Health at Work Coach 

Starting salary of  £32,527 + Benefits

Sheffield, S1 4EB

Permanent, Full Time

Are you passionate about supporting individuals to lead healthier lives and thrive in the workplace? Do you have the skills to guide and motivate people towards making lasting lifestyle changes that improve their wellbeing and work performance across South Yorkshire? If so, we want to hear from you!

Due to the recent expansion of our services we have an exciting opportunity for a Health at Work Coach to join our Work and Wellbeing Department on our new WorkWell project.

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) is working with the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and the Joint Work and Health Unit to pilot a new Work and Health programme 'WorkWell'. WorkWell offers low-intensity interventions targeted at people aged 16+ who are in work or recently unemployed and are living with health conditions.

This post will require ongoing and close liaison with key stakeholders as part of a partnership approach. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate that they are able to support positive outcomes and communicate effectively with a broad range of customers living with health conditions.

We are a forward thinking, values driven housing association. This is a community based role working locally in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham or Sheffield.

For our perfect candidate we are offering a flexible role, working in a caring and friendly team, with a great package of benefits.

Our wider benefits:

• Salary – £32,527 (pro rata)
• Working hours – 37 hours (full time or part time)
• Eligible for essential car user allowance of £94.36 per month plus mileage expenses
• Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, statutory bank holidays plus an additional 4 SYHA days, pro rata
• Pension contribution
• Excellent flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time, and Job Share
• Excellent benefits including:
• SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on health eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
• Westfield Health (employer paid)
• Counselling
• Discounted Gym membership
• Cycle to work scheme

More about the role:

You will provide personalised Health at Work support to a caseload of customers that will enable them to remain in work or return to work for up to 16 weeks.

• You will develop personalised action plans to help employees manage stress, boost productivity, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• You will lead Health at Work assessments and compile Health at Work reports, supporting employers to put in place adjustments that enable customers to remain in or return to work.
• You will track progress, offer support and distribute self-management tools to ensure sustainable health improvements.
• You will collaborate with employers to identify workplace health challenges and deliver solutions that benefit both staff and the organisation.
• Leverage links to employers and develop new networks to support the WorkWell programme, including job brokerage and referral generation.
• You will work in close partnership with a broad range of statutory and voluntary organisations, for example, NHS Trusts and Local Authorities.
• Using your knowledge of local provision you will signpost effectively and will liaise with partners to support customer goals and aspirations.
• You will report into the WorkWell Team Leader in either Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham or Sheffield.

Who you are:

You will commit to doing the basics brilliantly by:

• Being customer led and performance focused
• Demonstrating excellent organisational, prioritisation and observational skills
• Building rapport easily, empathising and exhibit motivational interviewing and coaching techniques
• Working collaboratively within a mixed-disciplinary team and with a wide range of stakeholders, health partners and employers
• Modelling recovery focused practice including a strengths-based approach, being non-judgemental, and using co-production
• Driving licence essential

Who we are:

At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.

Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.

Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.

At SYHA, we value the incredible contribution and talent that people with disabilities can and do bring to our workplace and we are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. As part of our commitments, we will ensure that disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

To be considered under the scheme, disabled applicants must disclose their disability (as defined by the Equality Act 2010) on the Equal Opportunities section of the job application.

Closing Date: Sunday 17 November 2024 at midnight

Interview Dates: Thursday 29 November and Tuesday 3 December 2024