Senior Skills Coach- Barnet

Mencap; Chipping Barnet; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

32 days holiday including bank hols

Discounts at leading retailers

Health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Job summary

Royal Mencap Society in Barnet is seeking a Senior Skills Coach to lead the Supported Internship programme. The role is full-time (37.5 hours) and based at our Barnet office, delivering tailored support through the Mencap Training Academy.

You will line manage a team of Skills Coaches, ensure delivery against targets and maintain strong relationships with families, learners, and employers. We offer a supportive environment with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting people
• Experience of delivering against targets
• Experience of risk management
• Knowledge of sector
• Knowledge of safe working practices

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 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.

Skills

Experience of supporting people

Experience of delivering against goals

Experience of risk management

Knowledge of sector

Knowledge of safe working practices

Job description

Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Are you passionate about working for anorganisationthat 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 tojoinour Supported Internship programme team in Barnet on a full time (37.5 hour per week) basis.

As a Senior Skills Coach, your roleis 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 byprovidingtailoredsupport.

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

*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 toprovideevidence of their GCSE English andMaths(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 15 November. Interviews to be held Thursday 19 November at our Barnet office.

At Mencap our approach to AI is to 'support, not replace' our work. Please write your application in the same spirit. You're welcome to use AI to support you to write your application but we want to hear your voice as much as we can. Taking the time to create a thoughtful and personalised application will help the hiring manager fully appreciate your unique strengths and experience.

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 their lives to the full.We campaign for a fairer society. We work with families and partners to build inclusive communities. And we deliver the services people need to live their lives.

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.

£26,228 per annum pro rata + Excellent Benefits