Psychological Wellbeing Coordinator

Job Introduction
Psychological Wellbeing Co-ordinator

Do you want a challenging and rewarding career with real opportunities to change the lives of people in Northumberland? Do you want to be involved in supporting employees in the move to hybrid working within the organisation? Could you be the first point of contact for employees facing difficulties?

If you are dynamic, dedicated and enthusiastic then we want to hear from you.

Who is NCC?

Northumberland County Council is a local authority with a large geographical reach, with over 5000 employees from the Borders to West Northumberland rural areas and large conurbations in the South East.

The council has a Health and Wellbeing offer to employees that has gained us Maintaining Excellence status at the Better Health at Work Awards.

Our Vision is: “To foster a thriving & collaborative culture where are people are valued, empowered and encouraged to be their very best for Northumberland”

The Service

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Psychological Wellbeing Co-ordinator to join our expanding Health and Wellbeing team.

The role will help and support all employees with their psychological wellbeing. Reporting to the Health & Wellbeing Lead Co-ordinator the post holder will have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of engaging Health & Wellbeing activities.

The Role

To act as the first point of contact to support employees with mental health issues and provide support to improve wellbeing. This will involve signposting to mental wellbeing support or any other support required. Where necessary identifying any gaps in provision and suggesting innovative ways to improve mental wellbeing throughout the workforce. It would be expected that clinical cases would be referred to existing occupational health support.

To help reduce the overall incidences of ill health within the organisation and support staff to thrive in work.

To develop, promote, embed, and sustain Health and Wellbeing within NCC in line with national and local priorities and our People and Culture Strategy.

To champion the importance of Health and Wellbeing in the workplace.

To develop ways to respond to health priorities and to promote best practice and innovation regarding the health and wellbeing of employees at NCC.

Essential requirements
- Degree level qualification in a discipline related to the post e.g nursing, health studies, project management.
- Knowledge in project management and promotional activities to diploma level or equivalent through training and experience
- Knowledge about legislation related to Health and Wellbeing and a caring, confident approach to supporting others with a strong desire to improve mental health.

Full details can be found in the attached job description and person specification.

Please note although we are offering this opportunity on a full-time basis; if you feel you have the skills but wish to work part time, we would like to hear from you.