Wellbeing Coach

Location: Hybrid role of coaching sessions out within East Surrey, homeworking, and central office in Reigate.

We are looking for a Wellbeing coach to support our outreach service across East Surrey to support 1.1 sessions and group sessions. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with experience of supporting Autistic people with mental health needs who either have coaching skills or are prepared to train to be a coach. You will need to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle due to the key locations of the geographical areas of Surrey required. The role is Monday - Saturday within the hours of 8am-7pm.

You will need to have a passion for empowering people to lead an aspiring life. You will need to be kind, patient, resilient, compassionate, self manging, organised and believe strongly in collaborative working. The role can be tough, but the rewards outweigh.

You will need to be adaptable, flexible, and be able to support our members of the service to gain back their independence through empowerment, active support, positive risk-taking and out of the box thinking. It's important to note that some of our people may self-harm, have anxiety or on occasion show behaviours of concern., Disability Confident
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Do you want to work for an award-winning company? Active Prospects have been awarded with an Outstanding Best Companies rating in 2021 and ranked on the UKs Best Workplaces 2023 by Great places to work UK! Our training and development have won various awards over the years and in 2022 we won Trainer of the year at the Learning Disabilities and Autism awards.

Do you want to be part of an exciting new team of coaches to offer wellbeing support to Autistic people with mental health needs. This is based on our 8-domain wellbeing model outcome work and not traditional models of support to improve people's wellbeing. Autistic people with mental health needs often find it difficult to access appropriate services and are one of the highest groups of individuals committing suicide. The coach's service is looking at prevention of crisis and the need for hospital admissions.

In return for your dedicated service you can expect a competitive rate of pay of £13.47 per hour ,enhanced pay when you leave to have a baby (maternal, paternal or adoption), Employee Assistance programme with various aspects of free legal support and counselling, support with gaining further qualifications in Social Care (levels 3 and 5), career progression opportunities which have seen 80% of our management progress into their current roles since they've started with us as Support Workers, financial awards for successful recruitment referrals and most importantly inclusive, friendly and supportive environment for you to grow and thrive in. Active Prospects has an amazing Induction Programme which ensures that all our employees receive classroom and on the job training and support to prepare them within their new roles.