Mental Wellbeing Coach in Wilmslow

As a Mental Wellbeing Coach for our new prison-based mental wellbeing service, you will support people in prison to navigate their way through the complex health and social care environment, removing the barriers that may impede self‑management and helping to embed coping strategies. The service works in collaboration with partner organisations to provide one‑to‑one support and group support, as well as targeted wellbeing courses tailored to the specific priorities of people in prison; to enhance their overall wellbeing including their mental health, coaches will provide brief psychological interventions and coping techniques.

Responsibilities

• Work with a variety of people in prison in both one‑to‑one and group settings, using a range of peer support coaching interventions and evidence‑based tools and techniques to help them achieve their goals.
• Develop and maintain good communication with people accessing the service to ensure that their strengths, goals and preferences are met, connecting them to relevant services and opportunities within prison and in their community when they are released.
• Manage a caseload of people and record and report activity in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain positive and effective relationships with key prison and community‑based service providers to ensure effective and smooth onward referrals.
• Undertake person‑centred assessments that identify where the person wants to see change or recovery, assessing any risks to themselves and others.
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the service criteria and supporting the person to the right part of the wider mental health pathway within prisons.
• Build up knowledge of what services are available in the local and wider community and assist with recording this locally and centrally.
• Work with groups of clients to help them achieve their goals, identifying local gaps in meeting a specific need and feeding this information into team meetings.
• Support and assist with monitoring and evaluating the programme, including collating relevant monthly monitoring information and collecting broader qualitative and outcome data from case studies, focus groups and interviews.
• Contribute to the development of the service, including the development and maintenance of quality assurance and improvement systems.
• Ensure quality standards are adhered to and met, and statutory responsibilities are followed and reported as required.
• Participate in caseload management with your line manager or coordinator.

Benefits

• Wellbeing support through LifeWorks, Simply Health and mindfulness sessions.
• 25‑30 days of annual leave plus a birthday off.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Regular learning opportunities.
• Blue Light Card discounts, savings schemes, cycle‑to‑work, free eye tests and other extras.

NJC Scale 22 – £32,654 a year. Hours: 35 hours per week, fixed‑term maternity cover. Annual leave: 25 days, increasing to 30 days after five years. DBS check: Enhanced, with check of adults and children barred list and level one vetting. Base: HMP Forrest Bank, HMP Styal, HMP Risley and HMP Thorn Cross. Line manager: Team Leader.