Senior Skills Coach- Ealing

Royal Mencap Society; Ealing; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity supporting individuals with learning disabilities is seeking a Senior Skills Coach to join their Supported Internship Programme team in Ealing. In this full-time role, you will lead a team to provide tailored support for learners with special educational needs (SEN), helping them to achieve their goals. Key responsibilities include line management, planning support hours, and ensuring quality assurance. Strong experience in supporting individuals and delivering against targets is essential. Benefits include 32 days of paid holiday and various employee perks.

Benefits

32 days of paid holiday (pro rata)

Discounts at leading high-street retailers

Health cash plans

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people with a learning disability.
• Evidence of targets achieved in previous roles.
• Ability to manage risks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage and coach a team to support learners.
• Plan in-work support hours to meet targets.
• Ensure accurate record keeping and reporting.
• Conduct quality assurance activities to drive improvements.

Skills

Experience of supporting people

Experience of delivering against targets

Experience of risk management

Knowledge of the sector

Knowledge of safe working practices

Education

GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent)

Job description

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 Ealing 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.

Key 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 builds and maintains 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.

Key Skills and Requirements (essential)

• Experience of supporting people.
• Experience of delivering against targets.
• Experience of risk management.
• Knowledge of the 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 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 Monday 9th 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.

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. • Everyone grows and learns. 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.