Job Details

Are you passionate about health and wellbeing? Do you want to support people with a learning disability to improve their health and wellbeing? Do you want to be part of real, lasting change in South Yorkshire - Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley and Sheffield. If your answers are 'YES', please keep reading!

Some key responsibilities of the Healthier Me Coach include:  

• Supporting people with a learning disability to improve their understanding of - and access to - health and wellbeing.
• Empowering personal support teams and partner organisations with better tools to support health and wellbeing.
• Working with the community to make health and wellbeing offers more accessible for people with a learning disability. 
• Coaching people with a learning disability to set and achieve personal health goals (training provided).
• Delivering Healthier Me workshops to a range of audiences (training provided).
• Completing reporting required for internal and external monitoring, accurately and on time.
• Managing a colleague with a learning disability, the Healthier Me Champion  (4 hours per week).
• Engaging and building relationships with a range of stakeholders including people with a learning disability, Mencap service teams, Mencap Network Partners, community organisations, health professionals, families and carers.  

Disability Confident Leader

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

 What you will bring to the role (Essentials) 

• Passionate about making health and wellbeing accessible.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills.
• Judgement/troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrable experience of working to targets, effective record keeping and reporting.
• Excellent team working skills and ability to work independently.
• Good ICT skills.
• Driving licence and access to vehicle. Willingness to travel within area of operation.
• Experience of supporting people or community-based projects.
• A proactive, motivated and positive approach to the work. 
• Willingness to work occasional evenings and weekends. 
• Availability on 14, 15 and 22 April 2026, 20 May and 3 June 2026 - for essential team meetings and training.