Coach Practitioner - Gloucester, United Kingdom - NFP People Limited

NFP People Limited

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Gloucester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Coach Practitioner - Complex Emotional Needs

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an important charity that works with people in local communities to help them access the support, opportunities, and skills they need to overcome social inequalities, improve their well-being and change their lives.

Position:
Coach Practitioner - Complex Emotional Needs

Location:
Gloucestershire - Remote

Hours:
Full-time 37.5hrs and part-time hours available - Monday to Friday

Salary:
£16 per hour

Closing Date: 30th June 2023

Benefits:
Pension scheme, EAP from Health Assured, career development & training opportunities, 23 days annual leave rising to a maximum of 28 days plus bank holidays, flexible working hours

About the Role

The organisation exists to provide services to meet individual needs so that each person has the opportunity to fulfil their aspirations and maximise their potential.

They seek to achieve excellence in their work and lead the way in researching, delivering, and disseminating good practice.

Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) is an umbrella term that captures a broad group of clients, who may have received a diagnosis of 'Personality Disorder' when using mental health services or have comparable needs.

According to national statistics:

5% of people in the UK have a personality disorder.
30-40% of people accessing secondary mental health services have a personality disorder.
40-50% of people in inpatient services will have a personality disorder.

Many people living with a personality disorder report traumatic personal histories and may demonstrate pervasive patterns of instability in emotion and behaviour regulation.

Key responsibilities of the Coach Practitioner include:
*Deliver psychologically informed coaching-based interventions to clients over the telephone and via videoconferencing technology.
*Be responsible for the delivery of a broad range of coaching-based interventions within the limits of professional competence, skills, and experience.
*Employ a broad theoretical knowledge base to analyse and interpret complex information and design coaching-based strategies tailored to individual needs.
*Provide crisis intervention support as needed.
*Facilitate online group sessions and workshops.
*Use a variety of techniques to help clients cope with trauma.
*Enable clients to understand how trauma has affected their lives and relationships and work with them to develop healthy coping mechanisms.
*Keep records of client progress and update coaching plans as needed.
*Refer clients to community resources as needed.
*Advocate for clients within the various health and social care systems as needed.
*Be responsible for developing working relationships with relevant stakeholders, partners, statutory, voluntary and community groups and organisations.

To succeed in the role of Coach Practitioner, your key skills will include:
*Experience in delivering evidence based psychosocial interventions with clients of a complex nature.
*Experience working with individuals living with CEN (BPD/EUPD) and/or complex trauma or other equivocal experience.
*Experience in completing risk assessments /risk management plans.
*Experience working in an MDT setting, including liaising and consulting with GPs and community providers.
*Experience in using Microsoft Office programmes in a variety of ways.
*Experience in delivering telephone-based interventions and support.
*Experience of working with complex clients using evidence based therapeutic modalities.
*Understanding of Outcome Measures and their relevance to achieving client centred and service goals.

About the Organisation

The employer is a UK-based charity working with people in local communities to help them access the support, opportunities, and skills they need to overcome social inequalities, improve their well-being and change their lives.

They run a range of services that are focused on helping people to achieve their potential regardless of their circumstances.

They connect people together so that they can experience the joy that comes from friendship, activity, learning, purpose, and occupation.

They love what they do, and they love seeing people flourish.

Many of the people they support come from the most disadvantaged groups in our society, including children and adults with additional needs and disabilities, people with mental health problems, older people with dementia and other neurodegenerative conditions, and the families or carers of all these groups.

They believe that all people should be equally valued and have an equal chance to live the best life possible, that is why they do what they do.

You may have experience in areas such as include Health & Wellbeing Manager, Mental Health Practitioner, Personal Wellbeing Worker, Safeguarding and Wellbeing, Community Link Worker, Wellbeing Practitioner, Wellbeing Officer, Service Manager, Head of Health