Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach - Bridlington

Job summary

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HTFT would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role

We are looking for a Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach to join our team at YOURhealth in Bridlington

The role of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach is to work as part of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trusts YOURhealth service in the Bridlington locality with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing the local community.

The role will support the Bridlington Primary Care Networks and patients within to access low to moderate mental health support through 1-1 support to help them move from surviving to thriving. The aim being to help people feel in control of their health and wellbeing by addressing mental health, general health, wellbeing and inclusion needs using a behaviour change approach and active recovery methodology including the Recovery Star with continuous goal setting and action planning throughout their time with the service.

The role of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach is a role integrated as part of the YOURhealth team whilst working clinically with the Primary Care Mental Health Network in Bridlington. You will be required to work mostly at our YOURhealth hub site on Quay Road.

Main duties of the job

• To provide individual support for people within primary care to improve mental health and wellbeing
• Support people to utilise self-help and facilitated tools such as the recovery star to aid individual action planning and goal setting with measurements of recovery throughout.
• Support people to make informed choices about their health and wellbeing
• Support access to wider community activities
• Support primary care and mental health colleges to address the wider determinates of health
• Undertake multi agency working
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with local communities primary care , secondary mental health service, VCSE sector, recovery college, Social Prescribers etc.
• Ensure performance information is collected accurately and timely
• To actively support the Primary Care Mental Health Network in fulfilling all contractual requirements
• Safely and effectively manage own caseload under supervision of Mental health network leads

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working within the identified service area (mental health/physical health)
• Understanding of health promotion and behaviour change
• Managing a caseload
• Minimum 1 year facilitation/coaching experience in mental health
• Knowledge/experience of prevention and mental health

Qualifications, Education and Training

Essential

• Successful completion of foundation degree equivalent to diploma level OR NVQ 3 plus significant experience of working with patients with physical and mental needs demonstrating sound use of techniques and good practice
• A good understanding of physical to Foundation Degree equivalent to diploma level including health promotion, and mental health including policy/legislation
• IT skills/Qualification

Desirable

• Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
• A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical and service area

Skills, Competencies and Personal Qualities

Essential

• Evidence of continued professional development documented through Trust PDR/KSF/Supervision processes and personal portfolio

Desirable

• Supervisory management skills