This Health Coach position focuses on providing specialized, person-centred health coaching to young people facing health-related obstacles to employment. The role involves delivering tailored one-to-one and small-group interventions, both in person and remotely, covering areas such as mental health, neurodiversity, anxiety management, confidence building, health and wellbeing, and condition-management strategies. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the Health Coach supports young people from assessment through job preparation and into funded employment, aiming to improve their wellbeing, progression, and job retention.
Responsibilities
Deliver structured one-to-one health coaching tailored to identified needs, employment goals, and the young person's journey
Provide small-group health and wellbeing sessions and contribute to programme workshops
Deliver support flexibly through in-person and remote appointments across the relevant contract area
Provide specialist wraparound support before employment and throughout funded employment where required to maximise retention
Agree clear, measurable actions with young people and review progress at appropriate intervals
Provide evidence-informed support for young people experiencing mental health, emotional wellbeing, or neurodiversity-related barriers
Deliver anxiety-management, confidence-building, and resilience interventions linked to work preparation and sustainment
Help young people recognise strengths, preferences, triggers, and practical strategies that support successful employment
Make appropriate onward referrals where needs fall outside the scope of health coaching, including urgent, statutory, or specialist clinical support
Support young people to develop practical self-management and condition-management strategies that complement advice from treating professionals
Co-produce a Health Adjustment Passport where relevant, enabling young people to describe their strengths, needs, and effective workplace adjustments
Work with Employer Services colleagues so young person-led information can inform reasonable-adjustment, flexible-working, and job-carving discussions
Promote young person choice, consent, and ownership of any information shared with employers or partner agencies
Work closely with Mentors so specialist health interventions are coordinated with the young person Support Plan and employment objectives
Participate in case discussions and multidisciplinary reviews while maintaining confidentiality and information-sharing requirements
Build effective links with local health, wellbeing, neurodiversity, and community services
Keep AKG Health provision distinct from PAM Wellness while helping young people understand how the complementary services can be accessed
Millions of jobs, with real people getting hired every day
200,000+
New jobs added daily
7,000,000+
Verified job listings
1,000,000+
Tailored applications submitted
Identify, record, and escalate safeguarding, wellbeing, and risk concerns in line with AKG procedures
Work within competence, professional registration requirements, and agreed clinical-governance arrangements
Maintain clear boundaries and ensure health coaching is not presented as diagnosis, medical treatment, crisis intervention, or a substitute for statutory healthcare
Attend supervision, reflective practice, mandatory training, and continuing professional development as required
Maintain timely, accurate, and outcome-focused young person records on approved systems
Record referrals, attendance, interventions, progress, Health Adjustment Passports, onward referrals, and outcomes in line with contractual requirements
Contribute to quality assurance, case audits, service evaluation, and continuous improvement
Manage workload and appointments effectively, responding flexibly to referral demand across the contract area
Comply with UK GDPR, information security, equality, safeguarding, and health and safety requirements
Requirements
A recognised professional qualification in counselling, mental health, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, allied health, health coaching, or another relevant discipline
For the South West London position, BACP registration/accreditation or an equivalent recognised clinical qualification that meets the commitment for a BACP-qualified clinician
Experience supporting people experiencing mental health, neurodiversity, disability, long-term health conditions, or wider health-related barriers
Experience delivering structured one-to-one interventions and facilitating groups or workshops
Ability to support anxiety management, confidence building, and practical condition-management strategies within professional competence
Knowledge of safeguarding, risk management, consent, confidentiality, and professional boundaries
Understanding of person-centred, strengths-based practice and the Social Model of Disability
Ability to travel across the relevant contract area and deliver services from community, office, and partner locations, with remote delivery where appropriate
Excellent coaching, active-listening, and relationship-building skills
Ability to engage young people experiencing complex or multiple barriers without creating dependency
Confident group facilitation and presentation skills
Clear written communication, case recording, and report-writing skills
Strong organisation, prioritisation, and autonomous caseload management
Ability to work collaboratively across health, employability, employer, and community services
Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and continuous improvement
Nice to have:
Experience working on DWP-funded, employment support, or vocational rehabilitation programmes
Experience developing Health Adjustment Passports, workplace wellbeing plans, or reasonable-adjustment recommendations
Knowledge of motivational interviewing, behaviour-change approaches, coaching psychology, or trauma-informed practice
Experience providing in-work health support focused on retention and sustainment
Knowledge of local health and community provision in Buckinghamshire or the South West London boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond upon Thames, and Sutton
About the Company
AKG Group UK operates AKG Health. It is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences.