Healthier Me Coach and Merton

Healthier Me Coach - Sutton, Kingston upon Thames and Merton

Join Mencap as a Healthier Me Coach to support people with a learning disability improve their health and wellbeing.

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

• Improve health outcomes for people with a learning disability.
• Empower people we support and our staff teams to have better tools when it comes to health and wellbeing.
• Make community health offerings more accessible for people with a learning disability.

• Line management of Healthier Me Champions.
• Effectively manage a cas of individuals, supporting them to set and achieve personalised health goals.
• Ensure that 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 ways of working and co‑production in approach to work.
• Provide signposting, support and tools to individuals, carers and support staff.
• Take responsibility for own professional development, and where needed use feedback to continually improve own performance.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders and gather feedback.
• Complete reporting required for internal and external monitoring, accurately and on time.
• Generate community opportunities with local organisations (e.g. allotment, leisure centre, social groups).
• Highlight and report any practice issues or safety concerns to secure support and improvement in line with organisational policies.

• Be passionate about making health and wellbeing accessible. Have excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm and flexibility for the team and its work.
• Demonstrate an understanding of community‑led ways of working.
• Demonstrate an understanding of a duty of care to the individuals supported.
• Understand responsibility for Prevent, safeguarding and critical incident reporting in accordance with both internal and external procedures.
• Demonstrate an interest and commitment to the broader work of Mencap by attending meetings as required to support collaboration.
• Live Mencap's values - Inclusive, Brave, Positive, Kind and Passionate.

• Professional conduct and relationships - E
• Effective communicator - E
• Effective record keeping and reporting - E
• Building positive relationships/partnerships - E
• Judgement/troubleshooting skills - E
• Working to targets - E
• Managing and developing team members - E
• Excellent team working skills - E
• Good ICT skills - E
• Hold a driving licence and access to a vehicle - E

• Experience of supporting people - E
• Experience of delivering against targets - E
• Experience of coaching - D
• Experience of delivering training - D
• Experience of risk management - D
• Experience of caseload review - D
• Experience of gathering stakeholder feedback - D
• Experience of community led ways of working - D
• Knowledge of sector - D
• Knowledge of safe working practices - E

• 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata)
• Discounts at leading high‑street retailers
• Access to health cash plans
• Interest‑free loans
• Other exciting perks

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

Every day we grow and learn. It's okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.

Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We're not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you're applying for.