Job Overview
The role of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach is to work as part of Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trusts YOURhealth service in the South Holderness locality with the aim of improving the mental health and wellbeing the local community.
The role will support the Holderness 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 Holderness.
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
Working for our organisation
We are an award winning and CQC rated good, health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale and Whitby. We deliver safe, effective, and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental, and social health and wellbeing of our patients and service users.
To find out more about our wide range of services including mental health, learning disabilities, children and young people service, Forensic, Community and Primary Care visit our website humber.nhs.uk/Services
You will join our team of over 3600 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives every day. We’re extremely proud of our Trust community and we know you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need from your new team to get you started.
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.
The Trust recognises the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Supervisory management skills
Effort and Environment
Essential Criteria
- Ability to effectively commute between the various sites
Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- A good understanding of physical to Foundation Degree equivalent to diploma level including health promotion, and mental health including policy/legislation
- Knowledge/experience of prevention and mental health
- IT skills/Qualification
Desirable criteria
- 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
Personal Attributes
Essential Criteria
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multi disciplinary team
- Good organisational skills
Applicant Requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
