Employee Wellbeing Lead London, England
Job description
Job Title – Employee Wellbeing Lead
Location – Stamford Bridge with regular travel to Cobham
Hours – Permanent – 35 hours a week (Any 5 of 7)
About Us:
As a member of the Chelsea team you will become part of a long and proud history in the heart of iconic west London, which dates back to the club’s founding in 1905. Since that time the club has won every major domestic and international trophy, being crowned English, European and world champions in the process.
Chelsea are a club which proudly strives to be the best in everything we do, on and off the pitch, as shown by the further success of our Women’s and Academy sides, as well as the excellent work in the community undertaken by the Chelsea Foundation, while engaging with our many supporters from a wide range of backgrounds at home in the UK and around the world.
If you’re motivated and want to help us win more trophies, you’ve got a place here at Chelsea!
What We’re Looking For:
The Health and Wellbeing Manager will be pivotal in acting as a champion for mental health and wellbeing matters across the Club, driving awareness and embedding best practice.
Brief description and duties:
- To support in the design and delivery of the club’s mental health and wellbeing strategy in partnership with the relevant stakeholders such as health & safety, safeguarding and HR to ensure a holistic approach.
- Responsible for delivery of proactive support through the provision of wellbeing advice, guidance and appropriate tailored intervention to positively influence employee wellbeing.
- Collaborate with senior managers to provide coaching and advice on health and wellbeing best practices.
- Design, deliver, and implement a comprehensive health and wellbeing training program in partnership with the learning & development team.
- To facilitate manager training regarding supporting the wellbeing of colleagues and safeguarding, developing the confidence of all club staff in knowing how to recognise and respond to colleagues who may be in need of support.
- Continuously review and evaluate the impact of the well-being training to ensure it meets the needs of our teams.
- Guide managers and the HR Team on onboarding colleagues with mental, physical, and neuro diverse conditions.
- Understanding of local resources and community and statutory services, including Mental Health Teams, Social Services, Health, Schools, privately commissionable services and voluntary services, and communicate effectively with them in the best interest of the service user.
- To ensure that work is carried out within a framework, which promotes equality of opportunity in accordance with The Clubs policies.
- Work with partners from social care, health, police and the local authority to respond to identified risks where appropriate.
- Managing the Mental Health First Aiders programme, ensuring staff are appropriately trained, that systems are in place for recording incidents and that staff undertaking the role are supported for their own welfare.
- Dealing with sensitive and confidential issues within the frameworks of the Data Protection Act and any other professional and statutory guidelines. Ensuring record keeping and case management is in line with safeguarding practice requirements and compliance.
- To keep abreast of developments in the sector generally relating to areas of health & wellbeing and to advise on service improvements where needed.
- To offer expert advice to colleagues, as a point of escalation in wellbeing support, identifying themes and escalation to the leadership team.
- Ensure employees are aware of the resources and support available to them from a health and wellbeing perspective and that these are communicated effectively.
- Chair the Club’s Wellbeing Committee and support with developing a calendar of day-to-day wellbeing activities for staff on all sites.
Must Haves/qualified by demonstrable experience to the level required:
- Experience of implementing a strategy across a business.
- Evidence of a good working knowledge of mental health and wellbeing matters.
- Experience of working with individuals who are in acute stress and need.
- Experience of service development and project management.
- Experience of engagement, participation, and co-production work with a range of stakeholders.
- Evidence of successful partnership development for the purpose of improving access to support for different age ranges.
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
- Takes pride in provision of work. Strong attention to detail with good written and IT literacy.
- Current Mental Health First Aid Certificate (or willing to work towards)
What We Offer:
https://chelseafc.pagetiger.com/benefits2223
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
At Chelsea we recognise that the diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths and we are taking positive action to ensure our existing colleagues and job applicants can fully be themselves and bring their own unique experiences and perspectives to Chelsea FC. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.
If you need reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, please reach out to your recruiter, who will be able to advise and support you.
Chelsea FC and the Foundation is fully committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of all children, young people and adults at risk (vulnerable groups). We therefore require all successful applicants to complete a DBS Check prior to starting employment. Depending on the role, successful applicants may also be required to undergo other child protection screening where appropriate.
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (preferred)
Work Location: In person
