Job overview

The role of the Mental Health and Well-being Coach is to work as part of the mental health primary care networks and to work across the interface between primary care and secondary mental health services with the aim of improving the mental health and well-being of our communities.

The role will support individuals to move from surviving to thriving by helping people to feel in control of their health and well-being by addressing mental health, general health, well being and inclusion needs using a behaviour change approach and active recovery methodology. The role of the Mental Health and Well-being Coach will be integrated as part of the Prevention, Well- being and Recovery Directorate and will focus on action planning and goal setting for up to 8 sessions over a 12 week period to support behaviour change.

Main duties of the job

• To contact all patients to discuss a low to moderate mental health issue or concern within the same week of contact but ideally within 72 hours. 
• To provide individual support for people within primary care to explore ways of improving mental health and well-being.
• The appointment will follow a structured template that includes both PHQ-9 and GAD-7 questionnaires, to determine what service is most appropriate with presenting factors. 
• Support people to make informed choices about their health and well-being, which may include improving the levels of physical activity, promoting a healthier diet and improving mental well-being.
• Facilitate collective action, support and advice to people within local communities in order to reduce health inequalities, whilst responding to identified health needs through one-to-one support.
• Utilise the Recovery Star to develop individual recovery and support   planning and goal setting, including working with the team directly across the PCN network.
• Promote effective and efficient working practices across the team to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Ensure performance information is collected accurately and timely to enable accurate and valid reports to be produced.
• To actively support the primary care mental health network in fulfilling all contractual requirements of service delivery.
• Safely and effectively manage own caseload under supervision of Mental health network leads.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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