Healthier Me Coach South Yorkshire - Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley and Sheffield

Are you passionate about health and wellbeing? Do you want to support people with a learning disability to improve their health and wellbeing? Do you want to be part of real, lasting change in South Yorkshire - Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley and Sheffield? If your answers are 'YES', please keep reading!

The Healthier Me Coach is key to the delivery of our exciting new programme at Mencap Healthier Me. This is a part‑time, fixed‑term position of 30 hours per week, ending in December 2027. The working days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. A valid driving license and access to a vehicle are essential for this role.

Healthier Me aims to improve health outcomes for people with a learning disability. In this role you will be working within a team of Healthier Me Coaches across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. You will work both independently and collaboratively. You will report to the Healthier Me Programme Manager.

The Healthier Me Coach will use a community‑led approach—giving people we support and the wider community opportunities to contribute and be part of local solutions. The coach will establish strong working relationships that enable Mencap to secure positive outcomes for people with a learning disability. This role involves working with a range of stakeholders to promote healthy living and to improve understanding of the barriers to health faced by people with a learning disability.

Stakeholders Will Include:

• Local staff in Mencap services
• Community organisations
• Local health teams
• Families and Carers
• Internal Mencap teams

Some Key Responsibilities Of The Healthier Me Coach Include:

• Supporting people with a learning disability to improve their understanding of – and access to – health and wellbeing.
• Empowering personal support teams and partner organisations with better tools to support health and wellbeing.
• Working with the community to make health and wellbeing offers more accessible for people with a learning disability.
• Coaching people with a learning disability to set and achieve personal health goals (training provided).
• Delivering Healthier Me workshops to a range of audiences (training provided).
• Completing reporting required for internal and external monitoring, accurately and on time.
• Managing a colleague with a learning disability, the Healthier Me Champion (4 hours per week).
• Engaging and building relationships with a range of stakeholders including people with a learning disability, Mencap service teams, Mencap Network Partners, community organisations, health professionals, families and carers.

What You Will Bring To The Role (Essentials):

• Passionate about making health and wellbeing accessible.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• Judgement / troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrable experience of working to targets, effective record keeping and reporting.
• Excellent team working skills and ability to work independently.
• Good ICT skills.
• Driving licence and access to vehicle.
• Willingness to travel within area of operation.
• Experience of supporting people or community‑based projects.
• A proactive, motivated and positive approach to the work.
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends.
• Availability on 14, 15 and 22 April 2026, 20 May and 3 June 2026 – for essential team meetings and training.

Please note: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve over time to reflect the needs of the organisation and the role.

Applications close on Friday 13th March. Interviews will be held on Friday 27 of March via Microsoft Teams. If you’re passionate about making a difference, please review the job description for full details, and if you meet the criteria, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits:

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high‑street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many more exciting offerings.

About Mencap:

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. Everyone 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.