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Health Coach - Sessional Contract - South West London
Thrive Tribe
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Source date: 11/4/2026
About this role
Join us on our journey to empower over a million people to change their behaviours and thrive! Health Coach - Sessional Contract - South West London Join us on our journey to empower over a million people to change their behaviours and thrive! At Thrive Tribe we deliver award-winning healthy lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that make people happier and healthier. It’s a really exciting time to join us as we continue the growth of the Heathier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP) throughout South West London and we’re looking for passionate health coaches to join us on a sessional contract basis as part of our team! The purpose of a health coach is to improve lives, through empowering people to make effective long-term changes that halt or reverse the progression of Type 2 Diabetes. This is achieved through successfully delivering our quality programmes and providing evidence-based information, supporting individuals to improve their health, lose weight and ultimately lower their risk of developing diabetes. Like all roles at Thrive Tribe, you can expect your time at work to be fun, varied and challenging. We don’t like to stick to a firm JD as we know from experience that things change throughout the lifetime of a role and it gives our people the chance to play to their strengths. A typical day as a Health Coach might include: • Delivering evidence-based group 2-hour face to face sessions that focus on diet, nutrition, physical activity and behaviour change. • Facilitating these group sessions in community venues across South West London to support Service Users in achieving their goals and cultivating a safe and positive environment. • Engaging in ongoing training relevant to your role, such as Behaviour Change Level 1 and 2. • Working towards criteria and targets established within the National Diabetes Prevention Programmes (NDPP) quality assurance framework, including all Clinical Governance procedures. • Ensuring due consideration and adherence to our internal Thrive Tribe policies, including Information Governance, Safeguarding and Complaints procedures. • Helping us maintain the ethos of Thrive Tribe by driving our organisational culture forward across our services and using every opportunity to embed our values! About you… More than anything, we are looking for a team player who puts their heart into their work. We’ve got some core values that run through everything we do, and we’d love it if they resonate with you too! Be the change. You like helping people. You’ll be working with those who need help the most, empowering them to make positive changes to thrive. Be effective. You’re patient and can adapt under pressure. Always happy to make time for other people, and you have a great attitude. Be happy. You recognise the power of a smile. You value a fun, supportive workplace and want to come to work raring to go! Be successful. You are motivated and driven. Happy working solo or as part of a team, you love meeting targets. And will be given opportunities to contribute and develop your career. Be big-hearted. You want to make a difference. Working with a like-minded team of optimistic people, you to do meaningful work and change lives. We’re looking for someone who can combine health improvement knowledge with first class communication and motivational skills. If you have experience of delivering group-based interventions, and a real understanding of the impact personal characteristics and circumstances can have on health behaviours then we want to hear from you. Bonus points if you have a qualification in a health promotion related subject, such as nutrition, exercise, or health coaching! We hire based on attitude over traditional skills and experience so if you don’t have all of the necessary experience but feel you are right for the job we would love to hear from you! Due to the nature of this role, we’re looking for someone who is seeking a varied and flexible working pattern including evenings and / or weekend work. Perks… Every person makes Thrive Tribe the incredible place it is to work and play together, we’re unstoppable. Within our buzzing environment our talented people work hard but we ensure lots of fun is thrown in too! We offer you; • Flexible working – we’re serious about life/work balance • Tailored health and wellbeing support • Rewards portal offering discounts on shops, restaurants, and days out • Access to Mental Health First Aid as well as many other training and development courses! Contract: Hourly paid, sessional contract. We are looking for someone that would like to take at least 3 sessions per week. We welcome people interested in taking Saturday and evening work. Our Diabetes Prevention Programme consists of 13 sessions over a 9-month period, ordinarily we expect that you will be delivering multiple sessions per month. Salary: £14.24 - £19.51 per hour To apply: Please attach your CV and a covering letter outlining why you are right for the position. Location: This is a hybrid-remote role. There is no office base so the role will require some home working, with regular travel across South West London. The sessions are delivered in community venues in Sutton, Merton and Wandsworth, please only apply if traveling in these areas is practical for you. Please note, the successful applicant will be required to have the right to work in the UK. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, unfortunately we may not be able to contact every applicant individually. If you are not selected to progress to the next stage, you may therefore not receive a response. Learn more about Thrive Tribe: https://www.thrivetribe.org.uk/ Got a question? If you’d like an informal chat about the opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Mike Power (Head of Service) mike.power@thrivetribe.org.uk 07375 398142 or Lena Bharania (Service Co-Ordinator) lena.bharania@healthieryou.org.uk 07756 294656. We believe that every person has the right to thrive at work, which is why we are committed to equal employment opportunity and will not discriminate. Should you require any specific accommodations in the recruitment process please let us know in your application . Department Healthier You South West London Location Sutton Remote status Hybrid Your physical and emotional wellbeing is important to us! Our wellbeing package includes life coaching, online counselling and lots of opportunities to get active with your colleagues. Our flexible working approach encourages you to own the way you work, we don’t want anyone to have that dreaded Sunday night feeling. For those who are looking for it there are always opportunities to grow, broaden your skills, lead on projects and progress. We encourage everyone to have regular career conversations! From our annual Challenge Weekend to ThriveFest, there’s always plenty of opportunities throughout the year for us to get together and have fun! We understand the importance of saying thanks, that's why we have a peer reflection platform where you can recognise colleagues' great work! Our culture is important to us. We have an Employee Experience team dedicated to ensuring Thrive Tribe is a great place to work. Diversity at Thrive Tribe At Thrive Tribe we have a clear vision; to empower over one million people to change their behaviours and thrive, whilst recognising that every person is different. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, stay and do their best work. Ultimately we want our workforce to be truly representative of the communities we support – our differences are our strengths! About Thrive Tribe Thrive Tribe creates long-term habit and behaviour change through a range of lifestyle and wellbeing programmes. Founded in 2008 Co-workers 300