SfYP My Future Coach

Hertfordshire County Council; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in Hemel Hempstead is seeking a full-time Coach to provide transition coaching for young people with SEND. The successful candidate will engage with college staff and local organisations to support youth in finding positive activities, volunteering, and employment. Essential qualifications include experience working with young people with additional needs, excellent communication skills, and a valid driving licence. This role offers variety and requires a DBS check.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with young people with additional needs/SEND.
• Understanding of barriers to learning, training, volunteering, and employment.
• Demonstrable time management skills with the ability to manage a caseload.

Responsibilities

• Engage with a caseload of young people with EHCPs to provide transition coaching.
• Support young people into positive activities, volunteering, or employment.
• Work with local organisations to identify opportunities that match skills.

Skills

Experience of working with young people with additional needs/SEND

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Time management skills

Advocacy and negotiation skills

Education

Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI)

Tools

ICT systems, including databases

Job description

The Services for Young People (SfYP) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Team provides a range of specialist services for young people (aged 13-25) with additional needs/SEND. This involves providing careers, information, advice, and guidance to support them in making positive decisions about their futures; maintenance of Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs) for those aged 16+ in further education and support to find paid employment or other positive activities. In Hertfordshire, we have developed the 'My Future Programme', which has been designed to support young people with EHCPs to progress through education, out of college and into adulthood. The programme is delivered by SfYP in partnership with all four Hertfordshire colleges.

We are currently looking to recruit a full‑time Coach, to work with the colleges in the South & West of the county. The key role of the Coach is to provide transition coaching assistance to young people with SEND who are moving on from college, into the next phase of their lives, working closely with parents/carers.

Responsibilities

• Engage effectively with a caseload of young people with EHCPs, identified by the allocated colleges and SfYP CEIAG Advisers to provide transition coaching and support.
• Work with college staff and SfYP staff to ensure that young people on caseload are supported appropriately to move into positive activities of interest when they leave college.
• Support young people to take up positive activities, volunteering, or paid employment opportunities by using tried and tested supported employment techniques.
• Provide advice, support and disability awareness training as required to opportunities providers to ensure they understand how to support the young person they are providing an opportunity to.
• Provide information and support to parents/carers to raise aspirations and expectations for a fulfilling life after college that can include positive activities, volunteering, community inclusion and paid employment.
• Work with local third sector organisations to identify opportunities that match the skills of young people on caseload.
• Work to agreed targets including college leaver NEET prevention, monitoring of caseload progress through regular review, recording of data on management information systems to appropriate timescales and standards, producing reports as required.

Essential Qualifications and Experience

• Experience of working with young people with additional needs/SEND.
• An understanding of the barriers to learning, training, volunteering, and employment that young people may have.
• Demonstrable evidence of excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrable time management skills with the ability to manage and prioritise a caseload.
• Experience of the use of ICT systems, including databases.
• Demonstrable advocacy and negotiation skills.
• Experience of working with employers, providers and third sector organisations.
• A driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Desirable

• Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI).
• Experience of sales/marketing.
• Experience of providing training.

If you want a job with variety, then this role is for you, as no two days are the same. The job combines providing transition support for young people with marketing them to employers, community providers and third sector organisations. This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required – You will need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency – The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. For those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required.