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WorkWell Coach

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Community sites across Kent and Medway, TN25 4AZ

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

4 September 2026

4 days left

Job description

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated C...

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship. Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

As a WorkWell Coach, you'll provide tailored one-to-one support to a caseload of participants, delivering coaching face-to-face, online and by telephone. Through holistic assessments, you'll explore health, wellbeing, employment and social factors to understand each person's unique circumstances and co-produce practical, achievable plans that support their journey towards sustainable employment.

You'll provide ongoing coaching and mentoring, helping individuals develop confidence, resilience and work-readiness skills through activities such as goal setting, job searching, CV development, interview preparation and wellbeing support. Working in a trauma-informed and strengths-based way, you'll also connect participants with specialist services and community resources, advocating on their behalf where needed.

You'll build positive relationships with employers and partner organisations, supporting conversations around workplace adjustments and return-to-work planning. Alongside delivering high-quality, person-centred support, you'll manage your own caseload, maintain accurate records, monitor outcomes and contribute to the success and growth of this exciting new service.

Additional Working Pattern: Some evening and weekend work may be required.

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.

Rated 'Outstanding' by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.

We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.

We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.

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Qualifications, Training and Experience

Essential

  • You will have either: A level 5 foundation degree level of study Or you will be able to demonstrate the equivalent level of experience.
  • In addition you will also have Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C/ 4-9 or equivalent in English and Maths)
  • You'll need to have recent experience of working with/ supporting neurodivergent individuals as well as lived experience
  • A full, valid UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • You'll need have sound communication skills in order to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing whilst being mindful of potential language, learning needs and cultural differences.
  • You will need to have a customer focussed approach which is essential to; Provide clients and their families with the best possible experience
  • You will need to be able to be able to use IT systems and databases

Desirable

  • Having an awareness of developments within the NHS would be an advantage including Autism peer support worker Capability Framework (2022), local Lived Experience Framework, the NHS England STAMP STOMP health care pledge and Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

20 August 2026

Last checked

24 August 2026

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About the employer

KCH
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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