Health and Wellbeing Coach

Job Opportunity: Health and Wellbeing Coach (Band 4)
Location: HMP Millsike York
Organisation: Rethink Mental Illness, in partnership with TEWV and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 per annum (Band 4)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

About the Role
Rethink Mental Illness is seeking a compassionate Health and Wellbeing Coach to support individuals at HMP Millsike as part of our integrated mental health team. You’ll work with residents on Step 1 interventions, providing mental health support to help them manage their recovery, develop goals, and build confidence during their time in prison. This role also involves group facilitation, peer mentor development, and service user engagement activities to promote mental health awareness and support in preparing individuals for release back into the community.

Key Responsibilities

• Offer self-help guidance, facilitate group activities, and develop peer mentor programs.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to provide holistic, person-centred care.
• Promote mental health awareness by attending forums and facilitating workshops on mental health and recovery.
• Maintain accurate records, ensuring that clinical data and client information meet high standards of confidentiality.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience working with people with mental health needs in a supportive, coaching manner.
• Skilled in group facilitation and able to build rapport effectively.
• Relevant training in health education or mental health support (e.g., Peer Support Worker or Coaching).
• Strong communication and organisational skills, with a compassionate, inclusive approach to support diverse backgrounds.

Desirable: Experience in a prison or criminal justice setting and additional mental health training (e.g., Mental Health First Aid).

*Appointments will be at the minimum of the band.

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. 

*Given the nature of this role, which involves frequent travel to various locations and timely meetings, a clean drivers licence is essential. 

Why Join Us?
At Rethink, our work is shaped by our values: Passion, Commitment, and Openness. Join us to be part of a dedicated team focused on offering hope, promoting equity, and driving meaningful change for those affected by mental illness.

Please see further details on our website

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Caring for our people.  

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:  

• PULSE: our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards. 
• Wagestream: gives you instant access to up to 50% of your pay. Also provides a library of expert tools, tips and articles plus, helps you start building a rainy-day pot straight from your salary.
• Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments. 
• Taking time for you: we work flexibly –you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave. 
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme. 
• Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way. 
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member. 

Who are we? 

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”  

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.

Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation

We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact - recruitment@rethink.org

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