Job Coach

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, dedicated, and skilled Job Coach to join our team. This is a part-time position, working 30 hours per week, offering the chance to make a meaningful impact by supporting individuals in achieving their employment goals.

Benefits

• Generous employer pension contribution
• Regular training and development
• Access to a health care plan

Purposes

• Provide tailored support to young people to enable them to gain, learn from, develop in and maintain their internship and to make a positive progression into employment.
• Provide tailored support to employers to enable them to offer a meaningful internship and recruit interns where possible.
• Coordinate, develop and deliver the work element of the Supported Internship Programme.

Role and Responsibilities

• To support the Lead Job Coach in providing an outstanding provision for both students and employers.
• Source potential employers and identify possible internships for students by a variety of means such as cold calling, visits, liaising with other departments.
• Act as an ambassador for the benefits of employing people with learning difficulties and disabilities in the workplace.
• Use job matching and job carving skills to negotiate job descriptions that meet employer needs and match interns’ skills and abilities, ensuring an appropriate internship in the workplace.
• Facilitate tutorial and workshop sessions with a caseload of learners.
• Review Education, Health and Care Plan outcomes with learners and their families, setting challenging targets to meet individual needs.
• Support interns with travel arrangements, visits to the workplace and preparation for their internship.
• Support interns to be successful in their internship, providing appropriate level of workplace support and guidance by completing regular visits and observations, reviewing progress, negotiating increases in responsibility, troubleshooting and training interns for tasks.
• Support employers by advising on reasonable adjustments, being the first point of contact for problems, negotiating solutions and identifying additional tasks.
• Facilitate other employees in an internship organisation to become confident in working with and supporting interns to carry out their duties.
• Liaise with the teaching team, providing a link between employer needs and college training, paying particular attention to literacy and numeracy needs.
• Negotiate opportunities for the interns for paid employment, support the interns with job search, application and CVs, and signpost to other services if appropriate.
• Keep accurate records of job coaching support provided.
• Work in partnership, representing the college, with students, employers, the wider college network and parents/carers.
• Participate in the college’s appraisal scheme.
• Actively promote equality of opportunity for staff and students and external stakeholders at all times.
• Ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act and the college’s published policies regarding health and safety, safeguarding and equal opportunities.
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities that may fall within the purview of this post and grade.

Skills and Experience

• Experience of providing pastoral support for students in an educational setting.
• Experience of supporting learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities or specific learning difficulties.
• Ability to form positive and constructive relationships with challenging and vulnerable young people.
• Experience of working in partnership with curriculum staff and external support services (desirable).

Qualifications

• Minimum GCSE grade 4 / C in English & Maths or equivalent.
• Qualification in working with people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, supported employment or careers.
• Learner Support Qualification (desirable).

Ideal Attributes

• Adaptable and flexible in approach.
• Innovative and creative approach to work.
• Commitment to ongoing learning and professional development.
• Open-minded to the cultures, views and experiences of others and values diversity.

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