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Allied Health Professionals Suffolk CIC Work and Health Coach

The closing date is 17 November 2026

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join Suffolks new WorkWell service, delivered in partnership with Suffolk Mind, and make a difference by helping people overcome health-related barriers so they can remain in, return to, or start employment. You will build trusted relationships, understand what matters to each participant, and coordinate practical support across health, employment, skills and community services.

WorkWell is an early-intervention work and health service with a focus on prevention, which includes holistic support for their health-related barriers to employment. It will provide evidence based, low intensity work and health assessments that support individuals with their low-level occupational health needs to overcome barriers to work.

If you enjoy helping people identify their strengths, overcome barriers and take practical steps towards good work, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from candidates who meet the essential criteria and share our commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion and person-centred care. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment.

Main duties of the job

Make a difference you will:

Complete holistic assessments and co-produce practical WorkWell plans with clear goals

Provide personalised coaching and low-intensity work and health support

Work with employers, with participant consent, to explore support, adjustments and sustainable return-to-work options

Connect participants with the right local services through warm handovers and joined-up support

What youll bring:

Experience of coaching, advising, guiding or supporting people one to one

Excellent listening, communication and organisational skills

An empathic, inclusive and strengths-based approach

Confidence managing a caseload, maintaining records and seeking advice when needed

Why join us?

A rare opportunity to help shape a new service supporting better health and employment outcomes across Suffolk

A varied community-based role with training, supervision and multidisciplinary support

A supportive organisation with established clinical governance.

We are a supportive employer committed to helping our people thrive through comprehensive training, development and ongoing support

About us

We are a supportive employer committed to helping our people thrive through comprehensive training, development and ongoing support

Reasonable adjustments are available throughout recruitment and employment.

Details

Date posted

03 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B9710-26-0029

Job locations

Riverside Clinic

2-4 Landseer Road

Ipswich

IP3 0AZ

United Kingdom

Newmarket Community Hopsital

56 Exning Road

Newmarket

CB8 7JG

United Kingdom

Drovers House

1 Hillside Road

BURY ST. EDMUNDS

Suffolk

IP32 7EA

United Kingdom

Sudbury Community Healthcare Centre

Church Field Road

SUDBURY

Suffolk

CO10 2DZ

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role of Work and Health Coach

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role of Work and Health Coach

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing one-to-one coaching, advice, guidance or support
• Experience of working with people facing health, disability, employment or wider social barriers
• Understanding of person-centred assessment, goal setting and behaviour
• change
• Awareness of safeguarding, confidentiality, professional boundaries and risk escalation
• Ability to manage a caseload and work independently with supervision

Desirable

• Experience in work and health, employment support, social
• prescribing or community services
• Experience of employer liaison or workplace adjustments
• Knowledge of local health, employment, skills and VCFSE services

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant qualification at Level 3 or
• equivalent experience in health, wellbeing,
• employment, coaching or community support
• Willingness to complete required WorkWell,
• care coordination, health coaching and
• mandatory training

Desirable

• Coaching, employment
• advice, social prescribing,
• vocational support or
• health and wellbeing
• qualification

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of providing one-to-one coaching, advice, guidance or support
• Experience of working with people facing health, disability, employment or wider social barriers
• Understanding of person-centred assessment, goal setting and behaviour
• change
• Awareness of safeguarding, confidentiality, professional boundaries and risk escalation
• Ability to manage a caseload and work independently with supervision

Desirable

• Experience in work and health, employment support, social
• prescribing or community services
• Experience of employer liaison or workplace adjustments
• Knowledge of local health, employment, skills and VCFSE services

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant qualification at Level 3 or
• equivalent experience in health, wellbeing,
• employment, coaching or community support
• Willingness to complete required WorkWell,
• care coordination, health coaching and
• mandatory training

Desirable

• Coaching, employment
• advice, social prescribing,
• vocational support or
• health and wellbeing
• qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Allied Health Professionals Suffolk CIC

Address

Riverside Clinic

2-4 Landseer Road

Ipswich

IP3 0AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ahpsuffolk.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Allied Health Professionals Suffolk CIC

Address

Riverside Clinic

2-4 Landseer Road

Ipswich

IP3 0AZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ahpsuffolk.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Associate Clinical Director

Joe Russell

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

03 November 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£28,392 to £31,157 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B9710-26-0029

Job locations

Riverside Clinic

2-4 Landseer Road

Ipswich

IP3 0AZ

United Kingdom

Newmarket Community Hopsital

56 Exning Road

Newmarket

CB8 7JG

United Kingdom

Drovers House

1 Hillside Road

BURY ST. EDMUNDS

Suffolk

IP32 7EA

United Kingdom

Sudbury Community Healthcare Centre

Church Field Road

SUDBURY

Suffolk

CO10 2DZ

United Kingdom

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