.
Utilise coaching techniques to facilitate positive discussions to enable the group to solve problems/challenges for themselves and to constructively address individual or group perceptions/opinions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Health & Wellbeing Coaches will be responsible for effective delivery of Haringey GP Federations services. Delivering in accordance with the curriculum, resources and quality standards, they will support and coach participants to achieve sustained behavioural improvements in their lifestyle and health.
Deliver the Wellbeing programmes and other elements of service in a manner that engages and interests all participants.
Ensure at all times that information and/or key messages are expressed in a way that is clear, accessible to all and factually correct.
Tailor delivery to meet the participants needs and learning styles.
Create a constructive and confidential learning environment to maintain confidentiality.
Effectively manage group dynamics ensuring everyone is given the opportunity to actively participate in the programme, ensuring participant confidentiality at all times.
Utilise coaching techniques to facilitate positive discussions to enable the group to solve problems/challenges for themselves and to constructively address individual or group perceptions/opinions.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with or facilitating diverse participant groups
- Experience of/interest in working with individuals or groups to achieve behavioural lifestyle changes.
- Experience of delivering group based physical activity (required only if there is physical activity delivery element within designated service delivery).
Desirable
- Experience in using coaching skills to help individuals to improve their health and/or physical fitness
Qualifications
Essential
- Register of Exercise Professionals (REP) Level 3 Exercise Referral qualification or equivalent
- Level 3 qualification in health improvement or promotion or public health or equivalent (e.g. City & Guilds Level 3 Health Trainer or equivalent)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with or facilitating diverse participant groups
- Experience of/interest in working with individuals or groups to achieve behavioural lifestyle changes.
- Experience of delivering group based physical activity (required only if there is physical activity delivery element within designated service delivery).
Desirable
- Experience in using coaching skills to help individuals to improve their health and/or physical fitness
Qualifications
Essential
- Register of Exercise Professionals (REP) Level 3 Exercise Referral qualification or equivalent
- Level 3 qualification in health improvement or promotion or public health or equivalent (e.g. City & Guilds Level 3 Health Trainer or equivalent)
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.
