Wellbeing Practitioner

**Job Title**: Wellbeing Practitioner
**Location**: Homebased
**Salary**: Up to £35,000 per annum pro rata
**Contract Type**: Permanent
**Hours**: Part Time, 22.5 hours per week

Right to live & work within the UK is required for this role.

**Role Summary**:
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team, you will be delivering wellbeing assessments and counselling sessions to our clients. This role requires knowledge of appropriate signposting and the ability to recognise when further action is required for employees with personal or work-related problems. The post holder will be required to deliver services on site.

**Main Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Identify and recommend the appropriate route for management or onward refer to facilitate case resolution.
- Provide up to four sessions of counselling (including assessment session) to support employees with work or personal issues which are impacting on their ability to be at or stay at work.
- Support delivery of other wellbeing services to organisations as required, assessing requests for training or consultancy to ensure that the right service is delivered to meet the organisation's needs.

**Experience, Skills, and Knowledge Required for the Role**:

- Degree/Diploma in a counselling and 2 years counselling practice experience
- Accredited or working towards accreditation with a recognised counselling body.
- Ability to set boundaries in terms of limits of expertise and time limitations, knowledge of confidentiality and limits to this.
- Willingness to engage in continuous professional development, accept feedback, learn, and contribute to continuous improvement in practice of self and others.

**About Us**:
The new Optima Health is the UK market leader in the provision of Occupational Health and Wellbeing services. Formed by the combination of three leading businesses (Optima Health, TP Health and Healthwork), the new Optima Health is more than the consolidation of the individual legacy businesses, our combined and complementary capability means we can offer unrivalled clinical expertise and industry leading tailored solutions to our clients. Our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the UK workforce by supporting healthy high performance in our client organisations, helping them to achieve their full potential through their people.

Optima Health not only provide an excellent package, but we also offer a structured induction and training programme in your first few weeks, with touchpoints all the way through and support from your Line Manager. One of our core values is One Team and growing and developing together is our key commitment. We offer tailored career development and opportunities for further training and qualifications, to support you in your career journey.

**What Can We Offer You?**
- Excellent training and development, and the opportunity to progress within the business.
- SAYE (Save As You Earn) scheme.
- Professional registration fees paid for.
- Access to PerkBox's wellbeing apps & high street discounts.
- Health cash plan scheme including employee assistance programme, eye care test vouchers & flu jabs.
- Company joint contribution pension scheme.
- Buy and sell holiday scheme.
- Life assurance scheme.
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
- Optima Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants meeting the minimum criteria for the role will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, gender or gender expression, disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief or sexual orientation._
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