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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. You will be required to work in clinics in Rosedale and Withernsea Hospital currently.
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- 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
- 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
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
Qualifications
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
Desirable
- Supervisory management skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to motivate others
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multi disciplinary team
- Good organisational skills
Effort and Environment
Essential
- Ability to effectively commute between the various sites
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This advert is for Mental Health and Wellbeing Coach - Holderness with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust in Hull, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 4 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £28,392 - £31,157 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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