Closing Date & Time : Tuesday 21 July at 17:00
Interviews: To be held week commencing 03 Aug 2026
Hours of work: 21- 28 hours per week to be worked in office hours (excluding lunch break) including occasional evening and weekends
Salary: £28,598 -£31,022 (35 hours FTE) pro rata
Based: Based at 13 Scott Street, Keighley (BD21 2JH).
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Job Purpose:
We’re seeking an individual who is passionate about health, wellbeing, and empowering others. This is a unique opportunity to join Keighley Healthy Living in a dynamic role that will not only support our Rethinking Pain Programme but also contributes to our organisation that provides a range of innovative health and wellbeing projects.
As a Health Coach you’ll provide one-to-one support to referred individuals, you will help people rethink their relationship with pain, develop practical self-management skills, and explore new ways to improve their overall wellbeing.
Key Attributes
- Empathetic and person-centred – able to build trust and support people with sensitivity, dignity and respect.
- Strong communication skills – confident communicating clearly with individuals, groups, colleagues and partner organisations.
- Motivational and encouraging – able to support people to set realistic goals and make positive lifestyle changes.
- Culturally aware and inclusive – able to work respectfully with diverse communities, including people whose first language may not be English.
- Confident working independently and as part of a team – able to manage own workload while contributing to multidisciplinary working.
- Well organised – able to manage referrals, appointments, data recording and follow-up actions effectively.
- Professional and confidential – able to handle sensitive personal information appropriately and follow policies and procedures.
- Community focused – understands the importance of local services, social prescribing and community-based support.
- Committed to improving health and wellbeing – motivated to help people improve self-management, confidence and quality of life.
Job location, transportation and physical requirement
- Be willing and able to work across Bradford District and Craven.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Receive, triage and respond to Rethinking Pain referrals
- Provide one-to-one coaching by phone, email and face to face at workshops.
- Complete assessments with individuals.
- Use motivational, behaviour-change and coaching techniques to support people to make changes that suit their needs and circumstances.
- Support people to develop personal plans with achievable goals to improve health, wellbeing and persistent pain self-management.
- Plan and deliver one-off taster sessions and short-term group activities.
- Provide personalised one-to-one and group support to improve health and wellbeing, including physical activity, mental wellbeing, diet and lifestyle.
- Liaise with internal and external services to identify suitable support packages and referral routes.
- Work with the team to develop a signposting directory for pain-related support.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide coordinated, wraparound
- Identify community activities and services for appropriate signposting.
- Support the development of resources for the Rethinking Pain toolkit and use local and national materials to promote self-care.
- Follow KHL policies and procedures, including safeguarding, data protection, confidentiality and equal rights.
- Carry out other appropriate tasks required to meet the aims of the organisation and the Rethinking Pain programme.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Collect, collate and maintain data using platforms such as SystmOne, MS Teams and Upshot.
- Support the Rethinking Pain Programme Lead and Operations Coordinator to produce monitoring and evaluation reports.
Personal Development
- Participate in supervision with the Rethinking Pain Programme Lead and Operations Coordinator.
- Participate in team and partner meetings as required.
- Complete mandatory and role-specific training to support ongoing development.
Additional:
- To promote the positive and professional ethos of KHL both internally and externally.
- Attend staff meetings, 1:1 meetings and other meetings at the request of the managers.
- Continually strive to improve service quality and bring added value to projects.
- Work as part of a team and develop positive relationships with colleagues.
- To generate and share ideas to develop and improve projects and administrative systems.
- To occasionally work unsocial hours, evening and weekends.
- To carry out any additional duties as required or appropriate to the post and grade.
- To undertake relevant training to maintain and update your skills and knowledge within your job role and to keep a record of training undertaken as agreed with your line manager.
