Work and Health Coach Jobs in the UK
Take a Seat connects work and health coaches with people returning after illness, injury or burnout, and with employers who would rather adjust a role than lose the person in it.
What work and health coachs do at Take a Seat
Work and health coaching sits between occupational health and career coaching. The work covers phased return planning, reasonable adjustments, pacing, confidence after long absence, and honest conversations with line managers. Clients are often navigating a health condition and an employer at the same time.
Who we're looking for
- Coaches with vocational rehabilitation or employability experience
- Working knowledge of reasonable adjustments and phased returns
- Experience with long term conditions, chronic pain, mental health or neurodivergence at work
- Able to work with both the individual and the employer without losing trust
Qualifications and registration
- Accredited coach training or vocational rehabilitation qualification
- Knowledge of Equality Act duties and workplace adjustment practice
- Minimum 2 years supporting return to work or job retention
- Professional indemnity insurance
Responsibilities
- Build phased return and job retention plans with realistic pacing
- Prepare clients for adjustment conversations with managers
- Coordinate with occupational health and treating clinicians where consented
- Track sustained return, not just the first week back
Why join Take a Seat
- A mix of individual and employer funded referrals
- 0% commission on your fees
- Work with clinicians who handle the treatment side
- Visibility for a niche with real and growing demand
Areas you'll work across
Frequently asked questions
What is a work and health coach?
A work and health coach supports someone to stay in work or return to it while managing a health condition, covering phased returns, adjustments, pacing and confidence, alongside any clinical treatment they are receiving.
Is this the same as occupational health?
No. Occupational health gives a clinical opinion on fitness for work. A work and health coach does the practical week to week work of making the return actually hold.
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