Health & Wellbeing Coach

You will be providing one-to-one personalised support to local people in order to help meet their health and wellbeing needs, thus helping to improve their quality of life., · Providing one-to-one and group health coaching support for people with one or more long-term health conditions

· Managing and prioritising a caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and support required by individuals in the caseload

· Supporting local health, social care and voluntary sector professionals to make appropriate referrals to the service

· Promoting and raising awareness of the health coaching service particularly to groups and communities that experience barriers to access

· Attending and contributing to team, practice, and PCN meetings and events as required by the service

· Participating in regular health coaching supervision, reflective practice and continual learning, The role is mostly home working, however there will be a requirement to travel to our Head Office in Christchurch, Dorset on occasion for meetings as well as possible travel to other areas of Dorset.

To work from home, the successful candidate must ensure they have the correct workstation set up in line with the guidance set out by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and an assessment will be carried out to verify the workstation set up.

The nature of the job will require travel in the post holder's car for which expenses will be paid as set by the Trustee Management Board.

An enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) police record check in relation to vulnerable adults(previously known as CRB check) is required for this role.

· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

· Excellent organisational skills

· An ability to actively listen, empathise with people and provide personalised support in a non-judgemental way

· Experience of using coaching approaches / frameworks and models or other helping strategies e.g. motivational interviewing

· An understanding of the biopsychosocial model of health and the social determinants of health

· An understanding of how to apply health coaching in group settings

· Experience of working in health, social care or community development roles is desirable

· Knowledge of the evidence base and development of self-management in the UK is desirable

Help & Care

Starting as a small charity in 1985, Help & Care has since flourished and grown into an organisation that promotes dignity and independence for all people. We offer services in Dorset and across the Southcoast of the UK.

Help & Care has a vision of people living the lives they choose. Everything we do is because someone, somewhere, wanted something different and better out of life and we were determined to help them to make it happen.

Dorset Self-Management Service

Our Dorset Self-Management Service are a team of 60 staff, consisting of Health & Wellbeing Coaches and Link Workers. The Team provides a service across the Dorset region, supporting people with long term health conditions to help them feel more confident in self-managing on a day-to-day basis.

£23,595 - £27,149 a year - Permanent, Part-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Additional leave


• Bereavement leave


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Free or subsidised travel


• Gym membership


• Health & wellbeing programme, · Annual Leave: 25 days (5 weeks) per annum plus bank holidays. (Pro-rata for part -time employees)


· Birthday Leave: All Staff receive their birthday off work as paid leave (1 day)

· Buy Extra Annual Leave: Staff can purchase up to one week's extra annual leave in addition to their annual entitlement

· Flexible working: A range of flexible working arrangements

· Employee Health & Wellbeing Service: Offering healthcare treatments, money towards the cost of dental treatment, eye tests and prescriptions, 24-hour access to GP helpline, discounted gym memberships, 24-hour counselling service (either via telephone or face-to-face) and much more