Wellbeing Coach (Bridgwater)

Join our Wellbeing team as a Health and Wellbeing Employment Coach. The aim of this role is to develop a holistic health and employment approach with customers who have Health and Wellbeing needs or Neurodiversity, to identify challenges around finding, starting and sustaining suitable employment.

Through 1:1 coaching, you’ll support customers to build self-awareness, confidence, communication skills and create a solid foundation for emotional wellbeing and ultimately work with them to secure and sustain employment. You’ll manage your own caseload of customers, so you’ll need to organise your time and record data from sessions onto the content management system.

Our ideal candidate will have experience of supporting and guiding individuals using effective action planning techniques. You’ll also have experience of delivering a range of health specific programmes or coaching. Experience of welfare to work would be advantageous however, we are open to candidates from other sectors.

In return for your dedication, knowledge, and commitment, we’re offering a competitive salary range £26,000 to £29,545 p.a. (dependent on experience) with these great benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays + Birthday Day off (with the opportunity to buy additional days)
• Company Pension Scheme – 5% Employee 5% Employer
• Employer Paid Healthcare Cash Plan, incl. 3 x salary life assurance
• Annual Pay Review
• Enhanced Maternity/Adoption and Paternity Pay Arrangements
• Free access to BenefitHub – an online portal with access to a wide range of retail discounts, Life Assurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tax Saver Commuter Tickets
• Refer a Friend Scheme

Interested? There’s an easy to apply route below to upload your CV!

If you need any further information, talk to our experienced Internal Recruitment Team on 01702 595200.

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Location: Bridgwater

Hours: 37 hours a week. Monday to Thursday 8.30 am to 5pm, Friday 8.30 am to 4.30pm

Closing Date: 24 October 2025

Key Responsibilities

• Excellent people person with very competent communication skills
• Confident to organise and conduct job-search
• Identify any potential barriers to employment
• Ensure all paper-based employability tools such as covering letters, CVs, speculative letters are in place
• Consistently deliver performance outputs against agreed targets and contractual requirements
• Use knowledge in health and well-being, as well as understanding conditions in order to enable a return to sustainable employment
• Perform health specific assessments with customers to identify health challenges around finding, starting and sustaining suitable employment
• Provide health advice using expertise and judgement, encouraging customers to address health specific barriers to work
• Identify evidence-based interventions to support the achievement of job goals that are suited to the customers mental and physical health needs, promoting the value of work for health & well-being, helping to build confidence and the practical and emotional skills to adapt to a working routine

Skills and Experience

• Experience of working in health promotion or public health
• Knowledge of the local labor market in the specified geographical area
• Supported those with health issues back to work/ vocational rehabilitation / occupational health
• Presented and delivered health or wellbeing related group interventions, facilitating workshops or training sessions through digital technology
• Built rapport with a diverse range of customers and stakeholders using coaching skills and knowledge of local community support areas
• Fully IT literate in using a range of Microsoft Office programmes
• Experience of delivering services to meet contractual and quality standards
• Desirable: a qualified health professional registered with HCPC, BACP, or BABCP
• Knowledge and experience of the employability sector and local labour market
• Experience of working with people in the provision of ‘information, advice & guidance’

Additional Information

PLUS S part of the Seetec group, is an award-winning Community Interest Company that supports thousands of people each year to achieve a career and fulfil their true potential. Our employment operations help jobseekers who need the most specialist support to find work. Our enterprise operations run alongside to create direct employment opportunities in a wide range of job roles. The projects give people the opportunity to get involved in local communities, meet new people and have fun through a range of activities.

Plus is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share and uphold this commitment in conjunction with the requirements of the Prevent Duty and the positive promotion of modern British values.

Dependent on the role applying to you may be required to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS/DS) check. Seetec support the recruitment of ex-offenders and will not discriminate in any way. Our full policy statement of “Ex-Offenders” can be found on our website under “About us”.

Plus is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.