Healthier Me Coach. North Yorkshire - Richmond

Healthier Me Coach – North Yorkshire (Richmond & Northallerton)

Mencap East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Are you passionate about health and wellbeing? Do you want to support people with a learning disability to improve their health and wellbeing? If your answer is yes, read on.

This is a part‑time, fixed‑term position of 22.5 hours per week, ending December 2027. Working days are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. A valid driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

We aim to:

• Improve health outcomes for people with a learning disability.
• Empower those we support and our staff with better tools for health and wellbeing.
• Make community health offerings more accessible.

You will work within a team of Healthier Me Coaches across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, both independently and collaboratively.

• Line‑manage at least one Healthier Me Champion.
• Manage a caseload of approximately 100 individuals, supporting them to set and achieve personalised health goals.
• Ensure all contractual outcomes linked to your caseload are achieved, captured and documented.
• Deliver workshops and training to Mencap teams, people with a learning disability, and community members.
• Implement community‑led approaches and co‑production.
• Provide sign‑posting, support and tools to individuals, carers and staff.
• Take responsibility for own professional development and continue to improve performance.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders and gather feedback.
• Complete required internal and external reporting accurately and on time.
• Generate community opportunities with local organisations.
• Escalate any practice issues or safety concerns following organisational policies.

• Be passionate about making health and wellbeing accessible and have excellent communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Show enthusiasm, flexibility and commitment to the team.
• Understand community‑led ways of working.
• Be aware of duty of care, safeguarding and critical incident reporting procedures.
• Attend meetings to support collaboration across Mencap.
• Live Mencap’s values – Inclusive, Brave, Positive, Kind, Passionate.

• Professional conduct and relationship building – Essential
• Effective communicator – Essential
• Effective record keeping and reporting – Essential
• Building positive relationships/partnerships – Essential
• Judgement/troubleshooting – Essential
• Working to targets – Essential
• Managing and developing team members – Essential
• Team working skills – Essential
• ICT skills – Essential
• Driving licence and vehicle – Essential

• Experience supporting people – Essential
• Delivering against targets – Essential
• Coaching – Desirable
• Training delivery – Desirable`
• Risk management – Desirable
• Caseload review – Desirable
• Gathering stakeholder feedback – Desirable
• Community‑led ways of working – Desirable
• Sector knowledge – Desirable
• Safe working practices – Essential

Applications close on Friday, 26 January. Interviews will be held on Thursday, 5 February via Microsoft Teams.

Benefits include 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro‑rata), discounts at retailers, health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and more.

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We support people, families and carers, and work to create a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society. All colleagues adhere to our values and celebrate belonging.