Health Coach (Wellbeing Hub)

Havant Source: WhatJobs

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Job title: Health Coach

Hours: 37.5

Location: Havant

Salary: 26,480.64 - 27,000

Looking for a workplace that ignites your passion, values respect, encourages innovation, and embraces being dynamic? Look no further! This role offers you the opportunity to join a team that believes in empowering its colleagues to unlock their full potential with Horizon.

The Trust:

Horizon Leisure Centres is a leisure trust operating since 1997, with centres in Waterlooville, Havant and Guildford. We are passionate about health and wellbeing and are committed to making an outstanding positive impact on our customers and within our local community. Our mission is to support and inspire our local communities to live healthier and happier lives by providing affordable access to sport and leisure facilities to all.

The Role:

In this role you will be working with a variety of people from all backgrounds both in our leisure centres and within the local community to engage them in physical activity. Part of this role will be managing referrals to support people with health conditions by designing and prescribing physical activity programmes. This will involve motivational interviewing to overcome barriers and support in goal setting to achieve improved quality of life. This role will also deliver a range of activities to a variety of user groups ensuring all needs are identified, considered, and met to help increase physical activity levels in the community

Your Team

You will be part of the Community Health & Wellbeing Team, reporting into Community Health and Wellbeing Manager

Your Responsibilities

Engage a variety of people with a focus on inactive groups to encourage and remove barriers to participation in physical activity.
Offer advice on improving wellbeing through living a healthy lifestyle
Deliver a variety of physical activity sessions in the community to a wide range of audiences
Deliver personalised appointments as part of the exercise referral scheme for people with health conditions
Maintain the safety and wellbeing of customers
Record accurate data and report on projects progress and KPI’s
Follow key principles within the Community Health and Wellbeing strategy to improve the health of the local community
Utilise preventative strategies to improve the health of individuals through education and support
Support people to overcome personal barriers when it comes to behaviour change
Follow up and review progress against individual programmes and interventions

Your Experience

Working with minority groups
Delivering physical activity sessions
Managing exercise referrals and delivering positive outcomes
Coaching and motivational interviewing
Working with people of all levels of ability, personalities, and backgrounds
Leading groups of individuals and keeping individuals engaged

Your Qualifications

Level 2 Gym Instructor (essential)
Level 3 Exercise Referral Qualification (essential)
Level 4 qualification in relevant fields. I.e. Cardiac rehabilitation, Cancer rehabilitation, COPD etc.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) (desirable)
MECC training (desirable)
ESCAPE-Pain Training (desirable)
INWA Nordic Walking Instructor (desirable)

Your Competencies & Skills

Good knowledge and understanding of mental health and how it can impact people
Good knowledge of the key principles affecting health and wellbeing
Self-motivated, driven and able to use own initiative
Good communication and interpersonal skills with an understanding of how to interact with different personalities abilities and needs
Good time management and organisational skills
Good teamworking skills and the ability to lead and motivate individuals
Business acumen, creative thinking and problem-solving
Energy and resilience
Flexibility and multi-tasking skills
Computer literate with Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
A customer-focused, approachable and outgoing personality
Be able to manage conflict and negotiate successful outcomes

What you can expect from us:

A comprehensive induction and training programme; you don't need to have worked in the leisure industry before. We will teach you all you need to know!
Support from the wider team who have a great deal of combined knowledge and experience and who are eager to help you succeed!
Variety; no two days is the same!
An environment that encourages innovation and free thinking, surrounded by really dynamic, empowered individuals.