The StACC model is an evidence-based coaching approach designed to improve outcomes for patients while reducing their reliance on clinical services.

It can be:

Used as a stand-alone intervention

e.g. by Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Community Connectors, Workwell Coaches,

wherever people are being supported across a number of sessions to improve their health or wellbeing outcomes, where supporting this is the primary intention.

Incorporated into other roles

e.g. Care Coordinators, Social Prescribing Link Workers, other health or social care professionals, including in the statutory sector (employment, education), community or voluntary sector workers, or private or public sector workforce support, wherever people are supporting others in a capacity secondary to their main role.

FAQ’s

Do you need any prior qualifications?

No prior qualifications are needed. However, anything background involving listening skills is an advantage. This may be counselling training, or working in any support roles.

Is it easy to learn and to use?

It is a very simple model:

The initial training is very quick – it only requires 2 days to learn the toolkit of skills,

However, it does take practice to use, so the initial 2-days if followed by a further 2 days of group and individual skills development sessions to embed the skills, alongside an active caseload.

Then ongoing monthly, then bi-monthly, supervision until ‘expert’ level is achieved (usually 2-3 years)

What further skills training do I need to build my expertise?

No further skills are needed – the initial training contains the full toolkit of skills.

This is about depth of skill rather than breadth of skills. It’s about understanding the dynamics of the model and how to apply the skills to get the best outcomes. The ongoing supervision alongside an active caseload will enable this to happen, with a supervisor who has achieved the expert level.