About the Role
Reed Wellbeing is seeking a Self-Employed Health & Wellbeing Coach to deliver lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that help people improve their health. This role involves engaging and delivering sessions in group and/or one-to-one settings across South West London.
Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging NHS Healthier You Programme sessions to participants in a group and/or one-to-one setting, in accordance with curriculum, resources, and quality standards.
- Motivate, support, and empower participants to make sustainable lifestyle and behaviour changes using evidence-based coaching techniques.
- Adapt session delivery to meet diverse needs, abilities, and learning styles, creating a positive and inclusive environment.
- Monitor participant progress, conduct regular reviews, and celebrate achievements while identifying additional support needs.
- Signpost participants to appropriate local health, wellbeing, and lifestyle support services.
- Participate in training, professional development, and quality improvement activities.
- Contribute ideas and feedback to support continuous improvement of programme delivery and participant outcomes.
Requirements
- Minimum Level 3 qualification in Exercise Referral, Health Improvement/Promotion/Public Health, Nutrition & Weight Management, Coaching & Behaviour Change, or Education & Training.
- Evidence of training, qualification, or assessed competence in behaviour change delivery, aligned with recognised frameworks (e.g. COM‑B, Behaviour Change Wheel, motivational interviewing or health coaching approaches).
- Fully First Aid trained, with a valid certificate.
- Experience facilitating groups and supporting individuals to achieve positive health, lifestyle, or behaviour changes.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a person-centred and non-judgemental approach.
- Ability to engage and motivate people from diverse backgrounds and with varying levels of confidence and health literacy.
- Demonstrable IT skills, including the ability to confidently use digital platforms and systems for service delivery, data recording, and reporting.
- Willingness to participate in induction, supervision, observed practice, competency assessment, and ongoing CPD including all mandatory core training.
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends, as required.
- Ability to travel throughout the designated region using your own vehicle.
- Access to own vehicle.
- Hold a full UK driving licence.
Skills
- Coaching techniques
- Communication
- Relationship-building
- Person-centred approach
- Non-judgemental approach
- IT skills
- Digital platform usage
- Data recording
- Reporting
Location
- South West London
Work Type
- Self-Employed
- Flexible
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Experienced health professional
Education Level
- Minimum Level 3 qualification in Exercise Referral, Health Improvement/Promotion/Public Health, Nutrition & Weight Management, Coaching & Behaviour Change, or Education & Training
- Fully First Aid trained
Salary/Compensations
- £50 per 90-minute session
About the Company
- Reed Wellbeing is a public service provider delivering lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that help people improve their health.
- Our mission is to be the partner of choice for developing people and their communities.
Equal Opportunity
- No candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity.
- Guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.
