Workwell Health & Wellbeing Coach

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a brand new role within Talk Wellbeing Prevention Services, working across Herefordshire Primary Care Networks. The role will give you a unique chance to work as a member of the Talk Wellbeing team, whilst also building links with a range of other local services and be part of a county wide Work and Health coach network.

The successful candidate will be part of the Workwell programme and will work with people from a range of backgrounds to help them return to work. They will work closely with participants within the local community to assess the barriers they experience in returning to work and provide support and coaching along with health and employment advice to overcome these barriers and return to work., Workwell is a prevention and early intervention service to support people to overcome health conditions that affect their ability to start, stay and succeed in work.

The successful applicant will will manage a caseload of people whose barriers to employment may be because of physical health, mental health and/or social situations.

Using the WorkWell pathway work plan, the post holder will provide one to one coaching and assist participants to access either in-house support or signpost and refer to other support and well being services.

The successful applicant will support the below groups of people to access the help and support they need to return to, stay in or start work:

People who are in work but are finding work difficult because of their health condition. They may be experiencing short episodes of sickness which they or their employer feel are getting worse.

People who are employed but are currently off sick and would benefit from support to return to work.

People who have recently fallen out of employment and are looking to return to the workplace in a different role as soon as possible.

This role would suit someone with previous experience of coaching and mentoring, clinical experience is not required and training will be provided for the successful candidate

Taurus Healthcare was established in 2012, as the provider arm of the GP Federation serving 185,000 patients in Herefordshire. Founded and owned by the partners of the entire Herefordshire Primary Care community, Taurus is focused on providing excellent out of hospital services for patients. Our ethos is to provide high quality and cost-effective health outcomes that are delivered as close as possible to the patients home, whilst ensuring that patients who do require in hospital services are seen as quickly and effectively as possible.

At Taurus Healthcare we strive to create a diverse, inclusive workplace, and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds including those from Military Veterans and family members of serving personnel.

Taurus Healthcare offer many employee benefits, such as:

Access to a generous NHS pension scheme.

33 to 38 days annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays, depending on service (pro rata for part-time staff).

Access to an extensive Employee Benefits Programme (Vivup) offering:

o 24/7 access to counselling services

o Salary sacrifice scheme for cars and bikes

o Access to a wide range of discounts from national retailers

Access to the Blue Light extensive discount scheme.