SEND Job Coach (Term-Time Only)

Weston College; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Weston College is hiring a SEND Job Coach to join a team delivering support to students with SEND across Weston-super-Mare campuses.

The role involves conducting assessments, providing coaching, and coordinating with EHCP processes to secure outcomes aligned with education plans. Term-time and part-time options are available, with on-site interviews.

Qualifications

• LDD or SEND qualification or willingness to gain within two years of service.
• Experience in learning support and job coaching with outcomes in paid employment.
• Knowledge of learning difficulties and how they affect learning and employment.
• Familiarity with current evidence-based job coaching and learning strategies.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Initial Needs Assessments and Vocational Profiling to identify support needs and track progress.
• Deliver Job Coaching and implement SEND Code of Practice and National Occupational Standards for Supported Employment.
• Plan and review individual support programmes ensuring EHCP requirements are in place and progress is tracked.
• Liaise with EHCP Coordinator to ensure smooth EHCP process and required documentation.

Skills

LDD qualification

Job coaching experience

Disability and learning needs

Evidence-based coaching methods

Education

LDD or SEND qualification

Job description

As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work. Why not join us as a SEND Job Coach?

We are recruiting for the following positions:

• X2 Full-time, 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time only)
• X1 Part-time, 29.6 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time only)

Interviews for this role will take place on-site, at one of our college campuses in Weston-super-Mare.

As a SEND Job Coach, you may be based at any of our Weston-super-Mare campuses.

Day to day duties of the role

• Carrying out high quality Initial Needs Assessments and Vocational Profiling along with other appropriate assessments to establish support needs and effectively track progress leading to successful outcomes.
• Proactively deliver Job Coaching and implement the SEND Code of Practice and adherence to the Supported Employment National Occupational Standards.
• Plan and reviewing individual programmes of support ensuring all aspects of provision and support specified within a student's Education Health and Care Plan is in place and the progress is effectively tracked and monitored.
• Close liaison with the EHCP Coordinator to ensure a seamless process of applying for an EHCP, producing the necessary documentation and ensuring the statutory requirements are in place.

Required skills and qualifications

• LDD or SEND qualification. All candidates must possess a recognised LDD qualification or be prepared to gain (with the assistance of the College) a qualification within the first two years of service.
• Relevant successful learning support and job coaching experience with evidence that these have led to sustainable paid employment outcomes.
• Knowledge and understanding of learning difficulties and disabilities and how these may affect the way students learn, gain and sustain paid employment.
• Knowledge and experience of current evidence-based job coaching and learning strategies.

Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We value equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants who require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact or 01934 411441.