Job Coach, Mersey Side

South West Regional Assessment Centre; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An educational support organization in the UK is looking for a part-time Job Coach. You will assist learners with pre-placement planning and support during placements, working closely with learners, staff, and employers. Ideal candidates will have experience with young adults with special educational needs (SEND) and teaching or coaching skills. Starting salary is £12.97 per hour plus holiday pay. Contact [e-mail] for more information.

Qualifications

• Experience working with young adults in educational settings.
• Ability to establish rapport with learners.

Responsibilities

• Support learners with pre-placement planning.
• Attend work placement interviews with learners.
• Liaise with parents and external agencies.

Skills

Working with young adults with SEND

Teaching or coaching

Job description

At SWRAC we support individuals to thrive through real-life and relevant education programmes. Our intention is to provide people with the skills, knowledge and experience to BE resilient, confident & independent, to GROW into education, employment or meaningful activity, LIVE healthily, BE active & responsible citizens and BE safe.

Job Coach

We are looking for a Job Coach to help support our learners with pre placement planning and ongoing support during their placements. In this role you will be working closely with learners, centre staff and local employers who offer placements.

Location: This role covers our learners based in our Centres in Bootle, Widnes & Southport.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Work with the learners in a classroom setting to establish rapport and support needs.
• Attend work placement interview with learner and support with preparation of interview.
• Engage with employer to establish learner work placement roles and responsibilities and identify support requirements.
• Carry out work placement Health and Safety check (HASP), if required.
• Support learner with travel training necessary for them to be able to travel between home and work placement.
• Support learner with purchase of appropriate work wear, if required.
• Plan pre work placement visits with learner to work placement/employer, if necessary.
• Encourage the learner to adopt a good standard of personal hygiene and presentation.
• Liaise with parents, carers and external agencies to form a good working relationship which will help to support the learner in placement.
• Become familiar with the learner’s Access To Work hours planner and support needs identified in the Access To Work application.
• Check with the tutor whether parental/carer consents have been given for photographs/video etc, to be taken.

Experience:

• Working with young adults with SEND
• Teaching or coaching

Hours:

Part-time

Hours will vary due to demand

Pay:

£12.97 per hour plus £1.89 holiday pay per hour worked.

Start date: ASAP

SWRAC are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are committed to securing genuine equality of opportunity in all aspects of our activities as an employer and education provider.

To find out more about this role please contact us at [e-mail] and we will send you a job application pack.