Job Coach

Orchard Hill College; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pathways for progression

LGPS or TPS pension schemes

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee wellbeing and support

Employee discounts

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Orchard Hill College in Sutton is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Job coach to join our Supported Internship team. You will provide personalised job coaching, classroom support, and workplace rotation guidance to help learners with SEND develop skills and progress toward employment goals.

You will work with tutors to create tailored ILPs and maintain evidence and risk documentation. You will engage with external employers to identify work rotations, promote the benefits of employing people

Qualifications

• Provides personalised job coaching and classroom/workplace support.
• Plans, delivers employability workshops and supports in work rotations.
• Assesses learners and creates tailored employability plans.
• Promotes safeguarding, equality, and health & safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide personalised job-coaching, classroom support, and workplace rotation guidance.
• Collaborate with learners to create and review tailored vocational profiles and ILPs.
• Engage with external employers to identify work rotations and promote employment of people with SEND.
• Support learners during transition to employment and adhere to safeguarding policies.

Skills

Job coaching

Learner support

Employer engagement

Job description

• Provide personalised job-coaching, classroom support, and workplace rotation guidance using Systematic Instruction to help learners develop skills and achieve their vocational goals.
• Work collaboratively with each learner to create and regularly review tailored vocational profiles, Individual Learning Plans (ILPs), targets, and required documentation, including evidence tracking and risk assessments.
• Engage proactively with external employers and stakeholders to identify suitable work rotations, promote the benefits of employing people with SEND, and support employers with training, job analysis, and job matching activities.
• Provide continuous support as learners transition into employment, work closely with tutors and the curriculum team to prioritise support, and uphold all safeguarding, equality, and health and safety requirements

Key Requirements

• Actively support young people who are looking for employment opportunities, providing them with job search skills, support within work rotations, training and support in the classroom and experience in order to facilitate their achievement of identified goals.
• To plan, prepare and deliver workshops for learners to enhance their employability skills
• Continually assess each young person both formally and informally to create an adaptable, personalised employability plan.
• Provide continual support and guidance, ensuring the progression of students entering employment. Understanding of using Job analysis, Job matching and embedding workplace coaching practiceOrchard Hill College is an Outstanding Specialist College (Ofsted, November 2019) offering life-changing learning opportunities to young people and adults with a range of special education needs and/or disabilities. We have ten vibrant community-based College Centres across London and Surrey where committed, specialist teams deliver a range of programmes to meet the needs of over 400 students.
• Demonstrate innovative approaches to employer engagement through marketing and promotion in order to identify and secure potential opportunities for both paid employment and work experience placements

Students who study with us have a wide range of needs including profound and multiple learning disabilities, communication and behavioural difficulties and specific medical needs. All students are individuals, and their learning programme is designed to support and empower them to achieve their aspirations and goals, whilst developing skills to become more independent members of their community. We are currently seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Job coach to join our Supported Internship team within the Sutton area. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual passionate about education and making a real difference in the lives of our students.'

Orchard Hill College is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. The following is a selection of the benefits available to our employees:

Rewards & Benefits: (Employee Benefits - Home)

• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)

Our Trust: The College is an Academy sponsor and established Orchard Hill College Academy Trust in 2013 which is home to 13 special schools. Together Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust provide for over 1500 pupils and students with SEN across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit our vacancies page. Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.

As a large specialist education provider we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significant career progression opportunities. It is an exciting time to be part of OHC and we are keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference.

In return, we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment. We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.