Senior Progression Coach

Corus Consultancy Limited; London Borough of Bromley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Corus Consultancy Limited in London is seeking a proactive manager for a temporary, 1–2 month role overseeing the progression coaching team and ensuring high-quality risk assessments and support planning for clients in accommodation and community settings.

You will lead partnerships with local agencies, involve clients in decision-making, and promote engagement in education, training, employment, and volunteering opportunities while maintaining health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience of supervising the work of others.
• An understanding and commitment to working in an assets-based way.
• Experience of working with young people or people who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health, substance use or have a history of living in care.
• Experience of using Risk Assessments and Support Planning.
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
• Experience of operating safeguarding requirements and procedures.
• Commitment to promoting an environment with high health and safety standards.
• High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain boundaries.
• Effective collaborative working.

Responsibilities

• Hold line management responsibility for 4 Progression Coaches, and any other staff as deemed appropriate by your line manager, including undertaking supervision and appraisals and all other aspects of staff management.
• Ensure the high quality of risk and needs assessments SMART outcomes based support plans and case files for clients of your line reports.
• Deliver one-to-one and group support opportunities within the accommodation and in the local community aimed at increasing resilience in the clients we work with.
• Proactively lead on partnerships with local agencies including statutory teams, to support the wellbeing of clients in accordance with data protection and information sharing protocols.
• Involve clients in the decisions made about them and encourage participation in the organisation's wider community programme of activities
• Support all clients to participate in Education, Training, Employment and Volunteering opportunities
• Ensure the health and safety of the environment for clients, staff, visitors and volunteers through regular risk assessment, health and safety checks and reporting in accordance with the Health and Safety Policy.
• Liaise with internal departments including Finance, HR, Fundraising and Business Development as necessary to ensure the smooth running of the service.
• Ensure the accurate collection and recording of rent, charges and petty cash and the countersigning of invoices to support good financial
• Oversee repairs and maintenance reporting to ensure the building is kept in good order and safe for clients to reside in.
• Deploy and supervise the work of the volunteers who add value to the work that we do
• Support the service manager to recruit and induct new staff and will act as a positive model at all times.

Skills

Supervising others

Assets-based approach

Public housing/ homelessness awareness

Risk assessments

Education, Training, Employment

Safeguarding

Health and safety

Partnership development

Job description

The successful candidate will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, working across Monday - Friday, 10AM - 6PM. Temp role - 1 - 2 months

• Hold line management responsibility for 4 Progression Coaches, and any other staff as deemed appropriate by your line manager, including undertaking supervision and appraisals and all other aspects of staff management
• Ensure the high quality of risk and needs assessments SMART outcomes based support plans and case files for clients of your line reports
• Deliver one-to one and group support opportunities within the accommodation and in the local community aimed at increasing resilience in the clients we work with.
• Proactively lead on partnerships with local agencies including statutory teams, to support the wellbeing of clients in accordance with data protection and information sharing protocols.
• Involve clients in the decisions made about them and encourage participation in the organisation's wider community programme of activities
• Support all clients to participate in Education, Training, Employment and Volunteering opportunities
• Ensure the health and safety of the environment for clients, staff, visitors and volunteers through regular risk assessment, health and safety checks and reporting in accordance with the Health and Safety Policy.
• Liaise with internal departments including Finance, HR, Fundraising and Business Development as necessary to ensure the smooth running of the service.
• Ensure the accurate collection and recording of rent, charges and petty cash and the countersigning of invoices to support good financial
• Oversee repairs and maintenance reporting to ensure the building is kept in good order and safe for clients to reside in.
• Deploy and supervise the work of the volunteers who add value to the work that we do
• Support the service manager to recruit and induct new staff and will act as a positive model at all times.

• Experience of supervising the work of others
• An understanding and commitment to working in an assets-based way
• Experience of working with young people or people who have experienced homelessness, poor mental health, substance use or have a history of living in care.
• Experience of using Risk Assessments and Support Planning.
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills
• Experience of operating safeguarding requirements and procedures
• Commitment to promoting an environment, which has the highest regard for the Health and Safety of others.
• High level understanding of professional boundaries and ability to maintain boundaries
• Effective collaborative working