Self Employed Health & Wellbeing Coach - Halifax & Huddersfield

We are on a mission to be the partner of choice for developing people and their communities. Reed Wellbeing is a public service provider delivering lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that help people improve their health.

Pay Range

£50 per 90 Minute session

Job Description

Are you passionate about helping people to lead healthier lives?

Are you an enthusiastic, experienced health professional, looking for a flexible & highly rewarding role?

Then consider a role as a Self-Employed Health & Wellbeing Coach for Reed Wellbeing!

Reed Wellbeing is an innovative and upcoming organisation rapidly advancing to become the market leaders in the delivery of unique public health programmes. As a result of our success, we have been selected as one of only four national providers of the flagship NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP).

We are looking for passionate and like-minded individuals to join our existing dynamic and expertly trained team, to deliver our world class evidence-based health and wellbeing behavioural lifestyle interventions.

Session delivery will be face-to-face across Halifax and Huddersfield, with some occasional travel across West Yorkshire, so candidates must live within close proximity to these areas, and flexibility and willingness to travel is required. Candidates must also have a UK driving licence and access to their own vehicle.

In return you will receive £50 per 90 Minute session.

Expected availability for programme delivery is between 12 and 20 hours per week.

What is the role about

Reed Wellbeing Master Trainers will provide you with comprehensive, market leading training into the theory and application of our behaviour change based diabetes prevention programme and other interventions, along with a thorough overview of service delivery and associated process requirements.

Just some of your day to day responsibilities will include

• Deliver Reed Wellbeing's group-based diabetes prevention programme in a professional, engaging and motivational style, in accordance with our curriculum, resources and quality

• Tailor and adapt delivery approach to maximise participant engagement and learning

• Actively promote the programme within the community in line with national and local

• Assist line management to co-ordinate and plan your service delivery

• Support and monitor participant progression through the programme, accurately capturing relevant data, quality assuring delivery and fulfilling commissioner reporting

• Proactively contribute ideas to support service

To be successful in this role, we are looking someone with

• Minimum Level 3 qualification relating to Health & Social Care/Physiotherapy/Psychology/Diabetics/Education/Nutrition/Fitness

• Passion for health and wellbeing with an enthusiastic and genuine approach to helping participants improve their health

• Engaging and empathetic communication

• Ability to coach individuals and groups to identify solutions and develop knowledge and skills to support behavioural or lifestyle changes

• Well organised and strong team ethos

• Willingness to be flexible in respect of working hours (including evenings and weekends)

• Willingness and ability to undertake initial training and CPD as required

• Fluency in community languages is desirable.

We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity.  We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.