Senior Skills Coach

Mencap; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity supporting learning disabilities is seeking a passionate Senior Skills Coach in Birmingham. The role involves leading a team to support learners with SEN, ensuring they progress toward paid employment. Essential skills include experience in supporting people, delivering against targets, and risk management. The position is full-time with an extensive benefits package, including 32 days of paid holiday. Applications require GCSE proof of English and Maths. Join a dedicated team making a real impact.

Benefits

32 days of paid holiday

Discounts at leading high-street retailers

Access to health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting people.
• Experience of delivering against targets.
• Experience of risk management.

Responsibilities

• Line manage and coach a team to support learners to progress towards paid employment.
• Plan Skills Coach in‑work support hours to meet agreed targets.
• Support team relationships with parents, carers, learner support networks, and employers.

Skills

Supporting people

Delivering against targets

Risk management

Knowledge of sector

Safe working practices

A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)

Job description

Job Advert

Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Are you passionate about working for an organisation that drives change? Then we may have the role for you within our Supported Internship team.

An exciting opportunity for a passionate and self‑motivated Senior Skills Coach to join our Supported Internship programme team in Birmingham on a full time (37.5 hour per week) basis.

As a Senior Skills Coach, your role is central to the delivery of our Mencap Training Academy. You will lead a team of Skills Coaches to support learners with SEN to complete all elements of the programme in line with requirements by providing tailored support.

What you will do as a Senior Skills Coach?

• Line manage and coach a team to support learners to progress towards paid employment.
• Plan Skills Coach in‑work support hours to meet agreed targets to receive Access to Work funding.
• Support and ensure the team build and maintain good relationships with parents, carers, learner support networks and employers.
• Ensure accurate and up‑to‑date record keeping and reporting.
• Conduct quality assurance activity to drive constant improvement.
• Work closely with the wider team to ensure the needs of the learner are being met.

Do you have the key skills and requirements to be a Skills Coach? (essential)

• Experience of supporting people
• Experience of delivering against targets
• Experience of risk management
• Knowledge of sector
• Knowledge of safe working practices
• A‑C/9‑4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)

*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.

All candidates offered an interview for this role will need to provide evidence of their GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at interview stage. Please have your certificates ready to be emailed across if you are contacted for an interview.

This vacancy closes on Sunday 4th January, with interviews to be held soon after.

Here at Mencap we operate a blinded recruitment process for a lot of our roles, please ensure you apply with a full application and covering statement.

JOB ID: 35139

Benefits

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high‑street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We’re here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation. Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes. Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves. We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.